The risks of online group buying

As an emerging consumption model, online group buying, like all online shopping, still lacks the supervision and restraint of relevant laws and regulations, which has led to some criminals taking advantage of legal loopholes to defraud consumers.

In order to ensure shopping safety, while consumers choose group buying to obtain preferential prices, they should also be cautious in choosing group buying platforms. Choosing a professional and reputable platform to initiate group buying, or participating in group buying, can improve the safety factor of online shopping, and the quality and after-sales service of group buying products can also be guaranteed. When conducting online group buying, you should pay attention to the following points:

1. You should be careful when choosing a group buying platform. If you choose a legally registered and reputable platform to initiate a group purchase, you should carefully study the group purchase agreement to avoid various risks.

⒉ Some online group purchases are initiated by the operators. Such group purchases are actually a kind of promotion, and many of them are prepaid purchases. Therefore, consumers are reminded not to buy on impulse because of low prices. Unsatisfied product.

⒊There are also some price traps in online group buying. Some merchants secretly raise the prices first and then offer discounts, so that the discounts consumers receive will not be in reality.

⒋When participating in online group buying, avoid paying directly. There are many group purchases. Although there are third-party payment channels such as Alipay, in actual operation, payment is still made directly to the account designated by the party who initiated the group purchase. This is different from confirming payment after general shopping inspection, and some consumers may be misled.

⒌ Pay attention to information related to online group buying after-sales service. Consumers must pay attention to the merchant’s professionalism, after-sales service and other information. For daily consumption, such as catering, beauty, etc., it is safer to choose merchants and products that you are familiar with.

⒍Once a consumer dispute occurs, please file a complaint with the Consumer Council as soon as possible. When online group buying disputes arise, not only the group buying website is the subject of the complaint, but also the entity operators providing goods or services. Consumers should keep relevant evidence, such as downloading consumption service content, consumption reminder text messages, etc. Don’t give up your legitimate rights and interests easily just because it is difficult to identify the target of complaints in online group buying.

⒎Pay attention to post-event evaluation. Some online group buying initiating websites will provide consumers with an opportunity to evaluate afterward. We hope that consumers will pay attention to this communication platform and make correct evaluations.