Snubbed Chinese woman makes Louis Vuitton staff count US$84,000 cash for 2 hours, and then leaves; Netizens praise her revenge

As it is said ‘revenge is dish best served cold’. A woman, who felt she had been snubbed by staff at a Louis Vuitton outlet in China, returned to the store with 600,000 yuan (US$84,000) in cash two months later to get her own back.

The woman shared her “infuriating” experience at the StarLight Place shopping centre in Chongqing, southwestern China, in June, on social media platform Xiaohongshu, the SCMP reported.

The woman said that in the initial exchange, she went to the Louis Vuitton outlet carrying a Hermes handbag to buy clothes and staff behaved in a stand-offish way towards her.

The staff ignored her request for drinking water and pointed to old seasonal garments while she hoped to see the new arrivals. They even rolled their eyes and looked impatient when she asked them to show her some dresses to fit, she added.

After leaving the shop, the woman called “the headquarters” of the luxury brand, but was ignored.

After bearing a grudge for two months, the woman went to the same store with a big bag containing 600,000 yuan cash. She was accompanied by her PA and a friend.

They tried on some clothes and told the sales person that they would buy them. The woman then presented the shop assistants with the bag of banknotes to pay.

The staff spent two hours to count the whole money, but at the end the woman told them: “We don’t want to buy now. We are leaving.”

The woman’s story went viral online in mainland and netizens praised her.

One user said, “This ending is so delightful. I have always wondered why these shop assistants are so arrogant.”

“They sell luxury goods, but it does not mean they are luxury goods themselves,” another said.