"The farthest road I have ever walked is your routine." This ridicule seems funny in online games, but when it falls on the consumer market, it carries the original sin. With the development of the Internet, the phenomenon of counterfeiting and consumer fraud has become more mature, evolving into various "routines" that consumers are unable to guard against. Food safety has repeatedly been revealed, financial products are unstoppable, fashion brands are shoddy, and medical profits are killing people... Beijing Business Daily reporters divided their teams to deeply analyze the hidden integrity stains under the glamorous marketing models of various industries, and return to the concept of consumption. Essence, less routine and more sincerity.
1 Using the guise of "appraisal" to make fake photos and deceive
With the rise of "literary and entertainment craze", more and more consumers have joined the army of literary and entertainment enthusiasts, but along with it, there are also some lawless elements. of mixing. In June last year, Shanghai Wengang Culture Media Co., Ltd. recruited extras and disguised themselves as appraisers to appraise the cultural toys in the hands of customers. Some ordinary cultural toys turned into unique and rare treasures, and charged high fees for appraisal. fee. Immediately afterwards, the company asked consumers to pay the funds to print the catalog, and sneaked into major cultural and entertainment forums to promote the company's auction platform. Once the money was obtained, the company claimed that the collection failed to be auctioned or could not be sold because it did not meet the standards.
2 FENDI and other big brands have many faults. For a long time, luxury goods have given people the impression that they are synonymous with high quality, but this is not the case. In September 2016, Shanghai Municipal Administration for Industry and Commerce official website issued a notice announcing the results of previous random inspections of 40 batches of backpacks sold by 24 companies in 5 regions. After testing, a total of 10 batches were found to be unqualified, including FENDI, VIVIENNE WESTWOOD, TOD'S and other famous luxury brands.
It is understood that the oscillatory impact performance not only assesses the fastness of the straps, handles, side handles and other parts of the backpack to the bag body, but also assesses the breaking strength of these parts themselves, the breaking performance of the bag body fabric, and the stitching process and other comprehensive properties. . If this indicator fails, the bag may not be used properly. The Shanghai Municipal Administration for Industry and Commerce stated that based on the random inspection results, the industrial and commercial department has ordered relevant operators to immediately stop selling substandard goods and conduct a comprehensive cleanup of products in stock and on sale.
3 Qiaoxing breach of contract, Zheshang Property & Casualty Insurance has loopholes in risk control
On December 20, 2016, the private placement bonds of two subsidiaries of Qiaoxing Group, which used Ant Financial Zhaocaibao as an information intermediary platform, matured but failed to pay overdue payments. The incident triggered public opinion focus on. However, the product underwriter, Zheshang Property & Casualty Insurance Company, issued an emergency announcement stating that it had set up a special working group as soon as possible and went all out to handle this compensation case. Xiang Junbo, chairman of the China Insurance Regulatory Commission, said when talking about the Qiaoxing private placement bond default incident that there are some loopholes and deficiencies in the risk management and control of Zheshang Property & Casualty Insurance. The incident of Qiao Xing's private placement bonds being unable to be redeemed upon maturity is a typical case of economic risks being transmitted to the financial sector, and financial risks being cross-transmitted between different financial institutions. "First, this business involves banks, securities, insurance and other types of financial institutions. Second, the private placement bond transaction process is complicated, from private placement to public placement, and ultimately involves a large number of individual investors." Ping An Bank has been rectified
Bank employees secretly sell financial products that are not owned by the bank. This is also known as "flying orders" in the industry. Specifically, it refers to bank employees taking advantage of investors' trust in the bank to sell products that do not belong to the bank. Wealth management products are used to obtain high commissions, and customers’ funds are purchased from external products of unknown origin and investment, which can easily lead to risks.
In July last year, Ping An Bank was exposed to the fraud scandal. Three Ping An Bank employees used the branch business premises during their employment to illegally sell private equity funds issued by Beijing Tongfu Huirong Equity Investment Fund Management Co., Ltd. to investors. Statistics show that a total of 31 investors purchased this flying order product from Ping An Bank, with an amount as high as 47.6 million yuan, of which 41.3125 million yuan was not paid.
