A water-filled transparent plastic tube was identified as ice jade
Investigation of Chaos in Jewelry and Jade Appraisal Institutions
● Selling inferior goods as high-quality goods with a fake authentication certificate is a habit of many illegal businesses.
Some criminals forged appraisal certificates from professional appraisal agencies in batches and sold them to some small jewelry and jade shop owners at a very low wholesale price, filling in appraisal content as needed
● Some online jewelry and jade appraisal shops conduct appraisal based on photos.
The "bracelet" presented by the reporter was just a water-filled transparent plastic tube that was bent into a circle. In less than 5 minutes, the "appraiser" showed the identification conclusion: jade a, waxy ice water, the market value is 4000 to 6000 yuan
● To rectify these chaos, we must first start with rectifying the jewelry and jade appraisal industry.
Shanghai Huangpu District Market Supervision Bureau drafted and compiled the country’s first group standard for jewellery and jade appraisal, providing basis and norms for testing agencies to conduct self-evaluation and third-party evaluation, and play a role in turbulence and clearing.
Our reporter Yu Dongming
Trainee reporter Zhang Haiyan
Ms. Zhu, who lives in Huangpu District, Shanghai, spent 500 yuan in the webcast room to "rob" a jade bracelet with a "jumping price", and a certificate of identification was sent with the goods. The letter "Jade" was identified as A goods. .
However, in the "Laboratory Open Day" for jewelry and jade testing organized by Huangpu District Market Supervision and Administration Bureau, Ms. Zhu's jade bracelet was identified as "Jade (processing)", which means that her jade bracelet was filled , Is B goods.
Selling inferior goods as high-quality goods with a fake authentication certificate is a habit of many illegal businesses.
Recently, a reporter from the Rule of Law Daily investigated some online and offline jewelry and jade appraisal agencies and found that these agencies can be described as a mixture of fish and dragons and muddy sands. They have disrupted the market and deceived and misled consumers more seriously.
"Based on this background, we took the lead in formulating and publishing the nation's first group standard for jewellery and jade appraisal, "The Code of Good Ability for Jewelry and Jade Inspection and Testing Institutions," to further promote the healthy and orderly development of the industry and protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers." Said Fu Jun, director of the Market Supervision Bureau of Huangpu District, Shanghai.
Look at the photos for identification
Results in 5 minutes
On a certain online shopping platform, the reporter clicked to search for "jewelry and jade identification", and dozens of related online shops were "jumped" instantly, with prices ranging from 1 yuan to 100 yuan. The reporter chose one of the identification websites with a price of 1 yuan. Shop for consultation.
"I have a bracelet that needs identification, how do I do it?"
"Send us a photo and give you the result of the appraisal directly."
Although I was psychologically prepared, the answer from the online shop's customer service was beyond the reporter's expectation: Isn't this too random?
Subsequently, the customer service sent the reporter an appraisal price list.
"Service Price: Appraisal of true and false materials: RMB 10/piece; Appraisal of material: RMB 20/piece; Appraisal of material + Appraisal: RMB 20/piece; Appraisal of semi-finished products: RMB 40/piece; Appraisal of rough stones: RMB 80/piece; diamonds, gems, Color treasures and pearls are 50 yuan/piece."
It turned out that the price of 1 yuan was actually a cover to attract customers.
In accordance with the requirements of the customer service, the reporter added the WeChat account of the "appraiser" after paying the relevant fees, and posted the photos of the appraised items.
In less than 5 minutes, the "appraiser" showed the appraisal conclusion to the reporter: "Material: jade a; color: white background with background color; head: glutinous ice water; base: refreshing and clean; jade quality: fine and less cotton... …" There is also a price evaluation: the market value is 4,000 to 6,000 yuan, and the selling price of tourist attractions and shopping malls is 2 to 5 times.
As everyone knows, the "bracelet" presented by the reporter is just a water-filled transparent plastic tube bent into a circle, which turned out to be the ice jade in the mouth of the "appraiser".
An industry insider told reporters that descriptions such as "shuitou", "jade quality" and "craft" are not professional descriptions of appraisal agencies, and appraisal agencies cannot evaluate jewelry and jade, and online ones cannot be considered appraisal at all.
The identification must be scientifically analyzed with the help of sophisticated instruments. It is difficult to make a correct judgment only by visual observation, not to mention the results can be obtained with a few photos. This is entirely the work of scammers.
However, many offline appraisal agencies use more covert "set of evidence" fraud methods to seek illegal benefits.
Forged authentication certificate
Feel free to fill in the content
"Any formal certificate usually has CMA or CAL, CNAS certification or authorization, the most basic is CMA, which is the qualification certification mark required by the national statutory requirements." The reporter came to the National Gold and Silver Products Quality Inspection and Testing Center (Shanghai) At the Shanghai Precious Metals and Jade Quality Supervision and Inspection Station, the appraiser Xi Bo showed the reporter a standardized and legal inspection certificate.
