How much of a fan are you?

@sishy7 (27169)
Australia
March 14, 2016 4:19am CST
# 11 Some products have some serious followers. These fans would go into great length to show their support. Before the latest iPhone was launched, for instance, Apple enthusiasts would line up in front of the store hours or even days before the store opened. My own son stayed overnight in front of a Foot Locker store few years ago. He and other basketball fans were eagerly waiting to get their hands on much anticipated Air Jordan shoes of certain rare and limited edition re-issued style. Few months ago, In-N-Out Burger set up a pop-up store down here. The hugely popular American burger chain does not have a store in Australia. But that does not stop its popularity to reach all the way Down Under. The pop-up store sold out of burgers half an hour before the store even opened! In-N-Out enthusiasts were lining up in front of the pop-up store hours before its opening hour. Staff assessing the situation quickly implemented a one-burger-per-person policy. Not only that, they were also handing out wristbands to people in the queue - they ran out of wristbands before opening time. Needless to say, there were a lot of terribly disappointed people who had been in queue for hours around the block but didn't get a wristband. They missed out on the burgers as only those lucky enough to get their hands on the wristbands would get them.
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@LadyDuck (458179)
• Switzerland
14 Mar 16
For NO reason I would spend hours in line, this is something I really cannot understand.
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@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
16 Mar 16
I think it was outrageous the way people reacted to the marketing ploy of the burger chain in particular.
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@LadyDuck (458179)
• Switzerland
16 Mar 16
@sishy7 I agree, but I also believe that the burger chain had to plan better and be ready to satisfy a larger number of customers, this is bad planning.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
14 Mar 16
I was always amazed at the iPhone craze. It seems absurd that someone would pay £500 for a mobile, then 6 months later want to spend £600 to get the latest model, but we both know that it happens. As for queueing so long for a burger, it totally defies logic.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
14 Mar 16
@ElizabethWallace Sales staff really love the word "obsolete" as a prelude to trying to sell you the latest model.
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• United States
14 Mar 16
I once bought a new sound system for music. A few months later one of the speakers had an issue. I took it in for repair. The saleman told me the system was out of date, and I needed to buy a new one. I told him he was nuts and to just fix the speaker!
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• United States
14 Mar 16
@Asylum Yup. It is in their sales handbook. I don't buy into the hype. I use all appliances and technology as tools. If they still work, they do not get replaced.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
15 Mar 16
I don't like lining up when it comes to eating . I would rather choose a place where there are no much crowd . I would go back to that place when the urge of people to have a first taste of the product subsides.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
16 Mar 16
@sishy7 Oh i see . No wonder there is a long line of people wanting to buy . After that , there's none anymore ?
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@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
16 Mar 16
@SIMPLYD Yeah, there's no In-N-Out Burger restaurant down here but we do have other places with juicy and yummy burgers.
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@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
16 Mar 16
It was a pop-up restaurant meant to open for only 4 hours on just that day.
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
14 Mar 16
There are some people that we call a " die hard fan" and they are just living it up
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@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
16 Mar 16
This kind of thing goes along with the social media craze as well - they surely uploaded pictures as the situation unfolded while waiting in line and such...
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@Lucky15 (37346)
• Philippines
14 Mar 16
i am not that as fanatic as they are. like going crazy for the brand :)
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@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
16 Mar 16
I find the burger line up particularly ridiculous...
@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
17 Mar 16
Now this seems nutso to me- why wouldn't they have enough burgers if they were opening up shop? Weird! And what's a pop-up store? I've been hearing this term quite a bit! :)
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@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
17 Mar 16
Oh, it's a temporary store... They're not opening up a new permanent store. The pop-up store was meant to open for only 4 hours just on that day.
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@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
17 Mar 16
@MarymargII Yes, I think that's probably why... Not sure if they're going to open up a store all the way down here at all. Even in the States where it's originated, In-N-Out Burger is not available nationwide - mostly just in California.
@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
17 Mar 16
@sishy7 Oh that's what I didn't know - why do they do that? Is it just to feel out the response?
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@MGjhaud (23171)
• Philippines
14 Mar 16
i have never been part of any craze, i cant think of something/product that would make me do the same.
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@MGjhaud (23171)
• Philippines
16 Mar 16
@sishy7 haha.. if theyre giving out money, why not..?
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@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
16 Mar 16
Good for you! You certainly are not part of these people (especially those lining up for the burgers) with "herd mentality".
@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
14 Mar 16
I would have gone to the back and started a bidding war for my band lol
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@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
16 Mar 16
Oh yes, you could easily make money that way... I heard people were paying good money for half a burger! Ridiculous!
