subject: 3.15 Coming Home Appliances Consumer Alert Five Traps - Traps Appliance Sales, Appliance Sales - [print this page] This "three? 15" theme " This "three? 15" theme "
Consumption And responsibility, "Unfortunately, the current
Home Appliances Industry, "responsibility" word was extremely heavy, driven by the interests of some short-sighted manufacturers, merchants, and make all kinds of damage repair shops black consumer behavior. "3? 15" approaches, specially designed for you to interpret consumer appliances, repairs that may be encountered during the five traps.
Traps can not buy a special product
A reader complained of a Electrical City in the Advertisement Declared at a brand-name LCD
Computer Original price 3288 yuan, was sold at 1,988 yuan at current prices, and "first come first served." He went 8 in the morning line "panic buying", the result is "merchandise has been sold out," while the Circuit City's ad did not show any "limit Taiwan" in the words.
Specials are merchants to attract consumers, an important means to boost popularity. In fact, the business limit or the limit in carrying out promotional activities, as long as prior notice of the special product names, specifications, quantity, ensure adequate supply of promotional period, and the promotion of goods sold, the real-time to make notice, then does not infringe the rights of consumers. Obviously, readers complained that Circuit City has violated the rights of consumers. We also remind the consumers, in that such "specials" of the ad, they should stay in mind, pay attention to whether the indicated time limit or limited business.
Trap 2 purchase vouchers are not practical
In promotional activities, some businesses will launch the "consumer dollars to send purchase vouchers" for concessions, when consumers get after purchase vouchers, purchase vouchers, often find these very useful, can only be used in a small number of specific commodities and can not be synchronized with other promotional activities, and sometimes after the use of purchase vouchers "offer price", even more than the normal business promotional prices even higher.
In Western countries, the behavior of businesses to send purchase vouchers in fact very common, it is actually a win-win activities, while businesses can purchase vouchers to achieve "puerile", on the other hand consumers less money to buy more goods to. And certain domestic appliances business, by limiting the use of purchase vouchers, use period, location and other means, so that consumers purchase voucher equivalent to useless
Paper .Gifts can not be returned trap 3
Special appliances, purchase vouchers, free gifts and as household appliances can
Retail Industry promotion, "The Three Musketeers." Recently, I entered a home appliance store in Shenzhen, a dazzling gift to see the activities, small electric shaver,
Table lamp , Iron , Electric Kettle , Large Rice cooker , Washing machines, Notebook So, everything. Reporters saw the store to buy a 298 yuan of
Cooker , It presented a sand pot, but the reporters on this gift their jobs, but do not see any manufacturer's name, address, phone, etc.
Package Also seemed very simple. Marketplace, a Promoters said the company customized gifts, specific manufacturer is not clear, "gift is free, and if a problem can not be returned."
In the December 1, 2007 from the implementation of the "home appliance specialty store," the provisions of home appliance specialty store to carry out promotional activities shall not be inferior quality items as prizes, gifts. Therefore, the appliances are gifts of goods, also enjoy refunding, replacement and repairing of the "three guarantees"
Service .Trap wild speculations four black-repair shop
Major appliance stores in Shenzhen have appliance repair services, service generally do well, but there are many small appliances, Shenzhen, repair shops, some of which even the black repair shop without a license. This reporter learned that the practitioners of these black-repair shops in the asking price, often a big appetite, a few dollars to a small part sold to dozens or even hundred dollar situation is not uncommon.
Ms Xu has complained to the newspaper, her home life Rongshida washing machine more than the purchase of "three guarantees" period, it had to find the small appliance repair shop downstairs, home repair, he "only a small change
