Shanghaiist: Hope you didn't pay for those Daft Punk tickets

Les Izmore

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:47:44 +0800

So, if these guys sold 2000 tickets that means before expenses their net was $146,200. Holey moley! I'm in the wrong business. I wonder how long before somebody makes a movie with this plot. It has some great potential...

photoluc

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:38:14 +0800

So basically Shanghaiist helped the crooks to find their clients by diffusing the false information and instead or apologizing you say "but we wrote it maybe a hoax!" - well done. Lucas www.pictobank.com

morgan

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:39:18 +0800

Hey, The updates in the above article are a little misleading, as maybe i was misleading in the post on SmartShanghai. It wasn't the "Pr Company" that got scammed. From what I've heard there was to levels: the two guys behind the whole thing and about five local hires that picked up the job as early as a week ago to do sales/pr for this one event. From what I understand the people who just got the job were always skeptical but were constantly being reassured blahblahblah... The post that originally appeared in French on Facebook was from one of those local hires who got left in the dust when the two guys behind it all bolted...

thedonald

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:18:31 +0800

How stupid does one have to be to pre-pay for ANYTHING in China let alone concert tickets?!?! I have never heard of any box office not selling tickets for a show in town, sold-out or not. Sorry folks, unless you have been here for a week or less, you get no sympathy from thedonald. Suckas.

Andy Best

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:12:40 +0800

@cankles - that guy, Alex?, from the adventure shanghai show in the back of taxis, or whatever it's called will probably get the beat down. That's not so bad.

Andy Best

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:11:09 +0800

Never mind jay walking and all the usual stereotypes, some people have been in China so long they have started to think that human flesh search engine activities are normal. Yeah, 'Shaft Punk' is the story of the month if it pans out. Morgan's article is interesting but how do we know that the PR company aren't just pushing it on some made up people. Anyway, tracking someone down in person to revenge for getting conned out of one ticket. What is everyone? Goodfellas? Are youse all going to meet up with some baseball bats and go after them together? An advertised 'secret gig' with official ticketing? That's not very secret is it? Good scam if that's what it was. The choice of Daft Punk was very clever.

cankles

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:37:25 +0800

I'm ginger, innocent, and worried. How many fanta pants are in Shanghai?

James Creegan

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:16:07 +0800

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=67315501376

James Creegan

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:03:25 +0800

Not British! French! Update the country-wide slurs!

James Creegan

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:54:39 +0800

"Shaft Punk"- It's the story of the month, that's for sure.

Niko77

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:37:44 +0800

Come on, stop with that french bashing ! Yeah, Daft Punk is french, that does not mean the scamers that pulled this off are french !! I heard they are actually brits, whatever, any country has their scamers, and especially China ! I am french, I bought two tickets, and I have to admit this scam was beautifully done...

Adam Schokora

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:28:30 +0800

More info here: http://tinyurl.com/df5u7e AjS

T

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 11:48:46 +0800

well if its a scam (and yes, I have a ticket) then its french people scamming french people. I was in line yesterday and in a 60+ person line I was one of 2 Chinese people.

casperxx

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 11:39:13 +0800

'We're all human....after all". This scam will NOT enhance the china-french relationship for sure.....

James Creegan

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 11:32:58 +0800

Wow, if that's true, then wow. I'm still not convinced it isn't a double hoax though- curse those tricky frenchmen!

Jakob Montrasio

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 11:32:11 +0800

You've been punked! :)