Illustration: Lu Ting/GT
"I thought I had bought a sofa for only 1 yuan."
A local resident, surnamed Lin, was really excited about the bargain he got after buying a 40,000 yuan ($6,352) teak sofa online for just 1 yuan. Then the store called. The proprietor explained that they had priced the sofa incorrectly online and had to cancel the sale. When contacted by local media, an employee admitted that the store had made a mistake and promised they would handle the incident as about 10 customers from around the country also tried to buy the sofa.