Homeowners Outraged After Realizing Their Builders Built A Plastic Lake Instead Of The Real One Their Pictures Showed
Quick, if I say ‘lake,’ what are the first three words that pop into your head? Don’t overthink things, just say them out loud. Odds are, you probably said ‘blue,’ ‘water,’ and ‘wet.’ Which is completely natural because lakes are full of blue water which is wet. Duh. However, it’s not so obvious to some developers in China.
Developers from Changsha, Hunan, used an advertisement to trick homeowners into thinking that by buying an apartment in their building, they’d be living next to a park with a small lake in the middle of it. Well, the reality was as different as a mirage is from an oasis. Instead of a picturesque lake, homeowners found themselves living next to a ‘lake’ made of blue plastic covering, meant to mimic water.
Let’s get something straight: just because you make it blue doesn’t mean it’s a lake. Some other things that are blue but aren’t a lake include: the sky, your mom’s Mini Cooper, The Smurfs, blueberries, and whales.
200 homeowners in Changsha, China, were angry to learn that the lake they were promised…
Image credits: Pear Video
…was fake and actually made of blue plastic!
Image credits: Pear Video
Around 200 homeowners were disappointed to find out that ads for the man-made lake were a lie. The weird thing is, the developers even built a bridge across the fake lake. If they put in the effort to do that, why couldn’t they have simply created the lake as well?
The developers promised their clients a park view and instead cut corners
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“So I’m supposed to be standing in the middle of blue water, which in fact doesn’t exist. There is no rock or plants,” one Chinese homeowner told the media.
Image credits: Pear Video
Image credits: Pear Video
Obviously, lying to homeowners can’t be good for business. And Chinese developers are creating more problems for themselves than lying about lakes, ponds, and other bodies of water.
Image credits: Pear Video
Image credits: Pear Video
According to the South China Morning Post, property developers are getting more and more complaints from homeowners about safety standards and the quality of buildings.
There’s even a bridge across the fake lake
Image credits: Pear Video
Image credits: Pear Video
Developers are rushing to sell as many properties as they can, which means some of them are cutting corners and putting lives at risk. In other words, there is a ‘build fast and sell fast’ approach being taken.
You can watch a video of the plastic lake here
Dear Pandas, what do you think of the developers tricking the homeowners by creating a fake lake? Do you think that they should build a real park as an apology? What are some of your favorite things that are blue but aren’t lakes? Have you been told by developers that you’d be living near a park only to have them build a supermarket where it should have been? Share your thoughts with us in the comments and let us know if you’ve ever been on the receiving end of fake ads.
Here’s how the internet reacted when they heard the news about the lake
If you can not sue in this case, China must have a strange contract law. I mean, this must not be only false advertisment, but fraud. I cannot belive 200 people would sign buying contracts, expecting a lake but not checking whether said lake is included in the contract.
Why would a "communal lake" be included in the contract? Every homeowner will sign for the property they're actually buying.
Load More Replies...China is one of the most dishonest countries in the world. I'm glad that's one page that Japan did NOT take from their book.
The contractor was just living up to the Chinese tradition of delivering fake goods. LMAO. At least 3 people didn't find my comment funny.... Wonder why????
Because people are soft. What you said is true, this is how China works, they lie, cheat and steal to get people's money. The U.S. actually warned Boeing about doing business with China because they will flat out steal their designs and tech. There are tons of cases of Chinese citizens stealing non military tech for personal gain. So I don't find it surprising that they do this to their own people as well.
Load More Replies...Hmm, not unlike the clothes I've bought from online sellers in China. You pay for beautiful linen or silk garments and receive thin acetate rags with major sewing errors in ridiculous sizes. When you try to return the postage and handling are more than the cost of the garment. So these cheats are doing it to their fellow countrypeoples. Horrible.
Yeah, I bought something off eBay and the sizes are "Chinese." I wear a U.S. XL, which in China would be 4XL. Fortunately, the service I paid with didn't buy the seller's explanation and clawed back my money. For every honest seller in China and Hong Kong, it seems there are equal or more scammers.
Load More Replies...This is the result of living in a country where there are no consumer protection regulations. This is the kind of country many Republican politicians would turn America into if we didn’t stop them. What’s most amazing to me is that Republican voters don’t realize this. They just don’t understand what the removal of regulations leads to. Yes, I know I’ll get a trillion down votes from the teaming right wingers on Panda, but maybe just one will start to think about this.
Those Republicans are often businessmen and they know the value of not diminishing your brand if you want long term success, and those guys LOVE money so they don't want to do anything to jeopardize how much they can make. How about you leave your politics out of this because in this case it actually goes against your comment anyway.
Load More Replies...In Buenos Aires, the mayor built something similar and the propaganda was "Buenos Aires Playa". index-5dd6...e5db24.jpg
Don't lie. He never promised a pool. "Buenos Aires Playa" exists since several years now, and last summer they added that water playground
Load More Replies...I loved your blog and thanks for publishing this about the homeowner trolled developer for building fake lake!! I am really happy to come across this exceptionally well written content. Thanks for sharing and look for more in future!! Keep doing this inspirational work and share with us.Well, I have visited another sitehttp://www.insulationservices.co.nz having some wonderful and similar information.
