Reveal Your Online Group Buying Trap

The market value of 30 thousand yuan is 50 percent off yuan, and an air conditioner saves 800 yuan. Behind the low price brought by group consumption is turbid hidden and killing four volts to houses, cars, household appliances, and a small package of toilet paper. Today's group buying has penetrated into the health, insurance, tourism, education and training, beauty, leisure and other service areas from the life field. Click on the online search engine, and the information related to group buying is as large as 20 million.

"Invest the least energy, spend the lowest fees, experience the most fashionable shopping methods, and get the best quality products!"

Group buying brings great enjoyment and endless fun to many fashion people.

However, when the "online group buying" has become the fashion choice for the new generation of young buyers, some irregular or even disregard of the law group buying behavior also came into being.

Recently, reporters from the Harbin Consumers Association and public security departments learned that recently, Harbin city has repeatedly occurred in consumers' fake group buying "flicker" events, many of which are suspected of fraud.

One of the traps: "enthusiastic" netizens' "gentle knife", "QRII QQ vehicle, enough for 30 people to buy group price 15 thousand yuan a!"

"Group purchase QRII QQ vehicle finally sign up, 15 thousand yuan a station, overdue wait!"

Between June and September this year, this amazing news spread on some local websites in Harbin. At that time, the QQ car on the market needed 3 yuan.

Mr. Zhao, who has always wanted to buy an economical car, is almost equal to 50 percent off if he buys a group car.

Mr. Zhao made a telephone call according to the number of the poster. The man who answered the phone said he wanted to buy 6 QQ cars, but the manufacturer asked for more than 30 people to buy the group. Now, he has contacted 25 places, and still has 5. The deadline is June 30th.

When Mr. Zhao saw this man's voice, he was sincere and enthusiastic, so he agreed to help and contact several more people.

Mr. Zhao quickly brought two friends who wanted to buy a car. But when 3 people were ready to meet the enthusiastic netizen when they were ready to pay for the money, the other side said they were on a business trip. Because of the time constraints, he suggested that Mr. Zhao first remit the money to his account.

"They are all from Harbin. Can I deceive you?

I work in a Harbin City company. I don't believe you can look it up! "

Mr. Zhao called the company to verify that there was a real person, a salesperson, and indeed a business trip in the field.

Mr. Zhao also hesitated. The other side said he had found enough people to make it difficult for strangers to pick up this cheap and thankless task.

Mr. Zhao heard this and apologized quickly. He remitted the money after an hour and called the friend to confirm it, but the phone was then shut down.

Mr. Zhao immediately called the police.

Mr. Zhao was surprised by the findings of the police investigation. The original netizen was not a member of the company. He just did not know what channel to get the salesperson's business card. He took advantage of it to deceive him. At the same time, the person's phone card was bought through a fake identity card and could not find his true information. This person is likely to commit a crime in another place.

According to police, such fraud has happened in hah city for more than a dozen, involving nearly one million yuan, and the same cases are common in other provinces and cities.

So does Chery really have such a discount?

Recently, the staff of Chery Motor Co., Ltd. publicly cracked down on the rumor. The company did not launch such activities, nor did it release such information.

First, the netizens who had ulterior motives spread rumors, and then the unknown netizens followed the wind to erroneous rumors, and the result was false. They thought the group bought a bargain, but in fact they fell into the trap of the Internet.

On the website of some group buying, the reporter found that many enthusiastic people spontaneously organized collectives and merchants to bargain, and many netizens responded.

A few days ago, a netizen told a reporter about a trouble he had encountered.

He saw a post on the Internet that bought a wooden floor by an organization group. The price was 20% lower than the market price, and it was necessary to pay 800 yuan for the group.

After a simple communication, Mr. Li decided to take part in the group purchase, remitted 800 yuan deposit, and a month passed.

Expert comments: some netizens seem to be enthusiastic, but in reality they have a hidden danger.

They first spread the information of fake group purchase to netizens, and then attract netizens to join with huge difference, and finally cheat their shopping expenses or deposit.

There are also some people who are businessmen, and they act as Convenor, who use the participants' psychology to collude with businessmen to raise prices, and recommend high rebate products to make profits.

In this regard, people in the industry have warned that consumers should be more careful in the process of online group buying, and be vigilant against the false information provided by individuals because of their virtual nature and difficulty in obtaining evidence.

Before you buy a group, you must ask the organizer to provide detailed quotations, and then you have to do a good market research. You'd better call the manufacturer directly and ask if there is such a discount. Don't trust the netizens claiming to buy it through special relationship, but do not pay the purchase and payment to the purchaser.

