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Black Friday every day: Shoppers camp out for $10 laptops, PS5s at Texas bin store

It's like a Black Friday frenzy all year long at The Little Depot stores in Pasadena and South Houston.

They come huddled in blankets, spending the night with folding chairs and food. Some sleep in their cars.

Like a moth to a flame, they peer through windows outside The Little Depot store in Pasadena, Texas, south of Houston.

"It's about to get wild in a minute. Wild and crazy," one of the dozens of people waiting in line told us. 

When the store opens, it's like a Black Friday frenzy all year long as shoppers scramble to get their hands on deeply discounted bargains. 

 "One at a time, Don't run, please don't run," owner Paul Barboza pleaded. 

The Little Depot is a bin store where items rejected by others are resold at a fraction of the price. We found a brand new laptop and Beats headphones for $10 each.

"You buy ten items, you pay $100. It's $1,000 worth of items," Barboza said.

The bins and boxes are full of items returned to Amazon, Walmart, Target and other retailers and then sold to liquidators who resell them to independently-owned stores like this one.

The Pasadena store was packed with electronics, lawnmowers, grills and power tools. There are also clothes and toys. 

Elmo Ramirez scored a PlayStation 5. 

"It's worth like $500, yeah, and I get it for $10," he said.

Danny Holmes snagged an air-purifying system. 

"This is worth over $400. I paid $10. You can't beat a price like that!" Holmes said.

Barboza started with one store in 2020 and now has three, two in Pasadena and one in South Houston.

By his own admission, it's been a windfall and he thinks it's a win-win. 

"I see it as a positive. I feel like it would end up in a landfill," Barboza said.

More than 17% of online purchases are returned. 

For Ramirez, finding great deals and reselling them has become a side hustle. 

"One week, I make a lot of money. I made $1,600 in one day," Ramirez said. "For real. I spent like $100, $150."

For Liza Elliott, it's simply the thrill of getting a deal.

"It's kinda fun, just the hunt, the bargain hunt," she said.

The bottom line: The trend of bargain bin binging is big business amid a glut of retail returns.

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