How about all the beer you can drink for the rest of your life for only 100,000 yen?
Would you pay just under $1000 to drink as much beer as you wanted for the rest of your life?
Well, one bar in Fukuoka Prefecture will let you do just that. Snack Umaibo, a small bar that serves popular umaibo corn snacks alongside a range of alcoholic beverages has invited customers to spend 100,000 yen — that’s about $888 — for the right to drink as much beer as they want for the rest of their lives. Naturally, this means that bar has suddenly become the center of attention among netizens.
Still, 2ch netizens are skeptical, with many claiming that this is a move toward a planned bankruptcy. Others say there must be some kind of catch. And they’re probably not wrong.
What do you think? An unmissable bargain or an unconvincing scam?
From Buzz-Plus News:
[Gourmet Revolution]: Izakaya Starts Selling “Right To Drink As Much Beer As You Like For The Rest Of Your Life” for 100,000 Yen — You Could Save Up To 7,100,000 Yen (笑)!
A popular izakaya is trending massively after it started selling the right to drink as much draft beer as you like for the rest of your life. For only 100,000 yen (tax not included) [approx. $888], you can drink draft beer free for the rest of your life. Because you have to pay 100,000 yen upfront it probably sounds strange to say you get to drink for free, but it does mean that you can drink as much draft beer as you want without any extra charges for the rest of your life.
・ A Popular Izakaya Loved By Lots Of People
The izakaya selling the right to drink as much draft beer as you like for the rest of your life for 100,000 yen is Fukuoka Prefecture’s “Snack Umaibo”. It’s an intriguing bar crammed with the well-known “umaibo” corn snacks, which is much loved by many people. The official comments of the bar are below.
Fukuoka’s Snack Umaibo bar.
・ The Bar’s Comments
“This is a service provided for our customers who love draft beer. We hit upon the idea when we calculated how much those customers spend on draft beer over the course of a year. We estimated the figure based on someone who goes out to eat twice a week, and each time has two beers at 600 yen per beer. In such a case, it would cost you around 10,000 yen in beer per month. When you calculate the yearly total, it comes to around 120,000 yen. If you continue to drink for the 60 years between being 20 years old and 80 years old, then you will have spent around 7,200,000 yen on beer alone.”
・You Could Save Up To 7,100,000 Yen
The offer doesn’t only apply to beer, but actually applies to all drinks, so you can drink as much as you want of whatever you want. Of course, 100,000 yen is no small amount, but when you think that you can drink without any additional costs for the rest of your life, it’s actually a massive bargain. Thinking about the calculation outlined above, expenditure on beer over a lifetime is 7,200,000 yen [approx. $64,000]. So to get that for only 100,000 yen means that you save 7,100,000 yen [approx. $63,000]. That has to be a good thing!!
The online coupon, reading “Free Beer For Life”.
・Will You Give It Try?
By the way, this offer is only on sale until the end of February. So to those who really like their beer: how about giving this a try? You can purchase the offer in the bar itself, but it’s also possible to buy online.
Comments from 2ch.net:
アンクルホールド(愛知県)＠＼(^o^)／:
Planned bankruptcy.
腕ひしぎ十字固め(関東地方)＠＼(^o^)／:
It’s all over if the place goes bankrupt, right?
レッドインク(北海道)＠＼(^o^)／:
“The offer doesn’t only apply to beer, but actually applies to all drinks”
Say that from the outset! This seems like a great service to customers.
ファルコンアロー(西日本)＠＼(^o^)／:
Once they get enough money together they’ll declare bankruptcy and start a new business.
タイガードライバー(埼玉県)＠＼(^o^)／:
Dude, the only food they serve there is umaibo corn snacks.
チキンウィングフェースロック(兵庫県)＠＼(^o^)／:
You just know they’re gonna have some weird T&Cs.
ダイビングエルボードロップ(東京都)＠＼(^o^)／:
The base cost of beer is pretty high.
Can’t help but call this a mad scheme if they’re charging 100,000 yen.
セントーン(新疆ウイグル自治区)＠＼(^o^)／ :
If you do something as stupid as this then the bar will be monopolized day in, day out, with unemployed losers who buy a single corn snack and spend the rest of the day drinking booze.
The only counter strategy will be if after one month the bar announces it’s moving abroad.
If they do that then I don’t suppose it’ll count as fraud.
エメラルドフロウジョン(兵庫県)＠＼(^o^)／:
If it were me, I’d get as much cash as I could and then elope in the dead of night.
ニーリフト(SB-iPhone)＠＼(^o^)／:
If a major chain were doing this, I’d buy it.
オリンピック予選スラム(チベット自治区)＠＼(^o^)／:
The catch will be that if they change the name of the bar the offer will be void.
フロントネックロック(大阪府)＠＼(^o^)／:
Ultimately it comes down to whether or not you trust this bar. Even if they don’t go under, there’s a possibility that you won’t be able to continue going there anyway.
ジャンピングパワーボム(東日本)＠＼(^o^)／:
Umm, are they only open from like 9am – 4pm or something?
テキサスクローバーホールド(catv?)＠＼(^o^)／:
Well, if you get one, then you’d break even within a year.
フロントネックロック(東京都)＠＼(^o^)／:
I reckon it’s better to have like an annual beer passport for 20,000 yen.
膝十字固め(SB-iPhone)＠＼(^o^)／:
Only 3% of companies are still going 30 years after their establishment. That’s tiny. 15% survive for 10 years. Of those, most will go bankrupt, some will fraudulently close down.
ハイキック(茸)＠＼(^o^)／:
This is definitely some kind of ruse (笑)
栓抜き攻撃(空)＠＼(^o^)／:
What are they going to do if gang members buy them?
フォーク攻撃(愛知県)＠＼(^o^)／:
Seems like it would be a better idea to buy 100,000 yen’s worth of alcohol that you actually like.
ミッドナイトエクスプレス(茸)＠＼(^o^)／:
Kinda lost all interest in going there just because of this crazy plan.
