Anti-epidemic supplies in shortage of temperature guns: soaring prices, good and bad, still a "gun" is hard to find
"It was broken in the past, but it can't be bought now, and whoever has the surplus can transfer it." In a certain owner group, an owner asked his neighbor for a warm gun.
Affected by the new crown pneumonia epidemic, various anti-epidemic materials are in short supply. Forehead guns, which were originally niche medical supplies, have now become "explosive models", showing a situation where "guns" are difficult to find, and some prices have even increased several times.
The reporter logged in to an e-commerce platform and consulted several stores randomly. The customer service at one of the stores said that if they could place an order, they would be in stock. The reporter tried it, but showed that he couldn't place an order. In another store, after the reporter sent the link to the customer service, the system automatically responded that "there is no product for the time being, wait for notification."
In contrast, in a QQ group with more than 750 people, the reporter saw that people kept rolling to announce the sale of thermostats: 3,000 will be shipped tomorrow and 260 yuan each; today, the contract is signed and the price is 385 yuan including tax, starting from 50,000, 100,000 to be delivered within three or four days; delivery time for the thermo-gun futures is March 7-12, a total of 100,000, no subcontracting, 50% prepayment, final payment Pay in batches.
Under the circumstances that it is difficult to find a "gun" for a temperature gun, why do these people have so many goods to issue? In this regard, one person who did not want to be named an EMG gun manufacturer introduced to reporters that the quality of EEG guns on the market is now very worrying, and many "three-nothing" products have appeared.
It is understood that the frontal temperature gun is a second-class medical device. In addition to the manufacturer's medical certificate, it is also required to produce in a clean workshop of class 100,000 or above. Bacteria, in strict accordance with national standards.
Good and bad products are just one aspect. Those intensive releases claiming to be in stock may also be "fathers." These people mainly profit from the price of the hype gun. Buyers and sellers need to use a secret code to connect.
There are even liars. A few days ago, the police released news that the fraud case of false sale of thermo-guns on the Internet was cracked.
Although it is difficult to find a "gun" for the temperature gun, many listed companies are stepping up production. For example, Yuyue Medical said in response to investors' questions on March 2 that due to the impact of the epidemic, products such as forehead guns, disinfection sensors, and ventilators are currently in short supply and are working overtime. The amount of temperature guns is still in short supply. Under the premise of meeting the needs of front-line medical institutions and epidemic prevention units, the company will arrange the supply according to the urgency of the order and the queue. At the same time, it will try its best to sell products at the retail end.
Infrared sensors and chips are one of the core parts of the forehead gun. However, even if the relevant companies work hard to produce them, they are still in short supply in the market.
A purchaser of a thermo-gun manufacturing company introduced to the reporter that the company previously used foreign infrared sensors. Now, due to the epidemic situation, the goods cannot be delivered. A domestic well-known company was contacted through an intermediary. However, the response from the other party was "as far as possible". In the end, after much communication, they promised to supply as many as 100,000 as possible this month.
As for the price, the purchaser said, "Now the entire market has been messed up by oxen. Some things that were less than 10 yuan have even reached more than 90 yuan. What's more, the human body is used to flicker. This is not a disturbance. Market order. "
Dongxing Securities Research reported that most components of domestic temperature guns can be provided by local manufacturers, but infrared sensor products are mostly imported overseas. At present, mainstream MLX9064 sensors imported from Belgium have been adopted for mainstream products. The price has risen from 2 yuan to 3 yuan to 200 yuan, an increase of 100 times.
According to the "Price Law of the People's Republic of China", business operators must not have "collusion with each other, manipulate market prices, and harm the legitimate rights and interests of other business operators or consumers", "fabricate and disseminate price increases, drive up prices, and push the price of goods too high. "And so on.
In addition, the "Provisions on Administrative Penalties for Violations of Price Laws" clearly stated that operators violated the provisions of the Price Law by promoting behaviors such as "using other means to drive up prices and promoting excessively high or excessively high commodity prices". First, order correction, confiscate illegal income, and impose a fine of less than 5 times the illegal income; if there is no illegal income, a fine of 50,000 yuan to 500,000 yuan, and a more serious case of 500,000 yuan to 3 million yuan If the circumstances are serious, he shall be ordered to suspend business for rectification, or his business license shall be revoked by the administrative authority for industry and commerce. (Securities Daily)
Our reporter Zhu Baochen