Buying mobile phone software at half price cheats users into spending at high price.
Sichuan Online News (Reporter Deng Tongtong) There is such a mobile phone software that claims to be able to shop at half price, including charging the phone bill. Do you believe such a good thing?
Recently, Xiao Li, a college student in Chengdu, complained about an APP called "Half-price Group" through the online "Ask Politics Sichuan" platform in Sichuan. He spent two times "69 yuan" on the platform to recharge two different accounts. One account was "exchanged" for a phone card worth 100 yuan, and the other account was "exchanged" for a shopping fee in 69 yuan. Through the platform, the cash returned varied from 1 to 3 3 yuan every day, which 69 yuan could have received in full, but it was waiting for the process. — On August 7th, the half-price group suddenly revised the agreement, saying that "the shopping money below 100 yuan will no longer enjoy cashback", and Xiao Li felt cheated. (Original post link: http://ly.scol.com.cn/thread? tid=2757692)
Two people buy at half price, only one person gets the goods. Netizen: The routine is too deep.
Xiao Li became a half-price group user by accident. At school, she often asked a senior sister to help charge the phone bill. Every time she charged 100 yuan, it was always a few yuan cheaper, and the number of times she charged it was more and more familiar. "I thought that senior sister had any internal channels, but later I found out that she recharged her mobile phone through an APP called half-price group."
Under the introduction of the senior sister, Xiao Li became a user of the half-price group. "The rule is this. In name, I used 69 yuan to charge 100 yuan’s phone bill, but in fact, I asked to use two accounts to recharge 69 yuan on the platform at the same time. One account got a phone bill recharge card worth 100, and the other account got a platform shopping fee from 69 yuan." Xiao Li explained that all the platform shopping money in 69 yuan will eventually be returned to users, ranging from 1 to 3 yuan every day, and the specific amount will be allocated according to the operating conditions of the platform on that day.
In the face of such a huge profit, Xiao Li did not hesitate at all. "I thought that 69 yuan would eventually return it slowly anyway, and the amount was not much." She charged herself and her family for two months, spent hundreds of dollars, logged into the APP every day, activated her account and got cash back for shopping.
The good times didn’t last long. In the second week of August, Xiao Li found that there was an abnormality when logging in the account to withdraw the shopping money. After several days of trying, it didn’t improve. After many twists and turns, it was discovered that the platform had released an announcement on the modification of the agreement on August 7: the shopping money below 100 yuan no longer enjoyed cash subsidies, but it did not affect consumption. "I immediately tried to communicate with the customer service, but the other party said that the shopping money can be used for shopping in the platform mall." Xiao Li immediately entered the mall to browse, only to find that there were only more than ten kinds of goods, and the prices were all higher than the market price, and some goods were even as expensive as 10 times. "A catty of rice in 20 yuan, five noodles for 88 yuan, is simply ‘ Rob money ’ 。”
"When I became a half-price group user, the other party promised to return all the shopping money. If I don’t return it now, isn’t it equivalent to forcibly occupying the user’s funds?" Xiao Li is a little angry. "My platform shopping money is not much, only 200 yuan, but as a student, it is still very painful." She hopes to get justice through "asking politics in Sichuan".
Consumers have invested more than 10,000 yuan and dare not complain. They are worried that the platform will close the money.
Open the half-price group APP, advertising words "You want, we will pay half the money ‘ Purchase ’ "Suddenly appeared, become a member can enjoy half-price benefits? The answer may not be satisfactory, because in addition to Xiao Li, there are still many "traps".
In May this year, Mr. Shi registered two accounts in the half-price group, and often recharged through one account, and the effect of recharging half-price was achieved by cashback of one account. On August 7, after the rules of the half-price group were changed, the accumulated 129 yuan in Mr. Shi’s two accounts could not be withdrawn.
Netizen "Winona" revealed that some people around us have invested 10,000 yuan to buy a fuel card, which has been "set" at present. "The rules of APP describe the shopping money equivalent to RMB as a bonus, which is actually forcing consumers to buy at a high price in the name of half price." She believes that it is unreasonable and illegal to modify the rules without authorization. "The customer service said that the goods in the mall are new every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, but after observing for one week, it was found that the products in Tonggong were only two or three weeks old.
Netizen "Mei Geni" said that there are not a few users who have invested 10,000 yuan, and some people have invested more than 300,000 yuan at most. She said that some users who have invested a lot of money don’t want to make a big deal out of it. They are worried that after the report, the company will have problems, and they will not get a penny back. "Because the user agreement stipulates that due to force majeure factors such as laws, regulations and policy changes in any country, the platform will be closed down, and the withdrawal will be terminated immediately. If the user’s shopping money is not withdrawn and consumed, we will not bear any legal responsibility."