To Prevent Scamming Accusation On POCO M3 Sales, Xiaomi Cancels A Number Of Suspicious Transactions

JAKARTA - The enthusiasm on the POCO M3 made Xiaomi Indonesia have to take a bold step, namely by canceling a number of purchases of POCO M3 worth billions of rupiah on Lazada.

This was done by Xiaomi because a number of transactions were identified as unreasonable activities and could lead to actions that harm many parties.

Xiaomi Indonesia's Product PR Manager, Andi Renreng said that this decision was part of an effort to fight against those who resell products obtained through flash sales at prices above the official price.

This initiative is part of POCO's commitment to ensure POCO fans can enjoy smartphone products at official prices, and build a healthier sales and distribution ecosystem in Indonesia.

"We are committed to protecting our consumers and ensuring everyone gets the same opportunity to get the innovation and technology from POCO smartphones", said Andi.

Xiaomi's bold move to cancel a number of POCO M3 purchase transactions has been appreciated by people, one of which is Herry SW, a gadget observer and activist.

Very nice! Beat bots and speculators! Next time, try asking Lazada to add a captcha or other security. pic.twitter.com/suLs2HmkL4

- Herry SW (@herrysw) January 27, 2021

In his Twitter account, Herry said "Great! Beat bots and speculators ! Next time, try asking Lazada to add a captcha or other security".

On the other hand, this decision was also regretted by some people because Xiaomi canceled the transaction indiscriminately. On average, those who took payments via COD (Cash On Delivery) were the most affected by the reason "Inaccurate delivery address".

I'm not a Bot nor a speculator, but my purchase suddenly got canceled 😌 pic.twitter.com/4jEVtIQwsk

- HA (@Dii__m) January 27, 2021

I was one of the people who affected by this, the COD system payment was already in the Cimanggis LEX. When I saw this post on IG, I checked my Lazada. and boom ... Canceled ... reason: Inaccurate delivery address.

- Gacha Dregs 🤣😑 (@ E905 ___) January 27, 2021

From the side of Xiaomi Indonesia, Andi apologizes if anyone is affected by this cancellation, hopefully, they understand that Xiaomi is doing it for the common interest.

Cancellations will be followed by additional sales that will be held on January 29, 2021, at 10.00 WIB at Lazada while February 2 sales will be carried out as originally scheduled.

If there are consumers who are affected by this cancellation, POCO recommends being able to participate in the flash sale again by going to this link.

For your information, on the sale of POCO M3 on January 26, more than 50,000 units of POCO M3 have been sold within five minutes on three online channels, namely Lazada, Akulaku, and Mi.com as well as the offline channel, Mi Store.