South Koreans hunt for old LG air-conditioners after logos turn out to be pure gold
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreans-hunt-for-old-lg-air-conditioners-after-logos-turn-out-to-be-pure-gold
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tyler@programming.dev · 55 pts · 264d
Why would you reveal this with a video? Like…this is literally free money for the taking.
tuff_wizard@aussie.zone · 48 pts · 264d
Nothing is worth more than clout on the internet.
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 264d
Probably make more in clicks and adds than they can make buying and scraping a very limited amount of probably-not-actually-pure gold.
Certainly less work.
(Edit: this is the irregular reminder to crack addicts and meth heads- flocke cameras have copper you can sell.)
tuff_wizard@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 264d
Oh I'm sure its pure gold. The whole half micron layer.
ILoveUnions@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 263d
If you're the gold store people are selling gold to, you make more money revealing this
tyler@programming.dev · 1 pts · 262d
If there’s only 10k of them, you would definitely make more money collecting those yourself. Putting it on the internet like that ensures that every gold store in the country starts getting those.
chuckleslord@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 263d
The people who made out like bandits during the 1849 gold rush sold panning equipment and shovels. This is the modern version of that.
batmaniam@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 262d
Well, them and the bandits, I'd imagine.
chuckleslord@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 262d
I actually think the metaphor doesn't really work when applied literally, except in the tautological sense. Banditry was a very poor lifestyle, only engaged in by the truly desperate.
batmaniam@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 262d
I think we can both agree tautology works because it works, and that's good enough for me.
tyler@programming.dev · 1 pts · 262d
That was with an essentially infinite supply of people to sell to. There’s only 10k of these things, and putting it on the internet insures that you’re only going to get an incredibly small fraction of the gold sold back to gold stores.
Aatube@thriv.social · 1 pts · 263d
have some charity
Peereboominc@piefed.social · 45 pts · 263d
Why does this person wear his rings OVER the gloves?
vodka@feddit.org · 22 pts · 263d
Apparently it's a semi common thing for jewelry store workers to do.
ClockworkOtter@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 263d
I'm guessing the gloves are to avoid getting oils onto the metal, so there's no particular reason not to also wear jewellery over then.
Is the downvote because I'm wrong?
ContriteErudite@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 262d
No, some people just do contentious things without any real purpose.
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works · 27 pts · 264d
So like… who at LG thought that was an efficient use of resources…? That seems a liiiiiitle bit wasteful.
foggy@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 263d
Viral marketing time bomb! Bet you weren't thinking about LG yesterday!
Let's see if it pays off 🍿
Blass_Rose@pawb.social · 6 pts · 262d
It was a very limited run thing. It was a celebration for them being top-sellers. Only 10k were ever made.
And oddly enough, these celebration pieces tend to increase sales further by amplifying their advertising.
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 263d
Putting the Gold into Goldstar (old name of LG).
Triumph@fedia.io · 11 pts · 263d
Lucky Goldstar specifically.
xx3rawr@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 262d
I find it amusing that Lucky and Goldstar merged as Lucky Goldstar, then split again as LG, LS, and GS
SouthFresh@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 264d
Leaf, Gold