What! You mean this stuff is real! 
Hereās me thinking I was just doing it for the lols 
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Hahah I remember the people in the Timed Comments were having a field day
I really watch a lot of sageuks, I canāt remember which one that was in. But they also sometimes do the āhave you tried this new product from the Qing (dynasty) or the West?ā and it definitely seems like a PPL moment. They usually donāt show the brand or anything (not that I can recall), but you can see them in the brands that sponsored the series.
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waitā¦did you make those up? The message boards are so tone-deaf itās hard to tell 
. Pretty awesome though either way.
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Maybe I need to pay more attention too, guess I do miss some of these little things as half my attention is focused on reading the subtitles so donāt spot a lot of things like digital watches or the infamous electric lamp in a period drama.
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Sorry, my bad. Perhaps I should have lead with āMaybe they couldā¦ā in answer to your ponderings, but it seems I wasnāt that far off! 
It was just that I was thinking about your question
and thought of Subway being written in Korean (according to Google Translate) in one of those old fashioned stylish wooden shop signs tickled me and I got carried away after that.
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The next time I spot one, Iāll put it here 
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look at this! I kNEW it
http://koalasplayground.com/2018/08/22/subway-quadruples-stores-and-sales-in-four-years-thanks-to-k-drama-product-placement/
āNot Google or Amazon, Subway will lead world domination ā one drama at a time.ā
for sageuk PPL: they ACTUALLY DID it!! (Mr. Sunshine- Paris Baguette)
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Love this show As I do all of Lee Buyng-hun movies and series and wow is Kim Tae-ri the prettiest girl ever or what. And so what if they are making a little extra on the side I for one dont give it much thought I like to follow along with the story not think about shit we have no control over whatās the point.
yeah, I donāt give it much thought eitherā¦hardly even notice it, and even if I do notice, I find it funny. After watching 15-minute long commercial breaks on TV Iām actually thankful for product placementāMUCH better!
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You answered one of the questions in the OP, so let me ask you the second one. Have you ever been tempted by one of the PPL? 
Hahah yes, thanks for the article. What they said about Paris Baguette is true in most sageuks with PPL, I think. The brand makes up a fictional product for the sageuk and then makes an exclusive line for fans of the show (or anyone who wants to try it).
I remember in one series the leading actor goes to the bathroom and dropped his phone in the sink. Thatās how I learned Samsung had just introduced a water proof phone.
Why would a terribly rich person be eating a $5 Subway sandwich everyday for lunch?
Whatās funny is putting stickers over logos if the manufacturer hasnāt done a PPL. So on variety shows, they stick tape over the logo on the shirts or hats when the actor is using his own clothing. In movies and dramas they cover the car logos as though we would not recognize the front grill or the hubcaps. As though we would not recognize a Macbook laptop if they put a big sticker on the center of the top cover which is Apple sized.
In a few series in which a luxury brand like Cadillac or BMW is a sponsor, a very ordinary person is driving a car that probably costs $75000US in Korea.
But I love Krispy Kreme donuts and they are sponsoring Record of Youth so I get to see Krispy Kreme donuts in every episode.
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Hahaha true.
It reminded me of this quote The one I notice the most is the National Geographic shirts. They always tape the lower half of the logo, but you can clearly see the top half.
In Zombie Detective they have the foldable android or was it Samsung, and it was h20 proof because she dropped it in her soup but it still worked.
Re: subway. Itās like my last resort quick lunch but thereās a ton of it around here. Iām more curious about Coffee Bay 
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pretty sure it was Samsung you can literally make out which drama was released in what year by the phones they haveā¦ Up till now I saw that foldable phone in both āMore Than Friendsā and āFlower of Evilā now youāre saying ZD too!
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oh dear, in Lost Romance, the AMOUNT of PPE they did for Snuggle Cedar Reed Diffuser It was HILARIOUS it was EVERYWHERE it was in the first scene of every ep every character HAD to smell it at least onceā:joy: It was in almost every romantic sceneā¦they REALLY wanted us to have it imprinted across our brains-- SNUGGLE.REED.DIFFUSER. GET. IT. NOW.
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Hahaha that reminds me of the coffees that are supposedly better than the ones in cafes
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The above 2014 topic got closed, but their discussion is still relevant. Take a look, only 15 replies. Enjoy! 
Itās kind of funny reading this discussion again, since Subway was mentioned and how those Subway PPLs have gotten so out of hand that even Subway is making fun of themselves now with the sandwich drama āSomewayā that they produced.
One of the PPLs that started to get annoying are those pink moisture makeup sticks that are everywhere now. In the beginning you did notice them, but they were āworked intoā the story somehow.
When you see them now, it often has nothing to do with the story at all and is in that territory of being thrown in ājust because.ā
I canāt think of anything else thatās being promoted as aggressively as that (apart from the classics).
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