FOMO? No mo’!
Fears of missing out on the cutthroat Stanley cup craze can now be quenched — well, for a small fee.
Cunning Facebookers are now selling $150, non-refundable selfies with their 40-ounce tumblers to thirsty fans who can’t afford the smoking hot commodity, which can come with a price tag upwards of $300 via online resellers.
And wannabe cup holders seem to be lapping it up.
“We all can’t afford a $300 cup — so why not you get the next best thing to it, a picture!,” advertised an unnamed photo peddler on social media, per a Reddit repost.
“Yes! A picture of this stunning cup with free shipping. This is only [a] photo of the cup on 11×8 printer paper. You won’t regret purchasing a photo of a beauty like this,” continued the hawker. “If anything is wrong with your purchase, please reach out. No refunds post-purchase.”
On TikTok, a clip with over 2.8 million views, too, showcased a Stanley cup selfie deal via a woman from Calgary, Canada, who’s asking for $5 in exchange for photoshoots with her pink portable.
Snapshot sales of the coveted cup have recently become all the rage amongst taste-making Gen Zs online.
In fact, limited edition rollouts of the must-have mug have sent folks into frenzies at retailers across the country.
Fists went flying at a Target in Goodyear, Ariz., when the Stanley brand introduced its Galantine’s Collection at the top of the year. The stylish line of drinkware featured the cup in festive Valentine’s Day colors such as Cosmo Pink and Target Red.
And while the viral vessel retailed for around $35 to $45, resellers on StockX and Mercari were vending the “It” item for as much as $999.99.
So, to save face — and a couple of bucks — people who can’t blow that type of dough for the on-the-go goody are purchasing pics to participate in its popularity.
“No FOMO here,” wrote a man named Austin, a Stanley cup owner from Sandy, Utah, in a Facebook post offering shoots with his beauts.
“‘Selfie with Stanley’ [is] kinda like selfies with Santa,” he advertised. “$20 for the pink cup.10$ for the white cup…Don’t feel left out, come take a selfie for your social media and feel part of the action.”
A separate bulletin by Natalia Garcia, from Baytown, Tex., reads: “Selling selfies with an authentic pink Starbucks Stanley cup. If you couldn’t buy one, now is your chance to take some cool pictures for only $10 meet In Baytown!”
Although few have readily confessed to buying a Stanley selfie on Facebook, some might argue that procuring a photo of the jug is money well spent — especially if it means safeguarding kids from bullying.
Moms like Dayna Motycka, from Ohio, shared that her 9-year-old daughter was teased for not having a name-brand Stanley. When the youngster showed up to school with a $9.98 knock-off from Walmart, snooty antagonists ripped her to shreds.
“On the second day back to school after Christmas break, she comes home…she’s just upset,” explained Motycka in a trending TikTok tell-all. “[Some of] the other girls in her grade…got Stanleys for Christmas and they made sure to let her know that [hers] is not a real Stanley, that this is fake and it’s not as cool.”
“What are we teaching our kids?”