China News Service, Shanghai, May 31 (Reporter Xu Jing) The Shanghai Municipal Market Supervision Bureau announced on the 31st that on May 24, 2022, the Huangpu District Market Supervision Bureau inspected the online takeaway platform and found that the name of the store was "Beijing". The store of Yuenanmen Shabu Shabu, Crayfish, Hot Pot (People's Square Store)" is available for ordering, and the online store is actually operated by Shanghai Xiuyuan Catering Management Co., Ltd.
After investigation, the parties set the "epidemic brother hardship fee" as a mandatory option when ordering food in the store of the takeaway platform. Consumers need to click on this item to place an order, and the charging standard ranges from 30 yuan to 80 yuan.
After the parties charged the above fees in the name of "epidemic brother's hard work", they did not use all of them to pay for the delivery fee corresponding to the order, but took the extra fee after payment as their own profit.
After accounting, the above-mentioned acts of the parties involved a total of 209 orders (6 days), the total income of the "epidemic brother's hard work" was 11,650 yuan, and the total expenditure was 9,316.21 yuan. The amount charged was 2,333.79 yuan in excess of the actual payment of the delivery fee, which is illegal income. .
The behavior of the parties violated Article 14 (4) of the "Price Law of the People's Republic of China" and the relevant provisions of Article 6 (1) of the "Prohibition of Price Gouging", which constituted an illegal act of price fraud.
The Huangpu District Market Supervision Bureau ordered to refund the overcharged part of 2,333.79 yuan, and those not refunded will be confiscated and fined 9,335.1 yuan.
The Shanghai market supervision department reminds and warns: operators should operate in good faith in accordance with the law, and prohibit the product name, origin, specification, grade, quality, pricing unit, price, etc. of the goods marked on price tags, price lists, etc., or service items, charging standards and other related content Inconsistent with the actual, and use this as a means to lure consumers or other operators to buy.
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