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Automatic shutdown iPhone6 battery "no solution"
Around November 2016, a large number of netizens reported that their iPhones automatically shut down, mainly involving iPhone 6 and iPhone 6S. Apple subsequently issued a statement, acknowledging and clarifying that the problematic products were limited to iPhone 6S models produced in September and October 2015, and announced that it would replace batteries for these problematic products free of charge. In February 2017, Apple issued another announcement saying, "In the latest iOS 10.2.1, Apple has made some improvements to reduce the occurrence of unexpected shutdowns." More than 50% of active iOS devices have been upgraded to the latest version. Diagnostic data reported by these devices shows that the number of unexpected shutdowns for iPhone 6S has dropped by more than 80%, while for iPhone 6 it has dropped by 70%.
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Scalper risk caused the concert to collapse
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On December 30, 2016, Faye Wong held her solo concert "Fantasy Music" again after four years. After the tickets were sold out in seconds, scalpers markets on , Taobao, , WeChat and other platforms quickly offered tickets at sky-high prices. Scalper advertisements exposed online show that the lowest price for scalpers at Faye Wong's concert is 1,800 yuan, with prices ranging from 7,800 to 18,800 yuan for areas C and D, 7,800 to 21,800 yuan for areas A and B, and prices for numbers 1 and 2 in row 1 are as high as 1 million yuan.
Just when fans had almost concluded that it would be difficult to get tickets for Faye Wong’s concert, a lot of remaining tickets suddenly appeared on some secondary ticketing websites. It was less than a day before the start of the "Fantasy Music" concert. , there are still many tickets left in the West 10th District, and the price has also been reduced. The original price of 5,800 yuan has dropped to 4,190 yuan, and the original price of 7,800 yuan has also dropped by 100-2,600 yuan. While ticket scalping hurts consumers, it also almost caused the concert to collapse.
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High imitations are everywhere Abbott has been counterfeited by copycats
. It has been a hot topic in the fast moving consumer goods industry in recent years. Counterfeit products are not only difficult to be the same in quality as genuine products, but also cause considerable losses to enterprises in terms of brand. , the FMCG industry is always on the road to cracking down on counterfeiting.
In April last year, just after the case of counterfeit Abbott milk powder was uncovered, the State Food and Drug Administration further disclosed the incident of counterfeit milk powder. According to reports, in addition to detecting counterfeit Abbott products, Beingmate milk powder has also been caught. A spokesman for the State Food and Drug Administration said that the counterfeit milk powder case was a case in which criminals purchased cheap milk powder, milk powder with deformed packaging, and processed it into canned counterfeit milk powder.
The State Food and Drug Administration has reported that the products involved in the case have been inspected by the agency handling the case and meet food safety standards. However, they are counterfeit foods and have committed commercial fraud and other illegal crimes.
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False bids Ezubao illegally raised 76.2 billion
self-financing. As the name suggests, it means financing itself. Simply put, it means that the actual controller or associated person of the platform raises funds from the public through the P2P platform, either for the development of his or her own enterprise, or for investing in other social projects for his or her own use, or for personal squandering. After investigation, the criminal suspects Ding Ning, Zhang Min, and Ding Dian used "Yucheng-related" companies such as Anhui Yucheng Financial Leasing Co., Ltd., Jinyirong (Beijing) Network Technology Co., Ltd., Anxin Huixin Financial Information Services (Beijing) Co., Ltd. and The "Ezubao" online platform, together with criminal suspects Peng Li, Yong Lei and others, fabricated false financial leasing projects. The "Ezubao" case illegally absorbed more than 1.15 million people with the help of the Internet and accumulated public funds of more than 76.2 billion yuan. After deducting the repeated investment part, the illegally absorbed funds totaled more than 59.8 billion yuan. By the time of the incident, the total amount of unpaid funds raised was 38 billion yuan. Yu Yuan.
