N.V.T paid VND7 million to buy an Apple iPad on sale at 60 percent discounted price via an online shopping website, but what he eventually received was a cheap Chinese-made tablet.
T. said he came across the traitaovang.mov.mn website when searching for a store that sells iPad Air 16G at a price he could afford.
The website clearly published the hotline, company address, and assured that customers will get 200 percent refund should they receive fake products.
Convinced, T. transferred VND7 million to an Agribank account named Nguyen Phu Trung. Two days later, he was delivered a Chinese Novo Tap rather than the Apple iPad. T. contacted the hotline and the website salesperson, who eventually denied responsibilities.
The poor customer even came to the company headquarters following the address on the website, but it turned out to be a fake address.
Websites that cry wine and sell vinegar like this are rampant on the Internet. Most of them claim to sell hi-tech products of Apple or Samsung at heavily slashed prices. But customers would only receive cheap, fake products after they settle payment via bank transfers.
Falling victim to the same trick, Linh, a resident in District 5, ordered an iPad on sale at 50 percent discount on the thegioiapple.net website. But what was delivered was a Chinese toy iPad. The website says its company is located in District 1 but there was no company called The Gioi Apple at such address as Tuoi Tre reporters came to place on Thursday.
It is very easy and quick for one to create a ‘virtual shop’ using services provided by online shopping websites or just a Facebook account, revealed Nguyen Thi Dieu H, who is running many fashion shops online.
Last year the Ministry of Industry and Trade requested that owners of online shopping websites report to or register with the ministry for their operation. By the end of 2013, 518 online shopping websites and 344 websites providing e-commerce services have followed the request, said Nguyen Thi Hanh, chief of the ministry’s agency that manages e-commerce.
But Hanh admitted the figures do not reflect the real situation of the market.
“These numbers are much lower than the real e-commerce websites that are operating,” she said.
Hanh also expressed her hope that the Decree No.185, taking effect on January 1 and which aims at providing sanctions on violators of the e-commerce market, will help curb the issue.
“We will run scanners on these websites, and the violators will be heavily penalized,” she said.
Đăng ký: VietNam News
