Claw vending machine owners are looking to make a quick buck on the panic over toilet paper in Taiwan
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/02/26
By: Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — As Taiwan has fallen into the grips of a toilet paper panic,
Image from Facebook group Baofei Commune (爆廢公社).
owners of claw vending machines have decided to start stocking their contraptions with packages of toilet tissue and guaranteed success for only NT$20 (US$0.68), quickly leading to a heated discussion among netizens.
In a post on the Facebook group Baofei Commune (爆廢公社), an arcade claw machine can be seen stocked with 10 packages of a brand name toilet paper product. A sign posted on it even reads, “You’re not reading this wrong! Guaranteed success for NT$20.”
Soon, many other netizens posted photos of other claw machines offering similar deals on toilet paper as their owners try to cash in on the “toilet paper zombie wave.”
Netizens responded with reams of comments: [FULL STORY]
