While some made a windfall selling these items, some don't.
But for one Thai man, trying to sell items used by a celebrity cost him everything.
Even the toilet seat
Recently, a Thai cafe owner tried to get rich by selling items reportedly used by BLACKPINK member Lisa.According to a report by Malay Mail, the Thailand-born artist did a photoshoot at the MQQN Café in Bangkok, and shared the pictures with her 28.1 million followers on Instagram.
Surprised by the sudden fame his café got after the shoutout, its owner, Masse Jacop, turned into that money-eyes emoji.
He reportedly began auctioning off several items that Lisa used during the photoshoot, including a sofa and a set of cutleries, on his Facebook page.
Not just that, he even auctioned off a toilet seat!
According to Masse, some of the items managed to fetch bids of up to 100,000 baht (RM12,300), and he even entertained an obscene request by one Facebook user who asked if he could pay to sniff the sofa Lisa had sat on, to which he replied: “It’ll be 1,000 baht (RM136), but 100 baht for friends.”
Major online backlash
Obviously, Jacop's greed and lewd comments did not go down well with fans of BLACKPINK (or better known as Blinks) at all.They heavily criticised Jacop’s cheap way of trying to get rich, and even accused him of sexually harassing Lisa:
1.intentionally left lisa's utensils & glass unwashed
— ☆ (@estrellalalisa) January 2, 2020
2.put it up for auction w the seat & toilet seat she sat on & napkin she used after eating
3.talked about looking for (genitalia) hairs on the toilet seat to buy land
..& he said it's not harassment?#มูนคาเฟ่ชั้นต่ํา
blinks, the owner of the MQQN cafe in which lisa had her photoshoot sexually objectified her on facebook. this is beyond unacceptable and that pervert must be punished. this is why men are trash #มูนคาเฟ่ชั้นต่ํา pic.twitter.com/MiH0bagZq6
— ???° ◡̈ (@lilibotc) January 2, 2020
WTF the owner of MQQN cafe used dirty words (sexual harassment) to talk about Lisa ? How dare you, assh*le ? You should have felt super grateful bcoz Lisa chose to take a photoshoot at your coffee shop ? Stop supporting this place guys. BOYCOTT FOREVER #มูนคาเฟ่ชั้นต่ํา pic.twitter.com/RzBOXHYNvA
— Lili Lalice (@flower_in_snow) January 2, 2020
The owner of MQQN cafe , which Lisa recently visited, was talking shit abt her using dirty words. It’s so abusive and terrible that I couldnt translate.
— ขนมเบื้องเองค่ะ (@LisaPlsBeHappy) January 2, 2020
T-Blink re trying to down vote this cafe in every website we can do.
I already attached the links on the tweet below; https://t.co/v33BHZzg8o
lisa was sexually harassed by the owner of the MQQN cafe which lisa promoted and had a photoshoot with and yg doesn't do anything about it. they should sue them but they dont care about lisa which makes this all even more disgusting. #มูนคาเฟ่ชั้นต่ํา
— ً (@seldoII) January 2, 2020
I can't express in words how much disrespect and s*xual h*rassment of women make me sick. It's even worse when it happens to those we love. Lisa recently made a photoshoot at MQQN Café, the owners of place are harassing her on facebook with disgusting comments. #มูนคาเฟ่ชั้นต่ํา pic.twitter.com/26wJMgLYOX
— BLACKPINK in RADIO (@bpinradio) January 2, 2020
Lisa, whose real name is Lalisa Manoban, is one of the most followed K-pop idols on Instagram, and the show of support and backlash from BLINKS eventually prompted Jacop to shut down the café indefinitely.⚠️ Night Report Alert ⚠️
— BLACKPINK AGENT TEAM (@bpagentteam) January 2, 2020
This cafe,MQQN Cafe BKK, in Thailand is very disrespectful and makes sexual harassment toward Lisa. He wanted to sell items that were made in contact with Lisa. You can see on right on what they say. The cafe close down their recommendation. pic.twitter.com/f1eN9mqo4C
The MQQN Cafe BKK is closed indefinitely?! #มูนคาเฟ่ชั้นต่ํา pic.twitter.com/jJ5JWflWjt
— Ash_? (@AshHugh2) January 3, 2020
Well, it's safe to say that he clearly picked a fight with the wrong person.
Maybe this will teach him to be not so greedy in the future.