#Shopeescam, This Hashtag Says it All

Let me start off by saying that I am not a fan of BLACKPINK, nor am I a fan of BTS, Twice, etc. In other words, I am not a K-Pop fan. I am just overwhelmed by the trend of the above hashtag, saw a few videos, and was disgusted by what happened.

I'm sure a lot of you already know about this, since I think it's been days after what happened: Top buyers from Shopee won tickets to see their fans. They spent thousands to be top buyers. They were notified that they won. And on the event, on location, they were told that it was an error. That is bullshit. Why wait for date of the event before giving the notification of error? Why not a day before? Why not a week before? Shopee got the fans' hopes up and pulled the rug from right under them. All to get influencers and celebrities to get in, and most of them are not even fans.

I heard Shopee followers on social media are un-following, or unsubscribing. That's good. I hope they go out of business. And there Shopee thought that the influencers and celebrities would give them good publicity and promotion. Unfortunately, 500 plus fans has a lot more influence than mainstream celebrities.

That's all I have to say about this issue. Credits to the owner of the photo above, I'm not sure who.

Below are the links to the YouTube videos of Claro the Third and Nico David about this issue. Have a watch. Since I'm not sure if watching the videos here would give them views, I thought I just place the links.

Nico David's video.

Claro the Third's video.

Let me end this with a piece of advice. Don't go jumping onto a promo from on-line sellers that seem legit, that require you to cough up large sums of money. The mystery boxes seem like a big bust. Then came Shopee. Just think about it... a lot.