If you needed proof that Black Friday mania isn't catching on in the UK like it is in other parts of the world, here it is.
In countries such as the US, bargain hunters queue for hours or even a day or more in advance to make sure they get their hands on the best deals.
There have been brawls and even gunfire at shopping centres in the past, but it is a much tamer affair in Britain, where shops were quiet.
Dad David Pollitt showed up 70 minutes before a Tesco opened - and he was the only person there.
He posted photos of an empty car park, writing on Twitter : “3:50am at tesco Accrington and I’m the only 1 here waiting for it to open at 5am. Things you do for a good deal for the kids Christmas presents #BlackFriday #minus1 #Christmas2019.”
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Mr Pollitt, a groundskeeper for Blackburn Rovers FC, later posted a snap of his shopping bag, which contained an Xbox.
He wrote: "5:05am job completed well happy.
"Yep cheers. xbox one s with 3 games & fortnite stuff. £109 it's for my little lads Christmas present."
Black Friday deal hunters started queuing outside shops around 3am to get their hands on discounted TVs and trainers as scenes of violence and chaos erupted elsewhere in the world.
All was calm in Oxford Street in London, where dozens of shoppers waited in the cold outside JD Sports and most stores had no queues on a day dubbed as a £2.5billion sales bonanza.
In Wigan, customers arrived in the early morning hours at a Tesco Extra to buy flat screen TVs that were on offer in the run-up to Christmas.
With discounts of up to 80 per cent, UK retailers are expecting their biggest Black Friday ever with analysts predicting a £2.5billion bonanza - a rise of 3.4 per cent on last year on the high street and online.
But most of the spending in Britain - 77 per cent - is expected to take place online, according to a PwC survey of almost 2,000 shoppers.
A PwC survey suggests 11million bargain hunters will head online to find the best deals.
Website spending is expected to treble compared to an average day.
The Black Friday sales frenzy is an orderly affair in Britain compared with other countries where violence or stampedes have broken out.
In South Africa, shoppers trampled over each other as security guards pulled back metal barricades and deal hunters sprinted into a store in Cape Town.
Customers at a shop in the town of Midrand, between Johannesburg and Pretoria, fought with security as guards struggled to control the surging crowd.
There were similar scenes of chaos at a store in Uganda where a woman passed out in a midnight stampede.
Footage shows the woman being carried out on a stretcher as customers scramble to find bargains.
New Vision Uganda reported: “When the good moments turn into bad times. A lady looses consciousness from the midnight stampede at the Game stores.”
It also said a man was beaten by customers at the same store for allegedly stealing a wallet.
Bargain hunters in Sao Paulo, Brazil, were involved in a mad dash to get discounted TVs at one store.
Black Friday always falls on the last Friday of November and is the day after the Thanksgiving holiday in the US, where the sales frenzy got its start to give pre-Christmas sales a boost.
The phenomenon has spread around the world as stores offer discounts weeks before Christmas.
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