Group buying should pay attention to online cosmetics fakes

Buying cosmetics online has become fashionable, saving effort and effort, especially for group buying cosmetics, which is extremely cost-effective. However, there are also many consumers who are "dumb to eat berberine, and have difficulty to say". For example, the products seen on the Internet are completely inconsistent with the physical objects received, or they seem to be genuine but "parallel imports" or counterfeit goods... ...

Industry insiders said that 90% of online shopping cosmetics are fakes

Industry insiders said that 90% of online shopping cosmetics are fakes

Buying cosmetics online has become fashionable, saving effort and effort, especially for group buying cosmetics, which is extremely cost-effective. However, there are also many consumers who are "dumb to eat berberine, and have difficulty to say". For example, the products seen on the Internet are completely inconsistent with the physical objects received, or they seem to be genuine but "parallel imports" or counterfeit goods... ... Recently, some consumers have sent a letter to the Information Times reporter about their experiences. The reporter visited a number of industry insiders and found that the phenomenon of "mixing water" in online shopping cosmetics is very common. Some people even claim that more than 95% of brand-name cosmetics on some group-purchasing websites are high imitation fakes, so some products are still as low as one fold. Up to 1000% amazing profits.

Genuine "watering" divided into multiple bottles

Genuine "watering" divided into multiple bottles

Recently, a consumer surnamed Chen complained that he purchased a natural hall (microblogging) revitalizing water and whitening cream on a shopping mall on February 24 this year. After receiving the goods, he found that the anti-counterfeiting layer had been scraped. I have to do it all. After comparing the test, I feel that the revitalizing water is very high in water. I obviously went to the water. Later, I went to the local natural hall counter, and the salesperson was very sure that this was a fake. However, the mall said that the move was to prevent the cross-selling. The consumer later applied for a return, but the result was no return, so he had to be unlucky.

In this regard, CICI, a shop owner who once operated cosmetics on the Internet, told reporters that there are many phenomena of "mixing water" in online shopping cosmetics. CICI revealed that in the past, when you purchased the goods, you would enter a large number of empty bottles and empty boxes. With these bottles and cans, you can change one bottle to two bottles, or even three bottles and four bottles, and you can turn the expired ones into fresh ones. The product. For example, a 100 ml CD perfume, as long as the pliers are clipped at the mouth of the bottle, the bottle mouth is easily peeled off, and then distilled water is added, so that 100 ml becomes 300 ml, and it is put into a new bottle, and the appearance does not show traces. It’s just that the perfume tastes a bit light. Distilled water can be used to treat perfumes, toners, essences, creams and lotions on cheap petrolatum. "Distilled water and Vaseline are harmless to the human body. Putting these into cosmetics, consumers generally won't pay attention."

Another shop owner, Ms. Mai, also said that from the regular manufacturers, some real goods, and then other cheaper products or substances, a bottle is more common than many online sellers, the new "product" Outer packaging to quality, are similar to licensed goods, but generally do not play pseudo-code on the outer packaging. Many sellers will explain that because the manufacturers resist low-priced sales, the batch number or anti-counterfeiting has been removed.

Special brand is really "cottage product"

Special brand is really "cottage product"

Consumer Ms. Liu once bought a brand-name combination perfume of more than 800 yuan in a group-purchasing website called Aristocratic Group (now renamed Meibo Group). After receiving the goods, she found that something was wrong, so she got the counter to check the goods and found that it was a high imitation. Later, after the friend of the Quarantine and Inspection Bureau confirmed that it was a fake, Ms. Liu then contacted the customer service website to point out that these were fakes. The result was unreasonable. The other party did not agree to apply for a refund. Later, even the customer service phone could not get through. The reporter found on the Internet that the price of cosmetics group purchase is really attractive, such as Dior (microblogging), Estee Lauder (microblogging), Clinique (microblogging), Shiseido (microblogging), Ya Wei (microblogging) and other big names as low as one or two. Discounts, there are some rare "temporary brands" in China that are rare and tempting.

