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you use the Onnuri gift certificate at the traditional market, you can buy goods at a 10% discount. In order to save the traditional market, these benefits are given to consumers, but in reality, they are often used to buy alcohol and cigarettes cheaply.



Reporter Han Sang-woo.



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This is a mobile-only Onnuri gift certificate that can be easily purchased with a smartphone.



If you pay 90,000 won with a 10% discount rate, 100,000 won will be charged.



You can use it like cash anywhere in the traditional market, and discount benefits are given to save the traditional market by inducing more use.



However, contrary to its original purpose, it is being used as a trick to buy cheap alcohol and cigarettes.



[Traditional Market Entry Mart: (10 cigarettes….) I will bring you. (Is it possible for Onnuri (gift certificates)?) Yes, it is possible. Wait. 45,000 won (taken) Show me. Click to make a payment, and that’s it. Click OK... .] You can



actually buy cigarettes at a 10% discount.



Wine and liquor are also discounted in the same way.



[Traditional market entry mart: (Onnuri gift certificate.) (Can I have Western liquor?) It doesn't matter. Buying from us... .] With the



increasing number of consumers, some supermarkets that have entered traditional markets have created a corner specializing in liquor, ranging from hundreds of types of wines to high-end liquors, and sell them onnuri gift certificates.



[Small Business Corporation Officials: We do not have data on whether to buy alcohol, cigarettes, or what items are bought a lot. I think we need to discuss with the Ministry of Strategy and Finance whether action is necessary.]



Local love gift certificates, which are sold cheaper than face value by local

governments,

can also be used to purchase alcohol and cigarettes, which are not very helpful in revitalizing alleys.



If your usage exceeds 60%, you can get a cash refund, so the discount is virtually greater.



It is pointed out that item-specific restrictions are needed to prevent this kind of use that does not make use of the discount purpose of gift certificates.



(Video editing: Yoon Tae-ho, VJ: Jeong Min-gu)