You’ve got to respect certain Carousellers.
They’re always on the lookout for opportunities; when McDonald’s My Melody holders had high demand and low supply, they sprang into action immediately.
Heck, they’ve even sold money for money.
So when McDonald’s is closing for 2 weeks?
You can bet it’s triggered their spidey sense, and…
Carousell Sellers Are Now Selling McDonald’s Food Coz McDonald’s is Now Closed
An entrepreneurial fellow froze his Fillet-O-Fish so that if we ever miss it, we can just air-fry the burger.
With McDonald’s closure, the burger is now sold at a reasonable amount of $70,000—a good price for 10 minutes of McDonald’s when everyone else is having KFC.
And if you’re someone who cannot survive without McDonald’s curry sauce, don’t worry, you can have it for $10:
And who can forget the famous McGriddles? For $50, you can makan McGriddles while the rest of Singapore look on enviously:
All Just a Joke
If that’s not obvious enough, these are just jokes posted by Carousellers to show how opportunistic some—
Oh wait.
Did someone just offer to buy any McDonald’s meals at triple the price, and even gave out his or her contact number?
Have we really gone bonkers?
McDonald’s Serve More Than 6 Million Customers
Lest you’re confused over what’s happened, McDonald’s is now closing all its outlets from now until 4 May 2020 after MOH advised them to do so.
They’ve not given the reasons for the closure, but in the last few days, 7 employees from 6 different branches have been tested positive for COVID-19.
The closure would mean that 135 restaurants, 17 drive-throughs, 42 dessert kiosks and 48 McCafé outlets have closed their shutters.
And here’s the number that’ll explain why someone’s willing to pay 3 times the price to buy a McDonald’s meal: the fast-food giant serves a whopping 6 million customers.
You can also read this article on the 5 burning questions we have about this sudden closure.
In the meantime, if you don’t have $70,000 to buy a Fillet-O-Fish intend to have instant noodles for the rest of the Circuit Breaker period until McDonald’s reopens, don’t. Watch this video and you’d understand:
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