Ofo "into thin air"! Did you refund your deposit?

"Even the door of ofo can't be found."

*** Enjoy the bicycle company ofo in official website, WeChat official account, APP, offline office ... All public channels have been unable to contact ofo. The user's deposit to be refunded is still far away.

from unexecutable property to "into thin air"

According to the information, the registered address of ofo affiliated company Dongxia Datong (Beijing) Management Consulting Co., Ltd. is Room 62, Building 1, Yard 14, West Third Ring South Road, Fengtai District, Beijing.

but ofo is no longer here. In June, 22, Dongxia Datong (Beijing) Management Consulting Co., Ltd. was listed in the list of business anomalies by Fengtai District Market Supervision Administration of Beijing because it could not be contacted through the registered residence or business premises.

on may 27th, the Beijing municipal transportation commission publicized the operation, management and supervision of the internet bicycle rental industry in the first quarter of 22 in official website. Among them, ofo sharing bicycles's operating company, Dongxia Datong (Beijing) Management Consulting Co., Ltd., has been interviewed by the Beijing Law Enforcement Corps due to the interruption of data transmission, and is required to make rectification within a time limit.

but there may be no one to rectify it. In January 22, the founder of ofo, Dai Wei, withdrew from the legal representative, executive director and manager, leaving an empty shell of ofo. Nowadays, no matter where the office is located or the customer service phone number, it is impossible to contact ofo.

into thin air with ofo, and its executable property. According to the data of enterprise investigation, as of July 25th, the operating entity of ofo, Dongxia Datong (Beijing) Management Consulting Co., Ltd., has been listed as the executor of dishonesty for 4 times, and has been issued with orders to restrict high consumption for 247 times, resulting in 227 cases, involving an unfulfilled amount of more than 59 million yuan.

The so-called final case refers to a case in which the people's court, after exhausting the means of property investigation, finds that the person subjected to execution has no property available for execution, and temporarily closes the case with the consent of the applicant or the collegial panel and the approval of the president.

Zhongxin. com found that the last time the supplier got back part of the payment through enforcement, it was in the ruling issued on April 1, 219 that the court frozen and allocated the deposit of Dongxia Datong (Beijing) Management Consulting Co., Ltd. of about 2.89 million yuan.

Since then, Dongxia Datong has no executable property. Now there is only one question mark left in people's minds: when can my deposit be refunded?

as of press time, there are still millions of users whose deposits have not been refunded. Photo courtesy of the interviewee

Founder Dai Wei once shouted to "live on your knees"

In the second half of 218, a financial crisis broke out in ofo, and it was impossible to refund the users normally. On December 17, 218, ofo launched the deposit refund system, and the number of users who applied for refund in 24 hours exceeded 1 million. Based on the minimum 99 yuan deposit, the deposit to be refunded was more than 1 billion yuan.

On December 19th, 218, the founder and CEO of ofo, Dai Wei, admitted in an internal staff letter that the company was burdened with huge cash flow pressure, and "one dollar has to be broken into three dollars". He felt overwhelmed countless times and wanted to cut off all the working capital, even dissolve the company and file for bankruptcy. But he finally chose to shoulder the pressure and "live on his knees."

Dai Wei also said that he would not escape, and would be responsible for every penny owed by ofo and for every user who supported ofo.

in order to cut costs, ofo has successively carried out a series of actions, such as layoffs and moving houses, and also tried various ways to realize cash, including advertising car bodies, using traffic to make content and receiving advertisements. However, all these methods proved to be unable to get ofo out of the financial emergency.

In December 218, Dai Wei was taken by the Haidian District Court of Beijing to restrict consumption because he failed to fulfill his payment obligations. According to enterprise survey data, in July 22, Dai Wei was restricted from spending by the court for the 35th time and was not allowed to take the high-speed train by plane. Being an "old lai" may be harsh for other entrepreneurs, but Dai Wei may be used to it.

according to the enterprise survey data, Dai Wei has been restricted from high consumption for 35 times.

under the pressure of funds, ofo began to play tricks on refunding the deposit.

As early as November 218, ofo issued a notice saying that 99 yuan deposit users can be upgraded to new users of Internet financial platform PPmoney with one click, and agreed to turn the deposit into 1 yuan-specific assets of the above financial projects, with a lock-up period of 3 days. After the upgrade, users can ride permanently without deposit.

most users questioned ofo selling users' personal information cheaply, and PPmoney finally went offline from this cooperation channel. But it turns out that ofo has never given up playing routines in refunding deposits.

APP changed into a rebate online shopping website, and WeChat official account changed its marketing number.

Today's ofo sharing bicycles APP is more like an online shopping website with suspicious diversion and rebate. The opening caption is "rebate for the whole network, saving money for shopping", the icon becomes "ofo rebate", and the words "* * * enjoy cycling" have been squeezed to the bottom of the screen.

the code scanning car button of ofo app is surrounded by shopping guide buttons of various shopping platforms.

its APP homepage recommendation is occupied by advertisements, which promotes the online lending platform. "88 yuan will receive it immediately and earn a maximum of 246 yuan in 15 days" to attract users to buy.

the button of "code scanning car" is surrounded by "I want to borrow money", "Deer Mall" and "9.9 Special Price". Ofapp now features "returning money", and this change dates back to last year's revision.

in March, 219, ofo launched a discount mall, guiding users to upgrade the 99 yuan deposit to 15 gold coins and exchange the 199 yuan deposit for 3 gold coins for shopping. However, the payment mode of "cash+gold coins" determines that users have to pay extra if they want to buy something.

today, this model has not changed. In Xiaolu Mall, for example, the price of "2L loaded Qingdao puree yellow beer" is 59.9 yuan, which suggests that customers can buy it at a preferential price of "1 gold coins +49.9 yuan". However, the price of this product in JD.COM is two in 76 yuan and one in 38 yuan. In Xiaolu Mall, not only gold coins are consumed, but the price is also significantly higher than other e-commerce platforms.

other types of goods also have different degrees of premium, which users do not buy. Some users said that "not counting gold coins, light cash is more expensive than direct purchase"; Some users said, "I don't want to buy anything, I just want to get the deposit back."

even in the large cash back area, the cash back ratio is not more than 1%, and the daily necessities are even lower. Ofapp screenshot

If you want to get the deposit back by cash back from shopping, users have to spend at least thousands more here.

if ofo APP can barely find the option of cycling, ofo sharing bicycles WeChat official account has nothing to do with "cycling" and has become like a marketing number. When I entered WeChat official account, I caught my eye with the push article "Husband and wife quarreling in the middle of the night: some things are far more terrible than disharmony in sexual life" on July 23rd.

The last time WeChat official account mentioned his main business was on August 26th, 219, "Here I am! Ofo has a new model covering the whole city of Shenzhen. What are the differences between the pile model and the past? Ofo said, according to the new car change rules, please return the car according to the parking spot at the mobile phone end. If it is illegal to stop, you will be prompted to send a text message for the first time, pay 5 yuan for the second time, and pay 2 yuan vehicle management fee for the third time and later.

In the face of various operations of ofo, some netizens expressed dissatisfaction: Isn't this just trying to cut leeks?

now, ofo has lost contact! "Can millions of users who have to refund the deposit get their money back?" It has become a difficult puzzle.