The winning jewelry-buying routine is still in the industry： the certificate only identifies the true and false, not the grade.
In a "craft gift shop" in Dashilan, the staff said that all accessories could be purchased at a discount, and they also showed the appraisal certificate.
You can get a free lucky draw if you buy goods of several tens of yuan, and almost all the people who participate in the lucky draw will get the first prize. The winner can take away the jewels with a price of 10,000 yuan only by paying 10% appraisal fee or handling fee. This year’s CCTV "March 15th Party" exposed this illegal sales routine. So, do businesses that adopt similar tricks converge? A week after the party, Beijing Morning Post reporters visited and found that some businesses near Beijing West Railway Station and Qianmen Street still use this kind of routine, and those "prizes" with high prices are low in cost. After the reporter complained, the staff of the industrial and commercial department said that this kind of behavior of the merchants violated the Anti-Unfair Competition Law, and the relevant business information has been registered and recorded, and will continue to supervise and inspect.
Reporter visits
Consumption of 80 yuan Lizhong First Prize
At noon on March 16th, the reporter from Beijing Morning Post came to a shopping mall near Beijing West Railway Station. There was a cashier on the east and west sides of the shopping mall, and there were counters with jade ornaments beside them, but no one was there.
First, the reporter bought a refrigerator sticker at a booth selling tourist souvenirs, and no one gave him a free lucky draw. Subsequently, the reporter stopped in front of a stall selling ornaments, and the clerk enthusiastically attracted him. A woman called "boss" made a short stop and left. After spending 80 yuan to buy a bracelet, the clerk presented a "gift voucher" to guide the reporter to collect small gifts at the cashier.
When she came to the cashier, the female "boss" presented a red rope, and then took out five raffle tickets from the counter, saying that she could draw for free. When the third photo was scraped, the "first prize" appeared. The female "boss" repeatedly expressed surprise and said excitedly, "You are so lucky, it is really rare!" Then, I began to introduce the jewelry products in the counter. "These are Hetian jade and gold inlaid jade. Usually, our lowest price is 6.8 fold. If you win the first prize, you can pick one for free." In order to make people believe that they have won the "grand prize", the female "boss" has always stressed that they can only choose accessories below 10 thousand yuan.
It was not until the reporter picked one of them that the female "boss" said, "Jewelry is given away for free, but because it is a winning prize, 10% tax is charged." She said that the selection of jewelry with a price tag of more than 4,000 yuan requires a "tax" of more than 400 yuan. Then I took out the corresponding appraisal certificate, which only indicated the material texture and other information, and there was no specific quality.
Winning the first prize again, the clerk "snapped up acting skills"
Subsequently, the reporter went to a "craft gift shop" located in Dashilan, Qianmen Street. After spending only 10 yuan to buy a commodity, the salesgirl handed her shopping receipt and asked the reporter to pay at the cashier on the inner side.
After paying 10 yuan, the staff on the side immediately stepped forward and said that they could give small gifts and participate in the lucky draw. After also receiving a small red rope, the staff first took out a lottery ticket, and when they didn’t win the prize, they took out three more for the reporter to draw. Sure enough, there was a "first prize". The staff immediately held the reporter’s hand and said, "What luck! Let me touch your good luck." At the same time, it is repeatedly stated that the winning rate of lottery tickets is extremely low, and only three out of 1000 people will win the prize. "And you won the biggest prize!"
Then she introduced the welfare of the winners — — Buy all the accessories in the counter at a 10% discount. Seeing that the reporter hesitated, she took out two sales orders. "You see, these are two orders that were sold only this morning. The lowest price is 6.8 fold. They need more than 5,000 to buy more than 8,000. You can take them away for 800 yuan. It’s a good deal." After the reporter said that he wanted to pick one for his elders, someone immediately came to sing a double reed with the staff. "It’s really filial to buy a necklace for your elders!" "People are lucky and won the first prize. Tell me about this luck!" "That’s really a good deal. You can earn whatever you choose. It’s usually expensive to sell."
A few minutes later, the salesman who first opened the bill also came to help. The reporter stayed at the counter for less than 10 minutes, and three people took turns to persuade. Coupled with the realistic props such as "sales bills" and the "exquisite acting skills" of the clerk, the reporter wanted to get out. It is also a bit laborious.
"Jewelry" appraisal certificate is available for three yuan.
