Scorching summer can’t deter bargain hunters from Hong Kong’s trade fairs as Computer and Communications Festival opens
But for many disappointment was in store after printing mistake claimed first 100 visitors each day would be able to get a laptop worth HK$1,799 for HK$99 – it should have said HK$999
A record-breaking hot summer has not deterred bargain hunters from roughing it overnight to be first through the doors of a number of trade fairs in Hong Kong.
The latest example is the Computer and Communications Festival, organised by the Chamber of Hong Kong Computer Industry, which opened at noon on Friday. More than a dozen people slept on newspapers and another 100 or so began forming queues from early in the morning outside the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai.
They were drawn by the big bargains on offer at these trade shows.
But for many, disappointment was in store, after a printing mistake by exhibitor Cosmic Technology Limited claimed the first 100 visitors each day would be able to get a laptop worth HK$1,799 for HK$99. It should have said HK$999, though the mistake was only corrected when the first people arrived.
Lau Din-wang, at 74, may have been the eldest in the queue of mostly young people. He had travelled from Sha Tin in the hope of bagging a bargain laptop.
“[The fair] wasted my time and money [for the entry]. Why don’t they tell media earlier when they found the mistake?” Lau said.
