"Household appliances" underground repair center ', most of the places are those that exceed the warranty of the user. In the residential area continuously distributed large numbers of small ads, is the most common and most effective way. "Prior to the insiders of the deities bluntly told reporters.
On the morning of 7 November, Razdan and journalists came about, and some residential district of Chaoyang Street.
Around 10 am, doorway into two body under the small purses, young lad casually mutual laughing, aside from the bag and took out two card case. Today is Sunday, the yard traveller not many, many car parking.
Two young men start plug in the car on the card, the action is very quick. Not quite a while, under car wipers, door next to no omissions and left their traces of the "actions".
Two young men into the neighbourhoods of the corridor, journalists from the car out of a few cards carefully watched. Business card front printed with eye-catching language: home maintenance, vacation, on call, free checking, good service and reasonable price. Maintenance items include: refrigerator, freezer, refrigerator, air conditioning, color TV, washing machine. The back of the card, printed with "Service Centre" self introduction: how abundant technical force, complete technical equipment, how to, how many professionals have, the lower is the contact's phone, particularly the words.
Installed the business card, press next and insider went into several buildings. To see the edge of the building side, the different floors of the corner wall, has been put on the card. Every household security door, also are stuffed with a sheet. And the two boys had disappeared.
4, floor 2, unit came up a bit to buy vegetables back aunt, see reporter looked these business cards, side door, inserted in her home security on cards lost door side of the trash can, reeled off to the press said: "it's much lower now. Do not know is true or false, look at the words to say it was quite good, but we are downstairs Lao Li, called let people come home for repair to the fridge, how long it's bad now, then simply sell it to the repair of refrigerators. ”
After a few days, according to an insider's point, reporters have been in and State Street East, old barracks, several other deities, the same housing community found the dissemination in the door, the newspaper box on small advertisements, promotional content is also very attractive.
Often in the residential quarter of small advertising posters, small alley rental housing is a facade; phone repair center promises bragged, on-site after all "huyou" user; originally a working parts, replace non-let users; actually, only money accessories, shijiyuan was charged to users more ... Some "underground repair center", repeatedly let consumers deceived.
Household appliances: repair center "underground" how hang Mont user? reporter allows, in Taiyuan carried out unannounced visits.
Make money from home appliances purchase
Collected some publicity "jiadianweixiuzhongxin", although the style of business cards, but the tone is unambiguous. So, these local technical strength to the end?
On the morning of November 13, 1999, in a business card, press chooses a number dialed telephone number. Once connected, the other extremely enthusiastic: "Hello, we are XX electrical repair center. What do you need our services? we will designate the first time to your family, Pack your satisfaction. ”
Journalists that he had a TV in need of repair. I heard that journalists should put the TV set to a repair facility, the phone of the woman told in detail.
3 o'clock in the afternoon, journalists and together come to mount Street Insider. In a hanging "household appliances repair recovery" brand of the old cottages, found a telephone contact with the "maintenance".
"Repair center" door, placing a piece of the old table, many confused stacked, one of the spare parts for household appliances and high myopia glasses of middle-aged man is lying in the dark before playing with things table lamp. He left behind, put a spring in the bed, bed stacked different sizes of old television sets and multiple microwave ovens. The other end of the spring bed, a few old refrigerator above lying on top of two old washing machine directly to the roof. The whole room's wall desultory, no business license and other related documents, only a little above the God of painting, has hung up in thin spider silk. Not big on the ground, kids toys, empty wine bottle, Mazar stool sprawled vertical eight, one does not.
Just press on, inside the House of a holding kid's middle-aged women walked out and lifted the Tabernacle: "in the second place is something to modification or to buy old electrical appliances? we here at reasonable price, Pack your satisfaction. "Listen, is the phone of the woman. Obviously, this is a fuqidian. Journalists and insiders quickly found an excuse to leave promptly.
The next morning, the press and contact a "repair center", the other party informed the office location in Xu Nishimura South alley. Journalists and insiders get there, follow each other on the phone, could not find the place. Dial the phone again, a little later, a middle-aged man came, with journalists and insider walked into an ordinary flat yard.
Entered the yard, the reporter found out that, on the East by the base, placing a lot of refrigerators, freezers, washing machines and other old appliances. Journalists thought that was the user sent home maintenance, the man asked, he answered "
These are recycled, also be used. ”Come to the House, inside the same disorganized, similarly there is no relevant license, only the two young men in busy, they claim to be apprentices. Person who has falsely represented to buy several freezers, open restaurant, middle-aged man immediately promised to "buy more price can also be cheap" and said that you can also contact the "sources".
