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Buyer Beware: How long would you stand in line to buy something special?

Buyer Beware: How long would you stand in line to buy something special?

Update: 2025-10-20
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Have you heard about the tiny bakery in Sydney that's supposedly selling cinnamon scrolls that are to die for? Every weekend, the lure of baked good from Sundays Bondi draws a line of people that stretches down the road.

Are the cinnamon scrolls worth a one-hour wait? Who knows! Does the act of queuing for hours to buy something increase the thrill when you finally get it? Or are expectations sky-high and destined to result in disappointment?

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Buyer Beware: How long would you stand in line to buy something special?

Buyer Beware: How long would you stand in line to buy something special?

Australian Broadcasting Corporation