The video leverages a relatable 'storytime' format that taps into the audience's sense of justice, using a specific, tangible example of a scam to build authority and trust in the creator's own product quality.
Summary
The creator of Poppy Rose Print Company explains how a customer attempted to scam her by returning a low-quality, cheap knockoff of her viral sweatshirt. She uses the incident to highlight the superior quality of her own products and warns other customers against purchasing cheaper versions from overseas.
Structure
1Introduction to the scam story
2Comparison of quality between the original and the knockoff
3Explanation of the customer's likely motivation
4Demonstration of the poor quality of the returned item
Original caption
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5Final warning to the customer and viewers
Product placement
Poppy Rose Print Company (a) ACTS: The creator identifies this as her own small business, shows her branded 'Spooky Season' sweatshirt, and explains her quality standards. Removing it would change the entire premise of the video. TikTok Shop (a) ACTS: The creator mentions that her products have gone viral on the TikTok Shop, which is the platform where the scammer purchased a cheaper, lower-quality version of her product. Removing it would remove the context for how the scam occurred.
On-screen text
On today episode of: People Who Scam Small Businesses
Transcript
Hello and welcome to today's episode of people who like to scam small businesses. On today's episode we're going to be talking about our viral Spooky Season sweatshirt. We have sold thousands of this Spooky Season sweatshirt for my small business. They are top quality because at Poppy Rose we believe in quality and customer service above anything else. So they are top quality direct to garment printed, made right here inside the United States, brand name Gildan sweatshirts. I mean just the best. This sweatshirt will last you forever, okay? They have gone viral in the TikTok shop and so we have sold lots and lots and lots of them. Well, today we received this return from let's just call her a past customer since she will no longer be shopping with us. And she has returned to us a much, much, much cheaper version of this sweatshirt. So what I assume happened was that she decided she was going to get the viral sweatshirt, but she saw them listed much cheaper on the TikTok shop and was like, well I'll get this version. And she did. She did get a cheaper version. That's exactly what she received. And then when she received it I assume she was like, oh my gosh like this doesn't, like look at you guys, this is your first sign. If you're going to get a tag that looks like this, no information on it, just like a size. Okay, like so thin. There's not even fleece on the inside. Like this is the thinnest like material. I guess this is like, I don't even know. It is like falling a- like it's already falling apart, you guys. Look at the stitching like coming out of this sweatshirt. And then this is where it gets real, y'all. The plastic print. I talk about these plastic prints all the time. Like hold on. You'll hear this? That's some ASMR right there. Okay, the cheap plastic sticker print on the front of this terrible quality sweatshirt. So I guess she was like, oh okay, well no wonder this was $12. Let me, being the kind and wonderful person that I am, let me order the viral version from the USA small business mom that is at home working her butt off on a Sunday. And let me order her quality version, and then I'll just send back the cheap one to her and say that they sent me the wrong sweater. Even though it's actually impossible because we don't carry whatever brand this is or even offer these types of prints. So to my past customer, you know who you are. This is what happens when you order a cheaper version from another country, okay? But please, do not send your cheaper version back to me and scam me out of my quality version that I work so hard for as a work from home mom, okay? I mean, you're going to be forced to order these cheaper versions now because you're blocked from my shop. You can't even shop here anymore. So, if you're seeing this, we see you, because I check in all the returns myself every Sunday, okay? All right. Thanks for shopping small you guys. Bye y'all.
