What consumption traps have you stepped on in your life?

In our real life, there are some consumption traps everywhere. In order to promote products, merchants are very deliberate and design various promotional activities. People who know the truth can really be deceived. At the same time, some merchants deliberately create various consumption traps. Today we will take stock of some commonly used consumption traps to prevent everyone from stepping on them and save some unnecessary money.

"How much discount is available for the entire site".

Many shopping malls often display signs that say "How much discount is available for the entire store?" Be careful not to underestimate the word "starting". This word "starting" gives merchants a lot of room for activity. Many people You all think that all products are on sale, but when you go to pay, you find out that only some products are on sale.

Some big brands generally do not participate in discount activities in shopping malls. Even if they are discounted, they are all outdated and out-of-season slow-moving goods. Therefore, don’t really think that they are discounts when you see them in the future. All items are discounted.

Raise the price and then discount.

Nowadays, many shopping malls have discounts almost every day, but some merchants are offering discounts on the surface, but in fact they are increasing prices in disguise. For example, for a product that originally cost 100 yuan, he raised the original price to more than 200 yuan, and then sold it for 120 yuan at a 40% discount. The price did not fall but rose.

So, don’t just flash your eyes when encountering discounts in the future, thinking that you are taking advantage of it, and end up spending a lot of money in vain. It is best to shop around and then choose according to your personal needs and finances. conditions to purchase.

Online trading scam

When you swipe orders for the first time, it is so easy to make money. When you swipe orders for the second time, you will earn over 10,000 yuan per month in minutes.

As a result, when you brushed the order for the third time, the task was not enough, the system failed, and the principal could not be returned...

Savings become insurance

Look at this financial product. It only takes 5 years, 5 years to quadruple it!

As a result, if it is not marked as savings or insurance, once you regret it or need money, you will have to bear high financial losses if you surrender the policy.

False advertising. They set up false price reductions or price discounts to deceive consumers and promote so-called new technologies. The advertising promises of real estate developers are far from the actual situation.

Free service. Operators often put forward many unfair conditions to force consumers to accept them after they accept the so-called "free services". "Free service" is actually bait in a trap.

Free clinic. Criminals take advantage of consumers' urgent need for disease treatment and desire for health, and organize so-called "free clinic" activities in shopping malls and communities to defraud consumers of their generous donations. Similar sales behaviors may evolve into new pyramid schemes or disguised pyramid schemes.

Notify of winning. Criminals inform consumers through phone calls, text messages, letters, etc. that they have won a big prize from a certain company, and require consumers to pay first the so-called "winning fees", "income tax", "lawyer fees", "audit fees", etc. After the consumer remitted the money, the criminals immediately disappeared.

Rebate coupon promotion. Many shopping malls frequently use "rebate coupon promotions" during the sales process, and are vague in their information. After actually getting the rebate coupons, there are many restrictions and conditions. In fact, the essence is irrational consumption behavior that intentionally misleads consumers.