Why are you asking questions? Just tell me what you have to say...
However, she still carefully recalled her knowledge and finally remembered it.
"Teacher Fang, as far as I know, fabricating the original price should also be considered a form of price fraud, but it seems that this behavior is not particularly strictly regulated at the moment..."
Zhou Xinran said.
Zhou Yi looked at the two of them and said, "So, what is a fictitious original price? Making a fake price as the original price?"
Fang Dazhuang nodded and said, "That's about right. Actually, this is a very old method. Sellers will always state their original price is X, and then give you a certain discount, making you feel like you're getting a great deal."
"That's what happened with Double 11 just now. If you really look into it, you'll find that while it's called a discount, it's actually not much of a discount at all. The problem lies in the original price!"
Mr. Fang gave a detailed explanation, and Zhou Yi roughly understood it.
Seriously speaking, many of the tricks used by stores can actually be considered price fraud. However, large stores are more professional, and the time between "first increase and then decrease" exceeds the time stipulated by law, so it is difficult for you to retaliate.
"So, Mr. Fang, what you mean is that we find evidence that the other party fabricated the original price and then file a complaint against him? Or what?" Zhou Yi asked quickly.
"If it's just a report and a fine, it shouldn't be that much. For a company of this size, it's nothing."
Fang Dazhuang shook his head and said, "Of course there must be a report. Do you think I came all the way here just to get you to report it?"
"Didn't you say before that you wanted to buy it for a million? Then go ahead and collect evidence and file for a threefold refund, alleging price gouging."
Zhou Yi nearly jumped up when he heard this. "Mr. Fang, this won't do. This is knowingly buying fake goods. They're definitely not going to admit it, and they'll even say I'm a professional counterfeiter!"
Attorney Fang stood up and looked out the window at the street. "Professional counterfeiting, what is professional counterfeiting? You must clearly know that the other party is committing fraud, and then deliberately purchase a large amount and demand compensation."
"You didn't know he was price gouging. You're a normal consumer!"
But I know... yeah, it's true. Although Mr. Fang has told me this now, he really doesn't know.
"As for the reason, it's nothing else. I've seen it on the way here. There are many online stores that have this problem.
The first problem is the strike-through price.
What is a struck-through price? It is what many of us often see when buying things online. A price is crossed out and a new price is written next to it.
Some will have the original price marked on them, while others will not.
So here comes a question: will this so-called crossed-out price mislead consumers and make them think that this is the original price?
The answer is yes.
"Think about Zhou Yi. If you buy something online and see a crossed-out price, you'll definitely think it's the original price. This misleads you, and that's price gouging."
"And since many stores have this problem now, if you go to that Afu store and buy something, they won't have any reason to say you're targeting them."
This is the legal routine. Since you cannot directly determine a person's subjectivity, you can only prove it through other evidence.
A skilled lawyer can use this method to prove that you were indeed "misled" by the other party's price and made the purchase.
To prove that someone is a professional counterfeiter, the evidence often used is records of multiple related lawsuits, but it is obvious that Zhou does not have any of them.
Or rather, the guy who sold him fake goods before is now working on a sewing machine inside...
As for the lawsuit between us, so I bought your stuff on purpose, you must be kidding!
Your products are good, I like them, so what? See if you can convince the judge with this reason.
"So now, the only problem that needs to be solved is how to spend this million, or in other words, how to spend this million so that you can look like a normal consumer."
After thinking about it, Zhou Yi quickly came up with an answer. He didn't know about the legal aspect, but he had rich experience in this area.
"Mr. Fang, it's almost the end of the year, and we at Tengda are going to hold our annual meeting. Naturally, we'll have to have some kind of raffle or something. We gave out a lot of benefits last year, and I think we need even more this year."
"So I decided to buy these gold jewellery out of my own pocket as a bonus for the company's annual meeting. That's perfectly normal, right?"
Even though they knew that Zhou Yi never cared about the cost when it came to calling out the truth, Fang Dazhuang and Zhou Xinran also began to applaud.
"You really... Zhou Yi, the luck values of those employees in your company have probably exceeded 100." Mr. Fang sighed.
Other companies' annual meetings, especially those big internet companies, may offer more money in prizes.
But that was all the company's money, and Zhou Yi paid for it all out of his own pocket...
And it was very natural, because at last year's annual meeting, Zhou Yi also paid out of his own pocket and provided very generous benefits, the kind that made employees from other companies envious.
So it makes sense to give employees some gold jewelry this year.
No one could say anything because he really distributed the purchased items to his employees and did his job in a down-to-earth manner.
Just like a judge, it makes sense to carry a steel gavel with him, right?
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