September 30, 2021, 01:34 PM
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On Sep. 29, a Facebook post by a gaming store in Singapore, Endless Passion, went viral.
Discreet packaging to hide purchase
The gaming store shared screenshots which appeared to document its experience with a Carousell buyer who requested for the store to label his purchase as a lucky draw prize.
According to the store, the customer had attempted to win the product, a white Logitech mouse, during the store's Facebook giveaway.
However, he had failed to do so, and resorted to purchasing the mouse directly from the store.
His purchase was made with a special request: To label the purchase as a "lucky draw prize", so that his wife would not "gan" him (a Hokkien term, translated to "screw him over") if she found out about the purchase.
Via Endless Passion/FB
Store agrees to request
The store had apparently agreed to the request, sending a smiley face emoji.
The customer then checked on the time for delivery, volunteering the unsolicited information that he was going to prepare for some "Grade A acting".
According to the screenshots, the store replied that the customer would receive a text message from the courier once the package arrived.
Via Endless Passion/FB
Exposed
However, the store appeared to have exposed the customer instead of covering up for him.
The package was sent out with a cheeky message attached: "Hope you do not get scolding from your", followed by a picture of lao po bing ("wife biscuit" in Chinese) — making implicit reference to the man's request.
Via Endless Passion/FB
A commenter on the post identified himself as the customer and said that his wife had not believed his "lucky draw" story at all, but thanked the store nevertheless.
He added a conspicuous reference to the product's selling points, saying: "Thank god this mouse is wireless, if not she will strangle me with the cord", and highlighted that it was "super light".
Via Endless Passion/FB
You can see the Facebook post here.
Similar incident
In June 2021, another incident was shared by the gaming store on Facebook.
The store had packaged a Logitech gaming mouse as "books for study", upon the request of a customer.
The customer had allegedly made the request then, as he did not want his mum to find out about the new purchase.
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