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The name is not worthy of the name. Non-profit nursing homes turned into bungalows
With the wave of the elderly care industry sweeping across, many real estate companies have used their brains. In February 2016, a consumer revealed that a real estate project in Beijing called Yuxishan advertised as “putting your home in Beigong National Forest Park ” and “the average sales price is only 20,000 yuan/square meter.” , which makes many consumers excited. However, after an on-site visit, a Beijing Business Daily reporter found that the project is a non-profit elderly care institution project. The price of 20,000 yuan/square meter is only for purchasing a 50-year membership, but the salesperson emphasized that it is the same as ordinary commercial housing.It is understood that the land for the Xishan Senior Care Apartment project belongs to the land for senior care institutions and enjoys government subsidies. The certificates and licenses are not complete and the business qualifications for relevant industries have not been obtained. The houses on the ground cannot be used for the construction of ordinary commercial housing. Industry insiders said that currently many elderly care institutions in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and even across the country operate in a similar way of selling memberships. This cannot be considered legal in nature, but it is difficult to determine violations. As my country's aging population becomes increasingly serious and elderly care institutions are scarce, the state strongly supports private capital and social funds to invest in elderly care institutions. This also provides some companies with the opportunity to play "edge ball".
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Business is sidelined Alipay caught in circle controversy
In November 2016, Alipay's "Life Circle" function was updated. Some circles such as campus diaries only allow female users to post updates, while male users with a Sesame Credit score of 750 or above can comment with appreciation. This tendentious function setting has led to the emergence of a large number of large-scale photos in the circle and triggered a crisis of public opinion. Since then, Alipay officials and executives have formally apologized, and the operation of the circle has turned to a low profile. The
circle incident was just a misfire in the aggressive expansion of Alipay's business, but similar behaviors have always existed in the Internet industry. From vulgar marketing by early game companies to endless pornographic behaviors in online live broadcast battles, many Internet companies have taken desperate risks for the sake of eyeballs. The regulatory bottom line has been repeatedly touched.
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False marketing Putian Hospital is full of shady stories
In May 2016, college student Wei Zexi finally passed away after receiving biological immunotherapy at the Cancer Biological Center of the Second Hospital of the Beijing Armed Police. Wei Zexi's death revealed the shady story of Putian Hospital's operation.
In April 2014, Wei Zexi was diagnosed with malignant synovial sarcoma for which there is currently no effective treatment. After multiple surgeries and chemotherapy without success, he chose the Cancer Biological Center of the Second Hospital of the Beijing Armed Police with a Putian background to receive biological immunotherapy.
According to Tsinghua University School of Medicine Thousand Talents Program professor and famous immunology expert Lin Xin, currently all immunotherapy or cell therapy in China are adjuvant treatments and cannot be used as independent treatments for tumor patients. During the development and rise of
in Putian hospitals, unconventional tactics such as false advertising, excessive medical treatment, and violent marketing emerged one after another.
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Hanlixuan franchise store was fined for converting duck meat into beef
In December last year, some TV media exposed that a Hanlixuan self-service barbecue restaurant in Changsha used duck meat as beef. In the exposed video, the staff of this restaurant changed the meat into beef in the back kitchen. The large duck breasts are stamped, marinated and then put on the buffet counter as beef for consumers to choose from. Just one month later, the Beijing Municipal Food and Drug Administration issued an announcement showing that Hanlixuan's three stores with "fake meat" problems were the Haidian Yuanmingyuan store, Tongzhou Xinhai East Road store, and Tongzhou Ziwu College store. Among them, 1 goose meat sample from the Yuanmingyuan store was found to contain duck-derived ingredients, but no goose-derived ingredients were detected. A sample of "Korean BBQ rolls" from the Tongzhou Xinhai East Road store that claimed "duck and pork accounted for ≥75% and 70% of the net product mass respectively" only contained duck-derived ingredients and no pig-derived ingredients. sexual component. A "steak" sample from the Tongzhou Ziwu College Store was suspected to be a mixture of beef and duck meat. At the beginning of this year, three Beijing Hanlixuan stores were ordered to close for rectification.
