Posted on 02/28/2019 11:41:51 PM PST by granada
Customers at various Starbucks stores in China were filmed fighting each other over limited edition 'cat-paw' coffee mugs.
A series of videos filmed by witnesses showed people quarrelling and tussling at several branches of the American coffee shop chain as they struggled to get their hands on the new double-walled glass mug that has a mould resembling a cat's paw.
The pink cups, part of Starbucks China's new Cherry Blossom collection, went on sale at its stores and online on Tuesday for 199 yuan (£22) and sold out in minutes.
One of the clip shows a man and woman wrestling and pushing each other as they fought over the limited edition mugs for at least two minutes before store employees intervened, while another video shows two male customers shoving each other at the counter as they tried to pay.
One clip, taken outside a Starbucks store, shows a woman kicking a man in the legs while he was being held down by several people in front of horrified customers.
Another video shows two women charging into a store, only to end up pushing a dozen glass mugs off the display and breaking them.
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Their version of Walmart People?
Limited editions in China. What could go wrong?
a hunger marketing trick.
I guess this is one thing not made in China or there would have been knockoffs for sale before they hit Starbuck’s shelves...
-1000 social points for the brawlers?
Reminds me of the craze over Running Back Dolls.
The PRC has their own version of waffle house fights by the low class. All those spoiled only child citizens have an incredible sense of self-righteousness.
More fake news out of the UK. Hey, if anyone wants a mug, I’ll go ahead and buy one for ya. You just pay the costs plus s&H. Anyways, I’m not seeing any of this nonsense here.
You’d think that they would include a video of the disruption. It sounds salacious. eh?
Still trying to make out the videos. It’s all a hoot!
Hey! maybe there is something to all this! I like that mug. I’d walk a mile for that mug...or is it I’d walk a mile for a camel? Nah, camels are dirty beasts. But i’d smoke for one...
You know, I’d better fight than quit...
Or... does all my advertisement references go over everone’s head?
“Or... does all my advertisement references go over everone’s head?”
No, but your grammar and spelling affect my stomach.
Are you sure it wasn’t the naked man on the camel that you’d walk a mile for?
China's big on e-ordering. Starbucks biggest competitor is very big on e-ordering, so Starbucks had to keep up to keep ahead.
The limited edition mug sold out in ~1 sec, after it was offered.
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