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Pakistanis went on a Twitter frenzy to reduce the price of a PS4 by 20K

Pakistanis went on a Twitter frenzy to reduce the price of a PS4 by 20K

If your retweet game is strong, you can get a discount for all of us!
Updated 04 Aug, 2017

Yayvo slashed the price of the beloved PS4 by almost 50% today, and Pakistanis on Twitter are responsible for it.

A few months ago, Twitter went on a retweet frenzy when Nevada teen Carter Wilkerson asked Wendy’s how many retweets would it take to get a year’s supply of free chicken nuggets.

When Wendy’s responded with 18 Million, the teen took to the Twitterati asking for support, which started pouring in from around the globe.

The post now holds the record for the most retweeted tweet of all times, and Carter got free Wendy’s nuggets to munch on for an entire year!

When the retweeting rush was going on, it was a Playstation lover who gave this idea to Yayvo too -

GamerFive, brother.

And Yayvo responded!

True to its word of putting customers first, Yayvo surprised its users by announcing a one-of-a-kind campaign in Pakistan, where every retweet of its #WhatThePrice tweet would bring down the price of a particular item.

Voting began, asking customers to spill ideas on the item they wanted at a slashed price.

And the winner was..

drumrolls

The PS4 that the Yayvo customer asked for in April, retweets being the ticket to get it at an unbelievably low price!

As soon as the word got out, Pakistan joined fingers and came together for the cause. After all, who doesn’t want to retweet for a PS 4?!

Some said it reminded them of the usual bargaining that our ammis do at the shop —

Others declared it as the real tabdeeli in Pakistan —

A 100 retweets resulted in flat Rs 2,000 off the price in under an hour!

And they kept rolling in, making the price unbelievably low!

Thanks to the Twitterati, the price of the PS4 worth Rs 32,500 has been brought down to - wait for it – Rs 16,900.

The campaign went live from 11 AM to 5 PM, and the PS4 would now be available for purchase on the final reduced price between 6 PM to 11 PM today, August 4, 2017.

BRB, we gotta get our hands on the PS4 too before it sells out.

And yes, please bring us more of these #WTP moments, Yayvo!


This content was produced in paid partnership with Yayvo.com

Comments

Ishtiaq Aug 04, 2017 06:51pm
sold out withing 30mint
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Kashif Malik Aug 04, 2017 07:06pm
Final price was Rs. 16,120. All devices have been sold out!!!
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Kashif Malik Aug 04, 2017 07:51pm
Recalling Nicolas Cage thriller Gone in 60 seconds, one may call it 'Gone in 30 minutes'
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Amjad Mirza Aug 04, 2017 10:17pm
Seems like a hoax, the product got sold in half an hour. I presume that it is being bought by the retailer in large quantity before any of us get the advantage. E-commerce, like other things, in doldrums in Pakistan, :(
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Khan Aug 04, 2017 10:23pm
Its not a good idea to trick people to visit your site! Unless its a marketing trick, the item although appearing in online store, when I press the Add to cart button, it showed a pop-up message "Item out of stock" Most of the people I know, who visited the site felt CHEATED!
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