April Fools' Day weird products emerge, and the popularity of Korean second-hand platforms increases

Today is April Fools' Day ( April 1st), and unique posts have been posted on Korean second-hand trading platforms , such as "Greek musical instruments for sale" , "Unopened Park Hyuk-geose for sale " , etc. Although most of them are promotional items for sale , " Five rockets sold for 7.7 billion won " has actually been sold in China .

On the 1st, an article titled " Selling the Earth at a Low Price to Celebrate April Fools' Day " appeared on the Korean second-hand trading platform "Lightning Market". At the same time, an article titled " Selling the Earth for 900 Million Won " was also published . In response, Korean netizens said , "Let's exchange it with Mars and Jupiter" and "Although I suffered a loss, it doesn't matter . "

In addition, an article titled " Ancient Greek Musical Instrument for Sale " appeared on the second-hand trading platform . The author said , "This is a tool that has been passed down from generation to generation in my family . It can drive insects out of the house when playing , and it is also cheap. " It is understood that the price of this Greek instrument is 100 million won.

There were also posts such as " 2020 New MacBook (500 million won) ", "Please adopt a palgia (200 million won)", and "Call when you are away (100 won)" , which attracted people's attention.

Another second-hand trading platform, Used Nara, held an April Fool's Day event on this day . The event was called "National Sales Pride". The activity was that members uploaded a sales product suitable for April Fool's Day . The platform will review and distribute gifts, and the list of winners will be announced on the 5th.

The April Fools' Day event has become popular , and members have started registering alternative items since the day before . As of the morning of that day, there were more than 120 articles registered , including "Photos of 80,000 Tripitaka", "Selling books because I hate them" (4 million won), and " Filling the air of 2020 with plastic bags " (3 million won).

In addition, items that are sold on April Fools' Day include the autograph of former US President Donald Trump , the super-large robot "Magpie Robot" secretly made in Bundang , and the training ground used by ancient mathematician Pythagoras.

While it may sound like a joke, there are actual products that have been sold . Last year , Chinese e-commerce platform Taobao reportedly sold real "rocket" on April Fools' Day.

The rocket sales ad sounded like fake news for April Fools' Day, but it was confirmed to be real, and Taobao also took an official stance in the post, saying: "This ad is real."

At the time, Taobao said through Weibo : "The rocket will be sold live for 45 million yuan (about 7.76 billion won)." He also said that a discount of 5 million yuan (about 860 million won) would be given to those who purchased during the live broadcast.

Some people were worried that the online market would not sell rockets, but the five rockets sold that day were all sold out within a few seconds of the broadcast. It is reported that this is a solid-fuel rocket used to transport artificial satellites, manufactured by China Aerospace Science and Rocket Technology Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of China Aerospace Corporation.

Similar situations have occurred in South Korea in recent years . In 2019, in preparation for April Fools' Day, Timon held a super special event where people could buy a one-way ticket to Jeju Island for 990 won and an Apple "airpot" for 99,000 won . At the time, netizens thought it was an April Fools' joke, but it was a real event held by Timon.

Under such circumstances, many Korean companies have launched bizarre products . Last year, BYC, a professional underwear company, produced and sold "meat jerky underwear" together with the meat jerky brand Ziller on April Fool's Day, which received a warm response from young people and became a successful marketing example at the time .

A Korean marketer said : " Using lies to spread on SNS on April Fool's Day can create topics, and consumers will not be angry because they were deceived. This is also an opportunity to increase the recognition and goodwill of the company and brand. "

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