But are these group buying websites really working with the brand side, is it really because of the large volume of shipments that can get such a low discount? This is not the case. The responsible persons of brands such as Procter & Gamble (microblogging), Estee Lauder, and Lancome (microblogging) all said that they have not cooperated with any cosmetics group buying websites, nor have they authorized any cosmetics websites to sell their products. Nature Garden City Manager Yang Weisen said that only about 60% of the cosmetics products sold on the Internet are genuine, including serial goods, overseas products (these products are generally not verified by consumers through any channels), and more are fake. Goods; and if it is genuine, 40% is already low enough to be lower.

However, it is understood that the high-end cosmetics on many group buying websites are actually “cottage products”, and some insiders even claim that 95% of cosmetics group purchases are high imitation fakes. Even if it is sold below 1%, these cottage products still have a lot of profit margins. Take Estee Lauder as an example, a genuine market price of 780 yuan, the counter purchase price of about 70%, wholesale channels are not likely to be less than 50% off, but in some group purchase sites, as long as 3 to 4 fold or even 1 to 2 fold Can buy, where is the source? According to cosmetics insiders, the cost of the cottage is only seven or eight yuan, and the group-purchasing website sells to consumers at a discount of 78 yuan, and the profit is still around 1000%.

"Counter inspection" is just a beautiful dice

"Counter inspection" is just a beautiful dice

On many shopping websites, many merchants have played “counter inspection”, but it is not difficult to find out carefully, some supplementary terms are hidden. In fact, even those salespeople who are willing to “help us to look at” are not willing to issue written proofs, but to conduct professional testing, they have to pay a lot of testing costs, and some product testing fees are even higher than the products themselves. Prices, consumers are reluctant to pay the cost of rights protection.

In accordance with relevant state regulations, only manufacturers and national inspection and appraisal organizations can effectively identify the authenticity of products and issue written reports. In other words, counters and specialty stores, as first-class agents, have no right to identify the authenticity of goods. The insiders also said that regular manufacturers and sellers have clear regulations on shopping guides, and should not provide product identification services to customers, and emphasize that there is no right to identify online shopping products. It can be said that the promise of "supporting counter inspection" is not operational at all, but it is deceptive and misleading. Consumers should pay attention to two issues: one is to select the inspection agency that obtains authorization and qualification, and the other is to confirm whether the scope of authorization and qualification of the institution can meet the testing requirements, and sign a commission inspection contract with the testing agency. .

In addition, there are many businesses that promise "absolutely genuine", "fake one lost three" or "free return" services. These words seem to be a pledge to the goods, but it is often difficult to defend rights after a consumer dispute. Therefore, if the consumer finds that the product is unqualified or has product quality problems after purchasing the goods, he can promptly report to the industry and commerce, public security and other departments to report and protect his legitimate rights and interests.

50~200 yuan range of cosmetics fakes

Consumer reminder: 50~200 yuan range of cosmetics fakes

1. Don't be cheap, fake prices will usually be lower than genuine. For cosmetics with a price between 50 and 200 yuan, there will be more fakes. Pay special attention when purchasing, especially for Korean makeup. Buyers should pay more attention to it.

2, cosmetics sample is also the hardest hit area of ​​fraud, especially some shops selling small samples in bulk, after all, the sample is a gift of genuine merchants, it is impossible to source a steady stream of goods.

3, for different skin care brands, you can first go to the beauty forum to find the method of verifying the authenticity by checking the production batch number or packaging characteristics, and then ask for the physical picture and batch number in the communication with the merchant, and reach the acceptance test, such as fake replacement. committed to.

4. When selecting a merchant, you should filter the seller with high credit rating. You can judge by checking the early record of “seller credit” and the buyer's evaluation experience. When trading, try to use tools such as Anfutong or Alipay, and keep the same transaction records as the seller's chat records, parcels, etc., especially after receiving the goods.

5, online shopping before some cosmetics have never been used before going to the mall counter trial, one is to determine the skin quality for their own, will not cause allergies and other problems, the second is to determine the brand produced the product, not the seller said The "limited edition" and "commemorative edition" are deceived. The third is to facilitate the comparison and authenticity after receiving the online shopping goods.