In the
movie 2012, Dec 21st is the end of the world. On this special day, mountains
fall down, earth crack, landslides and tsunamis are everywhere. In the movie,
Chinese people made a Noah’s Ark in Tibet and only government officials and
rich people in the world can afford the tickets. But in (www.2012ticket.com), a
online shopping web, you can buy a Noah’s Ark ticket of 1 billion Euros with
only 1$. It also became the most popular and creative New Year’s gift.
A billion
face value tickets sold for 1 $
Although
there is a year to the prophecy of the end of the world by Maya people, but it
cannot stop people’s passion of buying a ticket to escape from the earth. In www.2012ticket.com , thousands of online stores have
sold more than a thousand tickets for only a month.
All the
tickets sold on internet, although different in format and design, have two
pieces of information in common. That is, boarding time, which is midnight on
Dec 21st 2012 and boarding place, located in Zhuo Ming Gu dock. Both are from
the movie 2012.
Anti-counterfeiting
code makes it like real
To make
the ticket seem like true, many stores have named ticketing system that allows
customers to put their names, nationalities, identity numbers and other
personal information on their tickets. Besides, the tickets also include cabin
seats and ticket numbers.
Some
tickets have more specialty, for instance, they have anti-fake labels including
calibration area and bar code, even with stamps from the United Nation.
It’s
popular to buy tickets as presents
“Many
people buy it as a present to give to their friends, since it’s cheap and
special. Some people will show off to their friends.” An online store owner
said that her store was selling accessories, and started to sell tickets when
2012 was on show. “But at first I was selling virtual tickets and there were
not many people. Now 2012 is approaching, suddenly people come to buy these
tickets like hell.” The sales surged in recent two months, and became the most
popular New Year gifts among young people.
Customers:
buying as a souvenir
Among the
comments of the tickets by customers who have bought, most of them are marked
as “fun” and “cheap and creative”. Many people said they bought it as a New
Year’s present or birthday present. “Actually, people don’t really care about
the end of the world, it’s just for fun! Taking these tickets as souvenir, I
will remember today as a happy memory when I talk to friends in the future.”
“This is
really a funny story. Actually life is kind of like that, you have to find some
fun. Buying some tickets won’t cost you much money, but it will bring you lots
of fun!” in micro blog, a netizen posted his ticket with pride, and he got envy
from his followers.
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