Many promotions
Super promotions, price shock, purchase gifts ... are promotional promotions are being distributed by the end of the year. But beside the prestige units, many establishments use the customer cheat.
Selling discounted or gifted goods are lemons, raise the price then reduce or sell the price 2-3 times higher than the market then discount, discount without warranty ... are the "trick" Consumers are dazzled and many people have been trapped.
Discounts still high!
"They put the price up high and then fell.Small consumers are shocked by the dramatic reduction and decided to buy immediately"
The end of the year is the time when most families have large shopping needs, from fashion items, home appliances to electronics, food ... So the general psychology of the housewife is to save any item or item.
Nguyen Thanh Tuyen, resident of Nguyen Duy Trinh Street, District 2, HCM City, said that it is necessary to buy new home appliances so they have to look everywhere for the best price to buy.
"A few minutes ago, a little trick was cheated when buying goods at a company on Nguyen Ngoc Nhut Street, Tan Phu District" - Tuyen urgent. Dusk with German stainless pot (including three pots) introduces 49% discount, Ms. Tuyen will buy belly, the money will be discounted to buy more items.
"They listed three pots with diameters of 16cm, 20cm and 24cm, respectively. The introduction is also attractive with the material production hygiene, safe, suitable for all types of kitchen, including magnetic kitchen, the price from 450,000 VND to 230,000 VND, "she said.
However, due to the habit of comparing prices, Tuyen herself "restrained", waiting to learn more. When referring to the price at a home appliance supermarket on Nguyen Xi Street, Binh Thanh District, the price of the pot is the same from the design, the manufacturer, size, material is stainless steel but the price is not reduced to only 188,000. synchronized!
Unlucky as the case above, Ms. Huyen Anh - living in Nguyen Nhuan Street, Phu Nhuan District - has bought the discount but actually did not reduce. Huyen Anh said that because of the office, she usually buys things through discount websites. Last week, she hired a Sikma stainless steel pressure cooker with the price of 580,000 dong, which was down 38% from a sales website, to 359,000 dong.
However, Anh said she was "shocked" and insomnia almost overnight because she was too angry to know she was cheated. At Le Khiet online supermarket, home appliances in Nguyen Chi Nghia Street, District 8, the price of the pot is not discounted only 310,000 VND. "It can not be said that the price has dropped to nearly 40% and still higher than the price elsewhere to 49,000. They raised the price to high and then lower to entice, cheat consumers "- Ms. Huyen Anh urgent.
After being duped, Ms Anh learned many other items at the website as Casio computer was reduced 40,000 to 160,000 VND / unit. However, when compared with other places not sold discounted only 140,000. Another product is the Infrared Happy Call HT which has aggressively reduced advertising sales by 40% from VND760,000 to VND456,000. However, on the market price of this kitchen is only 480,000 VND!
"There are so many items selling on e-commerce websites selling discounted goods, present gifts are lemons, discounts that do not fall to cheat consumers! They put the price up high then down. Consumers are shocked by the dramatic reduction and decided to buy immediately, "she concluded.
Promotion lemons
Give a helmet ... not safe!
Vinh Long Department of Standard Measurement and Quality said that the quality test of MobiFone - 3G helmets carried out in the helmet buying program was made by Regional Mobile Communications Center IV. Mobility Company (VMS MobiFone). The results showed that the helmet products manufactured by Nghia Phat Co., Ltd. (An Lac Ward, Binh Tan District, Ho Chi Minh City) produced and provided for the promotion, The impact strength, shock absorption and piercing strength are not met. Product not announced for technical regulation.
Mid-December 2012, Thuy Anh (District 5) to a shop in Parkson Commercial Center Hung Vuong (District 5) to buy the bag. Here, she was "fascinated" by Carlorino carry bag discount up to 50%, only about 2.5 million.
However, just bought a few days, Thuy Anh took the basket to the party found the bag was peeled off the skin in the straps. Immediately, Thuy Anh brought the basket back to Parkson Hung Vuong to request the settlement but received the answer: "We do not solve because customers have already bought!" The urgent, Ms. Thuy Anh suggested the salesman to meet the manager was rejected.
Continue to contact the office of the brand Carlorino in Vietnam, she was asked by employees to bring the product up for inspection. Finally, Thuy Anh pity him when he claimed to be a Carlorino employee confirmed: the peeling is the fault of the customer, not the fault of the company!
And Ms. Trong - live in Quarter 5, Trung My Tay Ward, District 12 - buy gifts with "double cheated", lack of goods weight and product donated as well. A few days ago, Ms. Trong received a leaflet promoting gas distributor Binh Minh 1 with a lot of attractive promotional gifts to choose from such as high-grade aluminum cookware, five knife sets or High-end glass cups imported ...
However, the product offered to the staff brought to just a thin aluminum pot and promised a few more will bring the full set because it is out of stock. Not only that, gas 12kg that she received weight Trong serious lack of signing. "Usually our family spent nearly two months replacing gas tanks, but this time only cook less than a week when they are clean, when they call, they still catch the machine but only answer to the past and then cup. The address on the leaflet is also a ghost address, "Trong said.
Lawyer Phan Thi Viet Thu, head of complaints office of Ho Chi Minh City's Association for the Protection of Consumers' Interests, said that when the promotion, many units at the reaction of customers often find ways to "brush hands" responsibility. Consumer protection laws do not yet have specific provisions on the products offered. However, to the same responsibility, the promotion unit is responsible for the quality of the product, because they are the unit to distribute this product as well as benefit from doing so.
According to Le Van Khoa - Deputy Director of the Department of Industry and Trade of Ho Chi Minh City, in principle, all promotions of businesses, retail units, even business shops when implementing promotions. All must register with the Department of Industry and Commerce, the registration dossiers must satisfy all conditions to be allowed to implement the program. In the case of non-registration, the promotion or promotion of inappropriate content will be sanctioned by the district-level management agency.