Owners of a Chinese restaurant which offered a generous all-you-can-eat deal have been bankrupt by their customers in less than two weeks.

成都一家火锅店办120元会员卡可吃一个月 不到两周就被吃得停业

The restaurant reportedly ran heavy debts and had to close down after some thrifty customers stayed in the store for an entire day to eat 'several meals'.

Moreover, it's said promotion-loving pensioners started queuing outside the restaurant as early as 8am in order to take full advantage of the offer.

Jiamen'er, selling popular spicy style hot pot, launched the buffet deal on June 1, inviting any customers with a membership card to eat there as much as they wanted for 120 yuan (£14) a month.

120元会员卡吃一个月火锅”活动推出不到两周，家门儿火锅店就被这样“吃”得暂停营业。

人们从上午8点就来排队等着进店里大快朵颐。

这家名为“家门儿鲜菜”的火锅店，从6月1日开展这个优惠活动以来，前来办卡的市民络绎不绝。

Su Zhe, one of the restaurant's founders, said the restaurant opened last December and its business was poor. The management decided to offer the deal in hope of attracting more customers, according to a report on People's Daily Online, citing Chengdu Commercial Newspaper.

老板苏哲说，火锅店是去年12月开张的，生意不好。原本就知道是亏本的结果，只是想通过这个活动积累忠实客户，没想到场面彻底失控了。

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DiNozzo2425, Leighton Buzzard, United Kingdom, 14 hours ago

Start charging for meals make some good money :D
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现在开始收费啊，大赚一笔

LADWP Trust Fund, Los Angeles Taxfornia , United States, 14 hours ago

They're new to capitalism, aren't they?
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他们还玩不来zb主义，不是吗？

hayward4591, Los Angeles, United States, 14 hours ago

And prices were too low!
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会员费太低了

Sam Toku, London, United Kingdom, 13 hours ago

Oh boy, was that a bad offer to make!!
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哦，这下要破产了！

newstruth, NYC, United States, 13 hours ago

They sold the cards, then went out of business- They went bankrupt and kept the $30,000. Just like when restaurants sell gift cards and go out of business.
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卖会员卡，然后停业。破产了，3万美元会员费留着。有些餐厅先拼命卖会员卡，然后关门停业。

Benny, London, 6 hours ago

Never underestimate appetites especially in China. The worst mistake is to offer cards. Make them pay each time they visit to discourage someone coming back over and over. Your best weapon is to get customers to fill up on cheap rubbish. That's why meats and protein dishes are always at the end of a buffet. Restaurants that offer all you can eat do so very carefully
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永远别低估人们的胃口，特别是在。推出会员卡活动是错的。每次来就餐，都得收费，否则人们隔三差五就来吃一次。

先让顾客吃便宜的。大鱼大肉最后再端上来。开那种随便吃、吃到饱的自助餐厅，不能疏忽大意啊，要小心经营才行。

roy hobbs, Pittsburgh, United States, 30 minutes ago

One of the secrets of all you can eat buffet restaurants is that you purposely don't make the food too good and tasty.

开自助餐厅，有一个秘密，那就是别把东西做得太好吃啊