On December 19, SM Entertainment released official Christmas merchandise to celebrate the winter season.
The merchandise consisted of a Pink Christmas Random Pack for 6,000 KRW ($~4.14 USD) and a Pink Christmas Cup and Saucer Set for 45,000 KRW ($~31.02 USD).
However, fans were disappointed in the pricing of the cup and saucer set.
Although pretty in design, some felt that similar pieces could be found for much less.
The site, however, emphasized that the product was a handmade piece of pottery.
The set also included a photo card with the choice to choose the artist.
They also announced they would open reservations for fans to buy products offline. However, most weren’t into it and felt that they were scamming fans into buying overpriced items.
- “They call products that are made in a factory handmade, too. I feel like they’re just doing a play on words. Things sold at Daiso are also handmade.”
- “They are taking advantage of fans…they make it like that for Daiso, too….even if it’s like 20,000 KRW ($~13.78 USD).”
- “Although it’s pretty, I’ve seen similar designs at Modern House and Daiso.”
- “So f*cking expensive. Even though a lot of people are buying into this, they don’t sell merch this expensive in the K-Pop world…even if they sold it as a set with food, it would be around 20,000 KRW ($~13.78 USD).”
Source: theqoo