Sorry, this is slightly irrelevant, but seeing these pictures made me remember of those times in my childhood, staring out of the balcony in my apartment in China, just obnoxiously staring at the park down below. And staring at the kids there. And longing to play. But not wanting to meet other kids.
And homeowners weren’t doing their due diligence when it came to overseeing work being done? GMAB
There are many intriguing videos on YouTube with similar themes: how important appearances are in China/HongKong, and how businesses scam consumers. "White Monkey Jobs" are popular among White American and European visitors, because they're very lucrative and fairly easy. One man posed as a surgeon for a group of clinics. Another posed as a potential resident in a condo development. A U.S. man and his Chinese wife conduct a blog about cultural differences. He noted that many people in China will live on the street in order to drive a nice car and wear expensive clothes. Out of courtesy, nobody questions where they live or their occupation.
the 'water' doesn't even look real. Wow. You can tell how much they cared about this
this would p**s the f**k outta me. I would pay so much money and have this piece of s**t rip-off?! we all gotta sue the home owner
Buenos Aires. Argentina :( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMWAVwLUpWI
This seems nonsense. If actual water, you'd need giant barriers to stop toddlers from drowning; as well as maintenance fees. Now it's basically a kids playground which is more useful.
You can make a shallow fountain, or something like that. Doesn't need to be a deep lake with animals and all.
Load More Replies...In China, you will be ending in jail for "public disturbance"
Load More Replies...If you can not sue in this case, China must have a strange contract law. I mean, this must not be only false advertisment, but fraud. I cannot belive 200 people would sign buying contracts, expecting a lake but not checking whether said lake is included in the contract.
Why would a "communal lake" be included in the contract? Every homeowner will sign for the property they're actually buying.
Load More Replies...China is one of the most dishonest countries in the world. I'm glad that's one page that Japan did NOT take from their book.
The contractor was just living up to the Chinese tradition of delivering fake goods. LMAO. At least 3 people didn't find my comment funny.... Wonder why????
Because people are soft. What you said is true, this is how China works, they lie, cheat and steal to get people's money. The U.S. actually warned Boeing about doing business with China because they will flat out steal their designs and tech. There are tons of cases of Chinese citizens stealing non military tech for personal gain. So I don't find it surprising that they do this to their own people as well.
Load More Replies...Hmm, not unlike the clothes I've bought from online sellers in China. You pay for beautiful linen or silk garments and receive thin acetate rags with major sewing errors in ridiculous sizes. When you try to return the postage and handling are more than the cost of the garment. So these cheats are doing it to their fellow countrypeoples. Horrible.
Yeah, I bought something off eBay and the sizes are "Chinese." I wear a U.S. XL, which in China would be 4XL. Fortunately, the service I paid with didn't buy the seller's explanation and clawed back my money. For every honest seller in China and Hong Kong, it seems there are equal or more scammers.
Load More Replies...This is the result of living in a country where there are no consumer protection regulations. This is the kind of country many Republican politicians would turn America into if we didn’t stop them. What’s most amazing to me is that Republican voters don’t realize this. They just don’t understand what the removal of regulations leads to. Yes, I know I’ll get a trillion down votes from the teaming right wingers on Panda, but maybe just one will start to think about this.
Those Republicans are often businessmen and they know the value of not diminishing your brand if you want long term success, and those guys LOVE money so they don't want to do anything to jeopardize how much they can make. How about you leave your politics out of this because in this case it actually goes against your comment anyway.
Load More Replies...In Buenos Aires, the mayor built something similar and the propaganda was "Buenos Aires Playa". index-5dd6...e5db24.jpg
Don't lie. He never promised a pool. "Buenos Aires Playa" exists since several years now, and last summer they added that water playground
Load More Replies...I loved your blog and thanks for publishing this about the homeowner trolled developer for building fake lake!! I am really happy to come across this exceptionally well written content. Thanks for sharing and look for more in future!! Keep doing this inspirational work and share with us.Well, I have visited another sitehttp://www.insulationservices.co.nz having some wonderful and similar information.
Sorry, this is slightly irrelevant, but seeing these pictures made me remember of those times in my childhood, staring out of the balcony in my apartment in China, just obnoxiously staring at the park down below. And staring at the kids there. And longing to play. But not wanting to meet other kids.
And homeowners weren’t doing their due diligence when it came to overseeing work being done? GMAB
There are many intriguing videos on YouTube with similar themes: how important appearances are in China/HongKong, and how businesses scam consumers. "White Monkey Jobs" are popular among White American and European visitors, because they're very lucrative and fairly easy. One man posed as a surgeon for a group of clinics. Another posed as a potential resident in a condo development. A U.S. man and his Chinese wife conduct a blog about cultural differences. He noted that many people in China will live on the street in order to drive a nice car and wear expensive clothes. Out of courtesy, nobody questions where they live or their occupation.
the 'water' doesn't even look real. Wow. You can tell how much they cared about this
this would p**s the f**k outta me. I would pay so much money and have this piece of s**t rip-off?! we all gotta sue the home owner
Buenos Aires. Argentina :( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMWAVwLUpWI
This seems nonsense. If actual water, you'd need giant barriers to stop toddlers from drowning; as well as maintenance fees. Now it's basically a kids playground which is more useful.
You can make a shallow fountain, or something like that. Doesn't need to be a deep lake with animals and all.
Load More Replies...In China, you will be ending in jail for "public disturbance"
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