On the way out of here, the official told reporters that the hair business card advertising service facility, are not in formal, mostly from the countryside, but just know a little bit of maintenance, repair is just a pretext, they mainly depend on the purchase of old appliances to make money.
Deceptive means a figure many
A section of the deities, the journalists decided to choose a repair center "apprentice apprenticeship", one of them hang Mont user Maoni.
16 November morning reporter to Taiyuan railway station, where the public phone dials a "repair" phone. Listen to the reporter that his hometown, request maintenance technology, learning each other immediately promised to meet with elaborate, told reporters.
In a village-TIK 3 level South building, journalists met with "master" and his four disciples. Speak of the "master" is simple: apprentice time 3-month subscription $ 600, tube eat govern not wages, have a user called follow out, no live time just outside the ads. Reporters had 200 Yuan, count as one month of ", and another $ 100 for the Commission to stay here.
Unexpectedly, there are still many of the business. The "master" took a Commission each time out was the reporter. In the field, journalists really discovered they huyou user tricks.
17, noon, "master" received a phone call: a member of the community to move, you need to remove and reinstall the hanging air conditioning. Ask the user already out of warranty, the "master" immediately went to press, he is on the kit with a drain pipe, lead journalists to go straight to the user's home.
After arriving home, ask how many charges, the hostess "Chef" is very straightforward: "on-site service is free, only 150 of dismantling and clean-up costs. ”
Air conditioning from the old house after removing the "master" forthwith and journalists on the dust cleaning, air conditioning with electric cars will be moved to a new home.
Here, the "master" and the hostess played Maoni: "Ma'am, your new home without drilling, not installed, or your own someone punch, we offer free setup?" The hostess is obviously no way overnight, but to ask how much punch. The "master" tell is $ 40. Mistress looks a bit upset, but still agreed to, are paid.
The hook and the host is installed outside, the "master" from who took out tape measure, measure a back and forth, back and tell her the "sewer length is insufficient, bad 1.2 m could not be installed". Hostess didn't expect, busy ask "Chef" is there with her, he took out the drain said: "I take is good quality, 1 m $ 110, you need to use it I? by 1 m, from a cost money. "Watching the time is near noon 1 point, the hostess had to agree.
Is a free onsite service, as a result, all collected user 300 yuan. Along the way, he told reporters show off: "free of charge, that is to attract customers. Want to make money, you have the key time to each other in a tough spot. ”
18, 6: 00 pm, the sky is dark, the "master" also received a single "sale": one user to clean the water heater. This time, he remains committed to the "free on-site service", then take a Toolbox under the bed, with journalists on the go.
Arrives, left without any word on the water heater in the bathroom, unloading apart for cleaning. In the user thanks to our delivery of smoke, "master," suddenly said, "brother, heating rod and seal is damaged and needs to be replaced, we come again tomorrow. "Looked at the ground clearance of sixes and water heaters, this user have.
Watch the "master" packed toolbox will go out with a reporter, the user immediately stopped. The "master" to open the Toolbox, check out some of the accessories, tell the user the total is $ 240. The user wry smile. Install good water heater returns, journalist specialized "advice". The "master" throat "hum" of a sound: "where is the sale of the white race? his water heater does not like you, I that is specialized in the CAP?!"
20 October, the "master" led reporters set off again. This time, repair a washing machine. Users that use the 4 years and is noisy, is beyond the warranty period, after-sales service card has been lost. The door, the "master" to open the rear cover, put inside the washing machine's removal from a pile of things to come to check for a while, tell users &
Ldquo; normally wash clothes than the rated load, burnt out motor ", and" suggestions "user not to repair, buy one.Reporters could see that he obviously is intentionally fraudulent fool you. Sure enough, I hear this, users quickly asked for how much of a motor. The "master" quietly replied: "it's a good thing that I today with a motor. Well, the maintenance is free, and I only charge a cost price 550 bucks, you see them? you contact the manufacturers to buy one? " That staring at the user. Stand on the sidelines of the users don't know what to do, but he kept by reading a "can not longer be less". Finally, the parties to the transaction of $ 530, after reinstalling, washing machine and sure not a noise (afterwards, the reporter learned from a store, the same specification of motor retail price only $ 130).
In the evening, drank half drunk "master" drink vino: the washing machine is just some of the screws at the bottom of the drum, I sold a motor, and get back a, this is called the sale. Not that I do, the line which the maintenance department in all the same ...
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