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is involved in high compensation, and YTO's delivery party is kicking the ball
Express companies often follow the unspoken rules of the lowest standard plan for compensation for lost express shipments. The practice of kicking the ball between outlets also makes it difficult for many consumers to settle claims. In March last year, Mr. Qu, a micro-businessman, sent 3 trading products through YTO Express , with a total value of more than 10,000 yuan. While communicating with YTO Express, Mr. Qu learned that the express had been lost. Mr. Qu communicated with Yuantong Express in the recipient city, and finally the express delivery company agreed to compensate 9,000 yuan, but the recipient Tianjin Yuantong Express was only responsible for 4,500 yuan. The other compensation was borne by the dispatcher Changchun Yuantong Express, but Changchun Yuantong insisted that consumers You can only discuss compensation if you show proof of the price of the product. The mutual pushback between YTO Express in the two cities has undoubtedly made it more difficult for consumers to safeguard their rights.
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Female tourist was beaten, Yunnan tourism is in trouble again
At the beginning of this year, a female tourist in Yunnan exposed through Weibo that she was brutally beaten on November 11, 2016, which immediately attracted widespread attention. The female tourist was beaten and disfigured by more than a dozen local young people. It was determined to be a minor injury of the second degree, with multiple nasal bone fractures.
However, before the incident was over, the Lijiang Municipal Public Security Bureau’s official Weibo retweeted an article accusing the beaten female tourist of being debauched, triggering public criticism of Yunnan tourism. Later, although six suspects of the beating were arrested and a Lijiang publicity policeman was given an administrative demerit, this series of incidents made the public even more disappointed with Yunnan tourism.
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Mileage fraud, car sales were sentenced to "refund one and three will be compensated"
On February 23, 2016, a Beijing brand car sold by Liuzhou Xiangpeng Auto Sales Company was finally sentenced to "refund one and three will be compensated".
On January 14, 2015, Ms. Wang from Liuzhou City purchased a Beijing brand car from the local Xiangpeng Automobile Sales Co., Ltd. However, after getting the car, she found a certificate in the passenger storage box that was purchased for the car six months ago. Compulsory traffic insurance policy, and the stated mileage does not match the actual mileage. Ms. Wang suspected that her car might be a "used second-hand car." When negotiations with the store failed, Ms. Wang filed a civil lawsuit with the Liubei District People's Court. The Liubei District People's Court made a first-instance judgment and revoked the contract signed by Ms. Wang and the company. Ms. Wang returned the car involved to the company. The company refunded the car purchase price of 45,500 yuan to Ms. Wang and compensated Ms. Wang for six expenses including vehicle purchase tax.
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Good reviews are not helpful. Internet "faith speculation" is rampant
In order to seize "business opportunities" on e-commerce platforms, many merchants choose to rely on fake orders to improve the reputation and sales of their stores. This has developed into a black industry chain.
In April last year, the Hangzhou Xihu District Market Supervision and Administration Bureau conducted an investigation on four websites, including "Shatui.com", "Jiandianqiang", "Lingla.com - Earn Commission", and "Blue Sky and Clear Water" and found that the above-mentioned websites They are all suspected of online fraud, which is illegal. The cumulative amount of fraudulent orders involved in the case reached 120 million yuan, with 18,600 merchants involved and 63,600 fraudsters involved. Faced with the phenomenon of "credit speculation" in the e-commerce industry, in October last year, Alibaba, JD.com, Tencent, Didi Chuxing and many other companies signed the "Anti-"Credit Speculation"" message at a press conference held by the National Development and Reform Commission. Sharing Agreement". For unscrupulous merchants who engage in fraud, relevant regulatory authorities and e-commerce platforms need to take heavy action to truly purify the online shopping environment.
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is suspected of tax evasion Yule Beibei is guilty of three crimes
Today, the early childhood education industry is receiving more and more attention. Many early childhood education institutions have appeared on the market. However, due to the lack of entry barriers and relevant regulatory systems, the current early childhood education institution market is a mixed bag. The original Huamao City store of Yule Beibei encountered a centralized rights protection campaign by parents.
In June 2016, a Beijing Business Daily reporter investigated and found that the Yule Beibei Huamao City store used the name of a "direct store" to attract customers. In fact, the person in charge, Wang Yan, signed a custody contract with Yule Beibei in 2013. The headquarters of Yule Beibei came to manage the Huamao City store. The Yule Beibei Huamao City store is actually a franchise store of Yule Beibei. Yule Beibei Huamao City store has been caught in prepayment jail, marketing fraud, suspected tax evasion and other problems, causing parents to lose confidence in it.
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