"Type 18888", "Type 38888", "Type 50888", "Exclusive", "Luxury", "Luxury"...
There are many gimmicks for hairy crab coupons, and false propaganda covers many problems
News from this newspaper (Reporter Huang Hongtao) "Type 18888", "Type 38888", "Type 50888"... "Workers Daily" reporters recently searched multiple platforms and found that many merchants selling hairy crab coupons use more gimmicks, which are easy to use. misleading to consumers.
Some merchants also cater to the buyer's "gift" and face-saving mentality, and mark "exclusive", "luxury" and "luxury" on the product purchase page, which not only does not conform to the concept of green consumption, but also hides the "four winds" problem.
In this regard, the Jiangsu Provincial Consumer Protection Committee recently issued a consumer reminder that consumers need to keep their eyes open when buying crab coupons online.
On September 8, the reporter found on an e-commerce platform that a merchant selling hairy crab coupons marked "18888 type" crab coupons on the product page. The price was 348 yuan, which was "exclusive", including 4 two male crabs 4 Only, 3.5 two female crabs 4; and "luxury enjoyment" is "38888 type", the price is 1084 yuan, including 5.5 two male crabs, 3 two female crabs 5.
Similar phenomena exist in many e-commerce platforms.
In this regard, the Jiangsu Provincial Consumer Protection Committee reminded that consumers should pay attention to the number, weight, male and female of crabs when purchasing crab cards and crab coupons, and should not be confused by publicity stunts.
In addition, you should also pay attention to the validity period of the coupons, the delivery process and the after-sales terms.
"In recent years, consumer disputes and violations of laws and regulations caused by the sale of crab coupons on e-commerce platforms have been widely criticized. Issues such as shoddy charging, crab rope filling, and false propaganda have frequently occurred." The relevant person in charge of the Jiangsu Provincial Consumer Protection Commission told reporters, On the basis of extensive research and analysis, in 2021, the Consumer Protection Committee, together with relevant industry associations and e-commerce platforms, jointly issued the "Hairy Crab E-commerce Sales and Service Specifications", especially for the origin of hairy crabs, crab buckle fraud, online shopping for hairy crabs that are short and short, false Issues such as delivery, idling of crab coupons, and discrepancies between the labeling of crab coupons and the actual situation have been clearly standardized.
Through the formulation of group standards, the business behavior of e-commerce sales of hairy crabs is regulated from the source.
The origin of falsely labeled hairy crabs and the shortage of products are the hot spots of complaints in previous years.
In this regard, the Jiangsu Provincial Consumer Protection Committee recommends that when consumers buy hairy crab products, they can understand the approximate price range of the market in advance, be alert to low-cost tricks, and check the logistics origin, crab buckle logo and other information to prevent being deceived.
In addition, the weight of the crab marked on the e-commerce platform should be the net weight of the single product, excluding the weight of the product label, binding rope and pre-packaged goods. Consumers can weigh themselves after receiving the goods. Communicate with merchants.
It is particularly worth noting that after purchasing the hairy crab coupons, consumers need to check the validity period and pick up the goods as soon as possible, so as to avoid missing the hairy crab listing stage, resulting in no crabs to pick up or encountering merchants running away.
At the same time, when you receive the crabs, it is best to check them in person to check the freshness of the crabs. If you encounter dead crabs or the goods are not on the plate, you should take photos and leave the certificate.
In response to the chaos in the crab coupon market, relevant state departments are also taking action.
In August this year, the "Notice of the State Administration for Market Regulation on Centralized Remediation of Issues such as Excessive Packaging of Commodities, "Sky-High" Moon Cakes and Crab Cards and Crab Coupons" was issued, and a two-month intensive rectification action was carried out for related issues.
At present, local market supervision departments are conducting relevant inspections.