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• Centralia, Missouri
16 Mar 16
@sishy7 Totally would have started a bidding war, they will be there later, I can wait for a burger lol
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• Midland, Michigan
17 Mar 16
I've never waited in line for anything like that before, but we get videos and movies that can't be sold until after midnight, certain days of the year. And usually no one comes in to buy any of them, but once in awhile kids will. A while ago, about six to eight young men were waiting for over an hour. I thought they were just loitering, but once midnight came and went, they all wanted to buy certain koshi dolls for a particular game. There weren't enough to go around and all the items desired weren't even in the computer correctly. I was quite surprised that guys were interested in that specific item.
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@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
17 Mar 16
Oh, they must be some die hard gamers or something... And I'm sure the figurines meant something important to them, maybe they're collectibles...
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• Midland, Michigan
17 Mar 16
@sishy7 They are used some way in the game, similar to having actual bats or other paraphernalia when doing wifi sports.
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@DianneN (246838)
• United States
20 Mar 16
I'm not a fan of anything to make me line up for it.
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@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
20 Mar 16
I remember a case when new iPhone was released few years ago... The first person in line was interviewed by a national TV station as he walked out of the store with his new gadget. He was so excited, opened the box in front of the camera, and accidentally dropped the phone!
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@DianneN (246838)
• United States
20 Mar 16
@sishy7 Good! Lol!!!!!
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• United States
14 Mar 16
I guess I'm not a fan of anything really. I don't line up at all, except maybe for a movie, but then, the line is only five or six people long. I do buy products from the same companies over and over, but I just get what I need when I want to, no lines.
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@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
16 Mar 16
That is simply a very sensible thing to do...
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• United States
16 Mar 16
@sishy7 Sensible is my middle name (not really, but it could be).
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@AnneEJ (4917)
• Dollard-Des-Ormeaux, Quebec
18 Mar 16
I am not willing to stand in long lines for anything like that.
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@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
18 Mar 16
Not worth it, are they?
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@AnneEJ (4917)
• Dollard-Des-Ormeaux, Quebec
18 Mar 16
@sishy7 No it would have to be something I desperately needed - not a phone,that's for sure
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@acelawrites (19273)
• Philippines
29 Mar 16
I do not have that patience to wait in line for a certain product. Maybe I will just come when there is less people waiting for it.
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@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
29 Mar 16
I'd prefer that way myself. But sometimes, as in the case with the burger, there's no next time... the pop-up store opened for just few hours on that particular day only.
@rina110383 (24495)
14 Mar 16
I'm not a fan of any brand and I don't jump on a bandwagon.
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@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
16 Mar 16
Sounds like you're a pretty sensible girl to me...
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@rina110383 (24495)
16 Mar 16
@sishy7 Thank you, sensible yes!
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@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
19 Mar 16
How could they be that fanatic for just a burger! haha, I think I won't be like them, no way.
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@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
19 Mar 16
They got sucked up into the marketing stunt...
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@suzzy3 (8342)
28 Mar 16
I cannot understand people sometimes. Is there nothing in Australia. People queue outside shops in london for the latest thing. I think they are mad.
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@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
29 Mar 16
Yeah, I guess it's exactly because there's no In-N-Out at all down here which created the craze although there are definitely other places offering great burgers in Australia...
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@xstitcher (30302)
• Petaluma, California
20 Mar 16
I have never been the type to "stand outside in a line all night" to get one of the newest products. Not that I've never been a fan of something, but not so much products.
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@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
23 Mar 16
Yes, I'm not one either. But I'm easily amused from reading what people do to follow some kind of a craze.
@mom210 (9036)
• United States
18 Mar 16
I do not jump out and buy anything just because it is the newest or coolest. To big a cheapskate.
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@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
19 Mar 16
I can still understand if the crowd were lining up for free stuff or something... But no, these people waited for long hours to throw their money away...
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@lilnana1111 (2305)
• United States
28 Mar 16
Wow, I guess I lead a biring life, I've never waited in line overnight for anything.
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@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
28 Mar 16
Boring is my middle name and I love it!
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@Ladypeace (2028)
• Singapore
29 Mar 16
I'm not fantatic enough to queue up for hypes. When the hello kitty MacDonalds craze came to Singapore, people got hurt lining up for the dolls - silly in my view.
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@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
29 Mar 16
I used to follow a member from Singapore on Bubblews who posted about the journey of collecting McD's Hello Kitty figures...
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