With the improvement of living standards, various kinds of advance consumption gradually become the new pattern of consumption.Hairdressing fitness bathing consumption field, in the name of overflow with preferential launch gold card, the silver card, VIP card etc attract consumers.Stored amount of money, ranging from both can enjoy all kinds of preferential, and merchants can rent carrying cash reaches trival, this seemingly convenient and economical consumption patterns, but there exists considerable risk.
Run a card service at a discount
By 2010, March 9 lady in a beauty parlor &hakata cheng make hairdressing, in beautician with preferential under the name of recommendation spent $2,400 money for a beauty in card.But in the subsequent hairdressing services, cheng lady gradually feel beautician attitude doesn't like before enthusiasm, and beauty parlors service is also does not reach the designated position, not of hairdressing un-ling cannot assure, is in hairdressing process if there are new customers away will ride lady put aside.Cheng lady in barely made 12 appearances hairdressing, really cannot accept such played discount service, demanding beauty parlors get a refund, but was rejected.Finally in rongcheng disappear assist staff under the help, beauty parlor returned consumer remaining amount. Beauty number
Journalists to investigate the advance payment consumers' rights difficult
Yad reporter survey found that many people for cost-effective, easy card, so the idea of monthly card, season CARDS, CARDS and times card in various sector consumption card was here.Advance sector consumption card in hairdressing, fitness, swimming, foot bath, KTV etc are particularly common.Spend hundreds of yuan, thousands of yuan, or even thousands of yuan card, not only enjoy the same level of service, we encountered a variety of misfortune, and the ultimate economic losses by consumer to assume.
Advance sector consumption card of a dispute basically has the following characteristics: easy card back card difficult;After card, operator unilateral expiration date, expiration Settings for card otherwise the original must top-up card invalid,After card, operator unilaterally heighten charging standards, reduce product type, quantity or reduce service quality.Operators roll paragraph and flee or replace operators, new operators denied the original card effective, return the balance, etc.
Learned, advance consumption from a sense of belonging to a businessman financing mode, such consumption is conducive to merchants of receivables and target customers.In 1998, the people's bank of China and state administration of industry and commerce has promulgated the provisional measures on membership card management, including the qualification of hairpin unit made corresponding regulations, but this "measures" in November 2007 to be scrapped.
Due to advance consumption is the first pay more consumption, time span length, businessman is in operation of unforeseen events, and the hands of consumers often only a simple certificate card or receipt, lack of strong evidence, once encounter businessman con behavior occurrence, cannot seasonable retrieve losses, consumers can eat mostly grievances.
To eliminate to help staff reminded consumers, given advance sector consumption card more and more complaints sector consumption card dispute has become a new hotspot and difficulty consumption disputes, the present situation of consumers in handling various "sector consumption card" must careful.First to investigate businessman credit.Secondly, to see whether there is a chain store the businessman, whether in the industry well-known,Finally, the survey businessman opening time, if opening time is not long then need to be cautious.Even if is reputable businesses, payment will sign a written contract, must not covet little presents, rational consumption.
Related material
Currently, about advance consumption management planning in China the consumer protection law only a regulation, the consumer protection law article 47 regulation: operator for advance payment must provide products or services, shall, in accordance with the contract offer.Not in accordance with the contract, provide shall, in accordance with the request of the consumer, implement the agreement or refund the advance payment, and shall bear the interest on the advance payment and reasonable expenses needed to be paid by the consumer.If the operator intentionally inform consumers false condition, or intentionally concealed truth, entice consumers to buy card (voucher), diddle consumer advance payment, is a fraud shall be returned to the consumers to buy card (coupons, and pay the costs of consumers to buy card (voucher) cost doubled damages, operators promise compensatory amount prep above a times, from their promise.
