Amazon gets on the fukubukuro wagon?

VogonPoet shared a link said Fri, Apr 14th 2017 at 11:46am ET

Saw this come up on a discussion site I frequent:
Japanese shopper orders the $30 “Mystery Lucky Bag of Imperfect Goods” through Amazon, and ends up with a mouth-watering surprise

I guess imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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MrMark said Fri, Apr 14th 2017 at 11:52am ET:

Now they just need to watch out for the Fuko, that’s when it goes downhill quickly.

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moondrake said Fri, Apr 14th 2017 at 12:29pm ET:

Since Amazon owns Woot, it’s more likely to be imitating the venerable Bag of Crap.

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pitamuffin said Fri, Apr 14th 2017 at 12:52pm ET:

I guess somebody heard “Bag of Crab” instead of “Bag of Crap.”

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mfladd said Fri, Apr 14th 2017 at 12:54pm ET:

If I wanted crabs I would just ping @f00l.

(Damn! Missed her.)

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  I like cooked crab. You’ll get better results pinging me if you go jump onto your lit grill and sit there a while first.
  
  f00l said Fri, Apr 14th 2017 at 7:10pm ET
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- @mfladd Playing Crabber?
  
  mehcuda67 said Fri, Apr 14th 2017 at 7:17pm ET
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- @mfladd I just laughed so damn hard it ran down my legs! Loved that - what can I say - I’m easily amused.
  
  WTFsunshine said Sat, Apr 15th 2017 at 12:51am ET
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pitamuffin said Fri, Apr 14th 2017 at 12:55pm ET:

And, a box of imperfect mystery seafood? I’m not that big of a gambler to go for that deal.

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- @pitamuffin How about a dinner from Dick Queasy’s Discarded Seafood?
  
  LaVikinga said Sat, Apr 15th 2017 at 6:02am ET
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RiotDemon said Fri, Apr 14th 2017 at 2:14pm ET:

Japanese lucky and random bags have been around for years. I’m not surprised that Amazon Japan is selling them.

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Kidsandliz said Fri, Apr 14th 2017 at 7:28pm ET:
Three problems if meh offered it:
1. $30 not $5
2. Box would arrive spoiled. Meh doesn’t even cushion breakable things let alone tape all the boxes completely shut. You think they’d pack frozen stuff to arrive frozen?
3. Smart post (see #2 above)
ROTFLMAO.
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somf69 said Sat, Apr 15th 2017 at 12:05am ET:

No matter who sells it and for how much…its still crap

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trisk said Sat, Apr 15th 2017 at 2:34am ET:

Other way around, @VogonPoet

Fukos are a parody of fukubukuro bags which have been around for decades before Meh, and even Woot, existed.

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