McDonald’s Japan Apologizes After Pokémon Card Offer Runs Into Trouble – Interest

Fast food restaurant chain McDonald’s Japan Announce The limited edition distribution ended at several locations on Saturday Pokémon Trading Card Game Cards and their happy meals (called happy sets in Japan). McDonald’s Japan To “cannot meet the expectations of our customers for the product because the early stages of distribution ended.” The fast food chain also asked customers not to contact McDonald’s Location about the inventory or availability of the limited edition Pokémon Card.
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McDonald’s Japan initial Announce On August 4, it will include a limited edition Pokémon Card with it Pokémon Happy meal on a three-day weekend. Each Happy Meal Set includes a two card pack with Pikachu and a random one Pokémonsuch as sprigatito, fuecoco, Quaxly, ralts or riolu.
After the announcement, McDonald’s Japan release statement Urge customers not to buy Pokémon Happy Meal Set, with the purpose of resale Pokémon Card. The statement also requires customers to purchase no more than five Pokémon Happy meal per order to ensure many kids are acceptable Pokémon Card.
Then, the fast food company issued Follow-up statement On August 7, it worked with online marketplace Mercari to “implement measures to increase awareness before and after product release and combat copyright infringement.” McDonald’s Japan Explain the information that the two companies will share McDonald’s include Pokémon Happy meals appearing in Mercari.
one Report By Japanese media Otona’s answer report said that despite measures taken McDonald’s JapanJapanese social media is upset about complaints from people who can’t buy it Pokémon Happy meals or queue up to buy the set. Otona Answers shared some social media posts expressing disappointment at the unsuccessful purchase Pokémon Happy meal. Please note two posts McDonald’s Customers are bringing happy meals back to their car and the cards have been resold in bulk, highlighting the invalid McDonald’s Japanmeasures.
McDonald’s Japan Apologize for the inconvenience caused to customers, employees, and residence. McDonald’s Location and tenant owner on August 11. The company said:
McDonald’s Purchasing happy meals is not tolerated for reselling or giving up and disposing of food. This situation clearly violates our long-standing philosophy of “providing fun dining experiences for children and families” and our restaurant stance, and we sincerely acknowledge that we have underreacted.
Outlook, McDonald’s Japan Stricter purchase restrictions and policies will be imposed during certain Happy Meal Promotions. The company plans to limit the number of happy meals customers can purchase, limit mobile ordering and delivery, and refuse to “not comply with our rules and behaviors, such as trying to make bulk purchases exceed the limit, or repeatedly queue up on the counter, or cancel and cancel in the act of intimidating our employees.” McDonald’s For customers’ application membership, they “apparently interfered with the operation of this service when they purchased it Pokémon Happy meals, or have a history of buying this. ”
McDonald’s Japan It is also planned to work with resale sites to implement measures to “curve as much malicious hoarding and resale activities as possible in certain customers.” The company did not elaborate on what these measures were required.
McDonald’s Japan No announcement yet on whether the limited edition will be reissued Pokémon Trading Card Game Card.
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