[Image: Al_Fun4]
With select brands of popular Japanese potato chips vanishing from store shelves, folks are hoping to cash in.
As Kotaku reported last week, panic buying began at some stores after snack makers said they were either suspending or ending potato chip production due to domestic spud shortages.
ポテチが１つもない pic.twitter.com/4yqSa49ceH
— りなちょん (@rinaomiEG) April 17, 2017
は？え？ポテチが pic.twitter.com/RMyoPWv3cs
— せかひた@うめ展〜うめ展新潟展 (@sekahita) April 17, 2017
This isn’t happening at every store (some are still fully stocked!), but it certainly is happening at a lot of them. Moreover, not all brands are effected and thus, those chips remain widely available.
コンビニであからさまにピザポテト売り切れてて草 pic.twitter.com/Kl9FAcT9UX
— なりた（低浮上・高密度） (@nrttt1018) April 17, 2017
The ones that are impacted — such as Pizza Potato, which won’t be produced anymore — are seeing a spike in online resale.
Many of these are bundles or boxes of bags. Keep in mind that a bag of Pizza Potato is usually around 130 yen (US$1.20), but can go for more or even as low as 100 yen. (In the above image, however, the price tag says 161 yen for a bag, which seems rather high for retail.)
ピザポテト転売クッソ笑ったwww pic.twitter.com/byXe1orwNh
— いわけん (@Crimean10) April 10, 2017
ピザポテトの転売とか世紀末すぎて笑う pic.twitter.com/HCLLE5hQEm
— あゆさん (@ayu_san02) April 17, 2017
ポテトチップスが転売されるなんて考えたことなかった pic.twitter.com/mQH6vZ2n3f
— あさひ (@5Y0D6Qn1mGa5ww8) April 16, 2017
うわぁ酷え＞ヤフオクでのピザポテト転売
人間ってここまで強欲になれるのかね？売る方も買う方も大概だぞ。 pic.twitter.com/VG40B7Hb0K
— 吉良青劉 (@redcrab_library) April 13, 2017
もうピザポテト転売だけで生きていきたい pic.twitter.com/46zCiXL9ws
— Hosotani (@trip10420) April 12, 2017
ピザポテトいきなり販売再開してこいつら大量在庫抱える展開希望 pic.twitter.com/ECPHNr97on
— ヤマザキビスケット (@sabiretanouson) April 17, 2017
メルカリでピザポテトめっちゃ出品されてるw 1袋300円てw pic.twitter.com/I7GKrvbdGg
— 魁斗 (@ppliFN5WjRfNyF5) April 17, 2017
On Sunday in Tokyo’s Akihabara, one rather suspicious looking man was spotted selling Pizza Potato for 800 yen a bag, which is about six times it’s original price.
アキバの路上でピザポテト転売してる人いてわろた。他にも怪しいもの並んでたけど pic.twitter.com/38e8cWX3l8
— おるふぁん (@Al_Fun4) April 16, 2017
Calbee’s Big Bag Lightly Salted, production of which is being suspended, was also being sold at a significantly marked up price.
Retailers appear to be combating hoarders and resellers with signs that read, “Limit one bag per customer.”
ななななんと販売休止のピザポテトを発見?
どこの店舗からお伝えしませんが、ここの店にはピザポテト転売者は現れなかったらしいですね笑笑 pic.twitter.com/VYMXVRH6qW
— ぴぴぴよう (@spinfever0123) April 17, 2017
ポテチ買うのに制限がかかってるwww pic.twitter.com/n9QYhflZUR
— 酢醤油⚾︎???連覇ァ??? (@Cli9Eed) April 17, 2017
And yet, there are still sell outs.
わいのピザポテトどこ？笑 pic.twitter.com/AYbt5QNfGl
— Daichi (@kirizakieizi9) April 17, 2017
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