Where did the gold inlaid jade and hetian jade in the counter come from? The Beijing Morning Post reporter found many shops doing jade wholesale on the Internet. In one of Putian’s online stores, the price of a "Jade A Gold-inlaid Jade Pendant" with a certificate is 268 yuan, and the customer service said that the "wholesale price" can be reduced to 115 yuan. "This is a large size, many bosses take it back for activities, and 115 yuan is matched with one-on-one certificates." The price of a green bean pendant of Jade A goods is less than one tenth of the counter price. "80 yuan without flowers and 98 yuan with flowers also have certificates."
The owner of another store in Hangzhou told the reporter that as long as customers put forward the requirements of goods with certificates, they can all meet them. The reporter said that he wanted to buy jewelry for "lucky draw" sales, and the other party immediately replied: "Then you don’t need to buy it too expensive, just a few tens of dollars of gold inlaid with jade." Merchants said that these goods have appraisal certificates issued by the Guangzhou Quality Inspection Center of the Ministry of Land and Resources. The reporter inquired through the testing center official website and found that the information did correspond.
A jewelry wholesaler in Shenzhen also said that the average price of so-called "jewelry" for "lucky draw" is about tens of yuan, and all of them can be delivered together if certificates are needed. "But the certificate has to be paid extra, three yuan each." The wholesale chart sent by the merchants is a big surprise. A "gold inlaid jade" ornament the size of a fingernail only needs 12 yuan, and the wholesale price of a "gold inlaid jade" Guanyin statue about 5 cm long is only 135 yuan.
insider
Certificates only identify the true and false, not the grade.
Through repeated search tests, the reporter found that the certificates that merchants sell jewelry and jade can be found on many authoritative websites, such as the Jewelry Quality Inspection Center of China Business Federation and the Guangzhou Quality Inspection Center of the Ministry of Land and Resources. The contents include appraisal results, quality, color, shape, inlaid metal marks and other items, and also have the signatures of inspectors and auditors.
An industry insider said that if the identification certificate has marks such as CMA (China Metrology Certification) and CAL (Quality Supervision and Inspection Organization Certification) and the steel seal of the inspection center, and can be inquired on official website, it means that the product conforms to the certificate identification. "If the composition meets the standards of the corresponding jade, the corresponding certificate can be issued. However, the certificate can only identify the types of jade and precious stones, and does not identify their quality and price. "
The other party explained that, for example, the classification of diamonds is relatively mature at present, so the appraisal certificate includes many items such as shape, size, carat, color, type, distribution, clarity, etc. Consumers can measure the value of diamonds according to this information, but there is no mature classification standard for jade such as Hetian jade and jadeite in China at present. "The appraisal certificate can only prove that this thing is true, but the quality is good or bad and the price is very different. What was exposed were jewels with poor quality and high price. "
Business tips
Report to the territorial management department at any time.
In a handicraft shop in Wangfujing, the reporter found that a consumer reminder made by Dongcheng Branch of Beijing Administration for Industry and Commerce was posted in the shop: Recently, some unscrupulous merchants induced consumers to participate in the in-store lucky draw on the grounds of "giving gifts as soon as they arrived at the store" or "buying any goods to participate in the lucky draw", and made consumers intentionally win prizes and set a low discount to buy specific goods, or they could buy specific goods only by paying manual fees. Through the above-mentioned methods, consumers are deceived to buy jewelry and jade with inflated prices by taking advantage of their psychology of "winning the big prize". At the same time, the industry and commerce department also suggested that the operators suspected of illegal and prize-winning sales have been investigated, and consumers can call the local industry and commerce department to report the situation.
Subsequently, the reporter reported two businesses in Qianmen and Beijing West Railway Station to the hotline 12315 of Beijing Administration for Industry and Commerce. The staff said that if the situation is true, the business behavior belongs to unfair sales with prizes, which violates the relevant provisions of the Anti-Unfair Competition Law, and the information of the two businesses was registered and recorded.
On March 20th, the law enforcement officers of the Dashilan Industrial and Commercial Office in Xicheng reported that they had gone to the "craft gift shop" complained by the reporter to understand the situation, but no lottery tickets were found in the counter at that time. In this regard, law enforcement officials said that "they will continue to pay attention to this store". A few days ago, the staff of Xicheng District Industrial and Commercial Bureau also went to the shopping mall complained by reporters near the West Railway Station to understand and check the situation. Reporter Kang Jiawen and photo