Only in this way can we protect our rights and interests through legal channels.

On the eve of the national day, Ms. Meng found a store running an imported sanitary ware according to the information provided by the group buying website. The information shows that the group buying price of the whole set of sanitary ware more than 20 people is 20 percent off 2400 yuan, so that it can save 400 yuan more than the 5% off market price, which is 20 percent off yuan.

After careful organization, Ms. Meng finally summoned 20 people to buy this set of sanitary ware.

On the day of national day, the shop suddenly launched a sales promotion. The set of the sanitary ware bought by Ms. Meng spent 2400 yuan, and the retail price was 40 percent off, which was only 1800 yuan. That is to say, Ms. Meng, who spent all her mental energy, spent 600 yuan more.

Compared with MS Meng, Mr. Liu's experience is even more compassionate.

In October last year, Mr. Liu registered as a member of a group buying website.

In February this year, the website released a news of a well-known flooring group buying 50 percent off, and repeatedly claimed that the news was accurate and reliable, and left a "dealer" telephone number, a "fixed telephone" in Guangzhou.

50 percent off, for Mr. Liu, who always has a liking for the brand floor, it means that he can save nearly 10000 yuan of money.

Soon, other netizens and Mr. Liu decided to join group buying.

After getting in touch with the dealer, Mr. Liu and other 20 netizens sent more than 20000 yuan.

Half a month later, the product was sent to us. But when we opened the outer packaging, Mr. Liu suddenly became dumb. It was indeed the floor plate, but it was not the brand that they wanted at all, and it was only a $thirty or forty defective product on the market.

Mr. Liu and other netizens reported to the police, but after investigation, the police found that the dealer was a counterfeit and his phone was tied to the local mobile phone in Guangzhou.

Experts comment: the group buying websites that spread all over the world are actually mixed.

Some websites claim to be professional websites and adopt membership system. However, when they publish information, they do not do market research at all, nor do they want to check with businesses. As long as they pay a certain advertising fee, they can group members on the Internet. At the same time, the language is very infectious, and many netizens fall into the trap of bad businessmen or individuals in the belief.

In addition to the group buying website, there are also some non commercial websites that provide related services. This group purchase information is mainly guaranteed by the word of mouth, and it is more difficult to monitor the false group buying information.

In this regard, experts remind that while choosing regular professional group buying websites, they still need to get in touch with manufacturers and correct mentality at the same time, because businesses will never do business at a loss. Even if they are discounted, the premise must be to ensure high profits. For famous brands, half off or even 88% off super low prices are very abnormal.

The three of the trap is the "false propaganda" of the unscrupulous merchants. Mr. Wu, who bought an air conditioner through the online group, saved enough money for more than 800 yuan. On that day, unexpected things happened.

That day, two workers turned the air-conditioner to Mr. Wu's home and turned away.

Mr. Wu found that the outer packaging had been damaged. He hurriedly called two workers and opened the package in front of the two people. The fuselage inside the body had been knocked off by paint, and there was a very visible pit.

How can you be careless when you move?

Mr. Wu is responsible for his strange ways.

"It's all so cheap. What else to pick?"

Unexpectedly, the two workers are still stirring.

"If you want to enjoy the installation and the related after-sales service, you have to pay 600 yuan."

This almost made Mr. Wu feel dizzy, but there was no way out.

Experts comment: at present, many businesses will take the initiative to discount the distance between group buying groups and consumers, so that consumers can be overjoyed.

However, in the process of group buying, some consumers only bargain, but ignore the after-sales service of products.

The price of some commodities seems to have dropped greatly, but their after-sales service has been greatly reduced in order to make profits.

Therefore, when consumers buy a group, they must clearly talk about the after-sale service. It is best to sign a contract to clarify the rights and obligations of both parties.

Besides, we should prevent some businesses from breaking the contract temporarily.

Because the number of group buying is not as large as expected, businesses have lost more profit margins. At this point, some businesses will temporarily break the contract and terminate the agreement on the grounds that the group purchase price is not approved by the manufacturers.

In this regard, experts said, since the dealer has promised a preferential price, do not say it is a contract, that is, advertising also has a legal effect, consumers can go to the relevant departments for complaints.

Although there are many advantages, it is necessary for consumers to polish their eyes before participating in the group purchase of "spontaneous organizations, intermediary organizations or business organizations". They should do a good job in market research, understand the price, brand and performance of the products they want to buy, and have a good idea. When buying group, they should follow the principle of "listen carefully and watch slowly," and consult lawyers and regular businesses to sign a complete purchase contract if necessary.