According to reports, CMA is a qualification accreditation mark that has been reviewed and passed by a provincial and above metrology certification review agency. CAL is a mark of an inspection and testing agency authorized by the national quality review and accreditation. CNAS is a mark of a national accreditation agency. According to China’s accession to the WTO, For related agreements, the CNAS logo can be mutually recognized internationally.
According to Xi Bo's guidance, the reporter logged on the official website of the State Administration for Market Regulation, clicked on the "Online Approval System for Qualification Certification of Inspection and Testing Institutions", entered the certification code of the inspection station, and immediately displayed the institution’s approval date, effective date and other relevant information .
At the same time, in the "Inspection and Test Report Inquiry" column, enter the certificate number, you can also inquire about the appraisal agency and related information.
Xi Bo said that there are indeed many certificates in circulation on the market. They also have relevant certification marks and even organization numbers. They seem to be no different from real certificates, but in fact they are mostly shoddy, fake official seals, and incomplete information.
"This is what is commonly known as a'set of certificates'. Some criminals have aimed at the business opportunities of jewelry and jade identification, forged the identification certificates of professional identification agencies in batches, and sold them to some small jewelry and jade shop owners at a very low wholesale price, and filled in the identification as needed. Content." Xi Bo said.
At this time, consumers need to carefully distinguish the authenticity of the authentication certificate, focusing on the inspection content on the certificate.
If it is a diamond certificate, it should cover the certificate number, shape, imprint, reference clarity level, reference color level, cut level, modification level, etc.; if it is jade, it will display color, refractive index, fluorescence, spectrum detection, Basic information such as internal and external characteristics.
"When you get an authentication certificate that is poorly made and has incomplete information, it may be fake, and there will be quality problems with the things you buy." Xi Bo said.
Rectify industry chaos
Introduce appraisal standards
Yuyuan Zijin City Donghuamei Diamond and Gold Plaza is the most prosperous jewellery and jade trading market in Shanghai. Today, affected by the epidemic, the passenger flow is not very large, but there are still many citizens shopping here.
The reporter followed a female shopkeeper to the Shanghai Shenbao Jewelry Inspection Co., Ltd. upstairs to make an appraisal certificate for a piece of jewelry.
"The stores in the market are appraised here. They are very formal and can issue certificates quickly." The female shopkeeper said that appraisal requires a cost. It is usually impossible to prepare an appraisal certificate for each piece of jewelry in advance. Only customers request it. Do.
The facade of Shenbao Company is not large, but as soon as you get started, you can see the business license and the qualification certificate of the inspection and testing agency on the wall. At the same time, it also announced the profiles and registration certificates of the 4 inspectors. There are various types in the small inspection room. The equipment is fully equipped, and the certification issued by it also meets the requirements of the specification.
It is understood that Huangpu District has 5 district-administered jewellery and jade appraisal agencies and 1 national-level appraisal agency, accounting for half of all jewellery and jade appraisal agencies in Shanghai.
In recent years, Huangpu District has stepped up efforts to rectify the jewelry and jade appraisal industry, cracked down on and shut down a group of unqualified and suspected illegal appraisal agencies, and took the lead in trying to formulate industry standards.
"With the rapid development of society and economy, people are pursuing a higher quality of life, and jewelry and jade are favored by more and more consumers. However, the chaos in the market such as fake and genuine, shoddy and good-quality products are extremely plagued by consumers, and they have become A piece of "heart disease" of the market supervision department." Fu Jun believes that to rectify these chaos, we must first start with the jewellery and jade appraisal industry.
According to reports, the Huangpu District Market Supervision Bureau found out the crux of the problem through preliminary investigations, and organized industry experts to convene a special work promotion meeting for the improvement of the energy level of jewelry and jade with the Shanghai Inspection, Testing and Certification Association, and led the establishment of a jewelry and jade group standard compilation working group.
It took 10 months to draft and compile the first national group standard T/STIC130006-2021 for jewellery and jade identification.
This standard puts forward higher-level requirements for jewelry and jade testing agencies in terms of institutional management, personnel requirements, site environment, equipment and facilities, management systems, service quality, etc., and provides basis and norms for testing agencies to conduct self-evaluation and third-party evaluation. , But also played a role in turbulent and clear-cut for the healthy development of the industry.
In addition, the Huangpu District Market Supervision Bureau has also extensively launched the "Laboratory Open Day" for jewelry and jade, inviting citizens to walk into the laboratory to listen to experts explaining the knowledge of jewelry and jade testing, answer questions for the citizens, and let the citizens truly understand the high-tech inspection and testing. content.
The Huangpu District Market Supervision Bureau also issued the "Guide to Buying Jewelry and Jade" at the event site to enhance citizens' shopping awareness and discrimination ability, which is widely welcomed by citizens.
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