An employee for the company who makes the infamous Honey Butter chips makes bank from stolen chips

[tokyocinema.livejournal.com]

Article: 'Honey Butter Chip' production company employee slips out the chips... "Made $15,000 a month selling them"

Source: MBN TV via Naver

An employee was caught stealing chips from the production factory and selling them for almost $90 for a pack of 16 bags (originally around $24). He made around $15,000 a month this way.

1. [+1,091, -19] I'm amazed that people are putting their lives on the line to buy this one bag of chips ㅋㅋㅋ You really want to pay four times the price for a bag of chips? Amazing

2. [+568, -27] The honey butter chips is a perfect example of the state or country is with our obsession with doing what everyone else is doing. Funny because we're always looking at Parisians or New Yorkers and being envious of how they're all so stylish in unique and individual ways but no one in Korea tries to dress individually ㅋㅋㅋ

3. [+465, -7] I'm not even curious about the taste... I'd rather not eat it at all than pay four times the price for it.

4. [+13, -1] It's a craze, the chips are like a drug at this point

5. [+11, -1] So many psychos, both the people buying and selling it ㅋㅋㅋ

6. [+11, -1] The taste really isn't all that

7. [+9, -2] I can see foreigners talking about this... uncivilized Koreans ㅋㅋ

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Source: Netizenbuzz (I can't find any other site that translates this except NB, so...)

Comments

[nekokonneko.livejournal.com]

(http://imgur.com/vASY95j)

[annieshoe.livejournal.com]

are they limited edition or something...?

[tempestdance.livejournal.com]

there's only one factory that's in production and the company doesn't want to invest in making more because they also think it's a quick fad.

on the bright side this is the busiest the factory has ever been so they're getting paid overtime etc and are joyous.

[honeebs.livejournal.com]

I want to try them, ebay has some shit prices. I will find a cheap seller soon I'm sure.

[nana-the-dwarf.livejournal.com]

...but why?

[mighty-romance.livejournal.com]

I can't even hate. He made $15,000 off some goddamn chips. You've gotta admire that hustle.

[agoongprincess.livejournal.com]

MTE. Make that money while you can.

[jessi-cola.livejournal.com]

mte

[sra-interesante.livejournal.com]

+1

[xxmannequin.livejournal.com]

mte lmao

[wildette.livejournal.com]

ikr

[kaninasan.livejournal.com]

seriously lol

[maghishaw.livejournal.com]

this is geting out of hand

[tokyocinema.livejournal.com]

....why does this remind me of Flappy Bird? Because this hella reminds me of Flappy Bird.

[agoongprincess.livejournal.com]

Truly inspirational that amount of money just off chips.

[sra-interesante.livejournal.com]

there's always that person who can make money out of crazy situations

[shanny-w.livejournal.com]

$15k a month? No small potatoes.

[keyutie.livejournal.com]

15k/month?? off of some chips?


how good are these chips

[adlyeith.livejournal.com]

The netizen comments make me laugh.
Good on this person for seeing a moneymaking opportunity and capitalizing on it. Get that money while the fad is still strong.
Wonder what's going to happen to them, though.

[chloe1910.livejournal.com]

I'll never pay so much for potato chips no matter how famous it is =.="

It's seriously smell better than it taste. Even my little cousin brother agreed with me. He said it's very nice but can't eat too much of it and he usually can finish 1-2 packs of potato chips in one go.

[lazmy.livejournal.com]

honestly get that $$$

[rightclick5ave.livejournal.com]

http://omonatheydidnt.livejournal.com/14778282.html !

[embroideredkiss.livejournal.com]

2. [+568, -27] The honey butter chips is a perfect example of the state or country is with our obsession with doing what everyone else is doing. Funny because we're always looking at Parisians or New Yorkers and being envious of how they're all so stylish in unique and individual ways but no one in Korea tries to dress individually ㅋㅋㅋ

Netizen number 2 summing up my thoughts on Korea tbh

Also I tried these chips a few weeks ago, they're nice but not all that.

[dorawa.livejournal.com]

The chips aren't all that good to go crazy over tbh

[kaninasan.livejournal.com]

lol this is brilliant

OKAY SO THESE CHIPS

[lobotronic.livejournal.com]

I had some the other day

they were pretty good, but like...not worth this fucking weird ass mess. srsly why people are obsessed I have no idea...

[annhh.livejournal.com]

that's straight up stealing from the company, I don't see it admirable stealing the product fellow workers help make and making a profit out of it. even it being as trivial and cheap as chips. some ethics please