A woman in her 20s who bought free in Shanghai for 2 months...You don't pay a penny for accommodation, food, or a taxi
Jul 23, 2025
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The woman arrested by the police was charged with 'disrupting public order' and other charges.
According to Hong Kong media South China Morning Post, Hwang, a woman in her 20s, did not pay while using hotels, baths, restaurants, and taxis throughout Shanghai. Through this, I actually lived 'free life' for about two months.
Hwang's method was to find fault with all kinds of things and refund and return.
According to the police, Hwang stayed at several hotels and saunas, and at the end of each stay, he complained and demanded a refund, saying "Sanitary conditions are poor." Some saunas even reportedly demanded a refund after deliberately scratching or irritating the skin to cause wounds.
A box of dead crickets was found in her bag, which police suspected was used as a tool to demand a refund, claiming there were bugs in the hotel.
A hotel official claimed that "The average cost of a night's stay was around 200 yuan (about 38,000 won), but she never paid except three times.' At least three times, the men she met online reportedly paid for her. One man confessed "I paid for the accommodation instead, and she stopped contacting me after that."
In addition, Hwang requested a refund due to taste or hygiene problems after ordering food through a delivery application. Taxis also repeated the method of avoiding paying the fare by filing complaints about the driver on the ride platform after using it.
She installed various taxi ride apps on her two smartphones and took turns exploiting the benefits.
In addition, I wore new clothes by ordering clothes from an online shopping mall and requesting a refund within seven days, which is a free return period.
After getting eyelash extensions and nail art at the salon, "I'm not feeling well."The fee was exempted under the pretext of ", and the procedure was removed and came out.
In an interview with local media Shanghai TV, the salon owner lamented, `It's a great idea to be pretty for free.'
In a police investigation, Hwang stated that he had decided to repeat the technique after he actually witnessed the bug at a hotel and was exempted from accommodation fees.
In addition, it was revealed that he first contacted the police and asked them to mediate the conflict with accommodation facilities or restaurants, and filed a complaint against the police if he was judged against him.
In the end, Hwang was arrested after two months of extraordinary 'free life'. However, even after her arrest, she also appeared to avoid responsibility, saying "The police ruined my life", "I will never come back to Shanghai again".
The incident sparked a huge controversy online in China. Netizens are posting comments such as "Now I can buy it for free in prison", "Examples of shopping malls and platforms' return policies", and "In the end, only trust between good consumers and sellers is broken".
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
