Old people bring their own dry food and line up all night.
At noon yesterday, the Beijing Morning Post reporter rushed to Sanlitun and saw the "human queue" waiting in line in front of the shop selling sneakers. More than 20 middle-aged and elderly people in front of the team are particularly conspicuous. They only spread thick coats on chairs or on the floor. Some people sit on it, and some people chat together. It turns out that these old people queued up all night to buy sneakers. "When I came last night, it was less than 10, and now it has been queued for 12 hours." The old man at the front of the queue told the reporter that he brought his own dry food in order to queue up here all night. "I brought a bottle of mineral water and two bags of biscuits," he said. He didn't know what the sneakers lined up to buy were "limited cooperation funds", only that "shoes are valuable" and "can fetch a good price".
During the conversation, the reporter learned that these old people all live in nearby communities and are queuing to buy scalpers. They are recruited by the cattle in the society, and they queue up in 30 yuan every hour. "I have helped my mobile phone before, and I am already a veteran." An old man who helped to queue up said that it is better to "earn some pocket money" by watching TV at home. "Many old people in our community come to queue up to buy yellow steak to make money." The old man said that as long as there is such an opportunity, they are very willing to come.
The price of sports shoes tripled on the spot.
The reporter saw that once a young man waiting to buy sneakers stepped forward to talk to the old man, the man who was originally on the side would step forward and directly pull the young man away. "Those people are scalpers. They are afraid that we will deal directly with the elderly, so as long as we get together, they will drive us away or let us buy directly from him. " A young man who originally intended to ask for an inquiry from the elderly told reporters that in order to buy more shoes, scalpers have hired the elderly to queue up to buy shoes more than once. "Every time, the old people help the scalpers queue up. After the scalpers buy them, they resell them at a high price on the spot.
By asking the scalper, the reporter learned that a pair of sneakers with the original price of 750 yuan was fired to 2200 yuan in just one morning, and the price is still rising. "If you don't buy it now, the price will be higher in a few days, but it's more than that." A scalper told reporters that in just one morning, he put the information of sneakers on the Internet for sale, and more than a dozen people have placed orders. "Now you buy it for 2200 yuan and hang it online for 2500 yuan. Someone must buy it. " The ox said there was no way. Things are so hot that he can only find a way to buy them. "I am also considering old customers."
There are too many scalpers, so change the number on the spot.
Shoes that should have been sold on 10 in the morning were not sold until after 1 1 at noon. "We didn't start selling because there were too many scalpers, which was unfair to our customers." A staff member told reporters that they were discussing ways to curb scalpers. It was not until near noon 12 that the field staff said that the shoe purchase scheme was changed from "first come, first served" to "lottery for shoes". On-site queuing personnel began to take numbers in turn, and scalpers also began to check out for the elderly. "I'll call you next time I have a job," said the ox, handing over the money.
The staff told reporters that although they knew that the old people were queuing to buy scalpers, there was no good way to stop them. "The old man is old, and we can't help them. We can only change the method and see if we can give more shoe fans the opportunity to buy shoes. "