... to be among the first to buy a new product?
This is puzzling to me. What could prompt someone to spend many hours, if not days, standing in line in front of a store to buy a new electronic gizmo on the day it comes out, when
a) you can get it easily without standing in line just a couple of miles away from the hotspot center of the city?
b) you could easily get it the next day?
c) a week from now nobody will give a rodent's rectum about who was the first one to buy it?
I understand that some people really have nothing better to do and it may be fun to stand around waiting, if you're really into it. On the other extreme, I have recently heard of the mayor of a city who thought he had nothing better to do than standing in a line for days in NY to buy a new you-know-what.
What's your take on reasons for this behavior?