First container-built Starbucks in Taiwan to open in Hualien

More typhoon proof than the other one, and a quake will shake it but not collapse or pancake as buildings do.

Their coffee already tastes like rusted steel sitting out in the sun. Don’t think this will help matters.

As well as being a phony prophet, he was also no seismologist. A 14 magnitude quake is literally impossible. It’d be so strong it’d rip the whole planet in half, let alone just Taiwan.

What year is that nonsense from? That article’s interface looks very old school.

Nailed it!

You are using logic, my good sir. many not so logical people follow pied pipers blindly…and this guy ripped off millions. And he used no 2012 hype.

2011 says the article. More or less.

What happened to him? Did he get any jail time, or did he give some sob story to the judge and get off with a slap on the wrist?

Hey, it’s Starfbuck$.

What judge?

He shed a few tears and all was fine!

That container design has nothing going for it, bad!

We always called it Eightbucks.

Says here he was fined like 40k…not even a scratch.

The complainant, surnamed Sun (å­«), said on Saturday that he was fooled by Wang’s actions into renting a ā€œcargo shelterā€ for his family and spending more than NT$140,000 on rice and coal.

Sun, who made the accusations at Puli’s Ailan police station, said Wang had turned down his repeated requests for a refund of the money he had spent on goods primarily meant for the doomsday that Wang so confidently guaranteed would happen.

ā€œWith the Lunar New Year holiday approaching, my life is getting harder and harder, which is why I decided to bring fraud charges against Wang to get my hard-earned money back,ā€ Sun said.

Sun added that he did not rule out teaming up with other people who also fell victim to Wang’s false prophecy to ask for justice.

In response to Sun’s accusations, Wang said that he had bought supplies for Sun at Sun’s request.

ā€œWhen he [Sun] asked me to buy those products for him, the price of rice was NT$23 per kilogram, which increased to NT$26 a kilogram by the time I bought it. I even paid the difference with my own money,ā€ Wang said.

Wang said that the relationship between him and Sun turned sour after the latter refused to pay him back the money.

ā€œI believe the judicial system will clear my name,ā€ Wang said.

…which is why now they made it against the law to emit such predictions publicly…

Some other names

Tarbucks (because it tastes like tar, get it?)

Starfucks

Cartrucks

SARSbucks

Starcucks

I’m sure more will come to me…

I want to sue you because…I’m an idiot. Brilliant!

If only it were that rich in flavor…

Never has the term caveat emptor been more fitting…

Charbucks. Nasty burnt crap

What’s the address or location or name of connected mall?

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Thanks. Drove by there many times wondering what is with the sparkling building. Maybe they have signage up now.