Saudi store’s USD 1,196 slippers goes viral on Internet, social media users come up with hilarious responses

A video from a footwear store in Saudi Arabia has caught the attention of Internet users as it rolled out online. It suggested that the store was selling a pair of casual slippers for a huge price, which was available for a much cheaper rate in India. The store displayed slippers, widely known as Hawaii chappals, being priced for more than INR 100,000 (USD 1,196). This attracted funny reactions from social media users.

The video opened by showing a footwear store’s counter and a staff presenting the product on camera. Gloves-clad store representative pulled out the pair of footwear and placed it on the glass table, displaying it to the customer. It was reportedly priced at 4,500 riyals, which converts to INR 100,305.

In the video, the staff was seen highlighting the features of the footwear while demonstrating it to the potential buyer. However, the unmuted video didn’t impress netizens to purchase the slippers.

An X influencer named Rishi Bagree shared the footage online and wrote, “We Indians use these sandals as a toilet footwear.”

We Indians use these sandals as a toilet footwear 😀 pic.twitter.com/7EtWY27tDT

— Rishi Bagree (@rishibagree) July 16, 2024

Soon, other users on the social media platform started to react. They shared laughter emojis after seeing the price of these slippers in Saudi Arabia.

While the visuals drew a close resemblance of the shown footwear to that of a casual flip-flop slipper, it was unclear whether the actual product displayed in the video had any significant features that made it pricey.

(The article is published under a mutual content partnership arrangement betweenThe Free Press JournalandConnected to India)