Details of overseas shopping scams What are the pitfalls of overseas shopping?

It is a very normal thing to go shopping while traveling abroad, but what you don’t know is that shopping in some places is a complete scam. These scams happen to target Chinese people who travel, so everyone is Be sure to pay attention when you go to play. Shopping rip-offs

Fake bird's nests made from Thai gum

Many people choose Thailand for their first time abroad. Thailand is not far away, prices are low, tourism is mature, and the scenery is not to mention.

When Chinese tourists go to Thailand, they buy openly and generously. Among them, the most popular one is Thai bird's nest.

But many Chinese tourists have no idea that the "top-quality bird's nests" they spent tens of thousands of yuan on in Thailand are just a substance made of gum and coconut shells, and some even contain a tiny bit of bird's nest. There are no ingredients.

Thailand’s Special Case Department, together with the Thai Ministry of Health, the Tourism Police, and the Pattaya Police Station, investigated and dealt with 9 illegal bird’s nest restaurants in China, and most of these restaurants only accept Chinese tour groups.

The restaurant colluded with the tour guide to bring Chinese tourists to these restaurants and recommend them to eat. For a portion of 3,000 baht (approximately more than 600 yuan), the tour guide would deduct up to 2,600 baht!

Japan’s fake “duty-free shops” hide their secrets

The Japanese’s “craftsmanship” is world-famous. Out of their trust in “Japanese quality”, Japanese duty-free shops and pharmacies are highly sought after by Chinese tourists.

But unlike the "unconditional trust" of Chinese tourists, many Japanese businesses have carefully designed scams to deceive Chinese people.

The online version of Japan's "Fuji Evening News" once published an article "How to Sell Japanese Products to Chinese People at High Prices", calling for the sale of Japanese products to Chinese people with strong purchasing desires through the Internet.

The duty-free shop shopping guide speaks fluent Chinese and strongly recommends a plant enzyme priced at about RMB 1,100 to tourists.

But this enzyme is only sold in duty-free shops, and only to Chinese people. Japanese people will hardly choose such expensive enzymes.

NHK once revealed the inside story of the profit sharing of Japanese duty-free shops: it takes 50% of the profits, distributes 25% to travel agencies, and then distributes 25% to tour guides.

Korean fake cosmetics are only sold to Chinese

South Korea is a shopping paradise. In places where Chinese tourists gather, such as Dongdaemun and Myeongdong, there will be shopping stores specially opened for Chinese people. .

The prices of goods in these stores are much lower than those at regular counters, but Koreans are explicitly prohibited from buying them and only foreign tourists are encouraged to rush to buy them. The main force among them is undoubtedly Chinese tourists.

Russian jewelry prices are 10 times higher

Some jewelry stores in Moscow, Russia only accept Chinese people. Russians are not allowed to enter. They thought they had exclusive discounts for Chinese tourists. In fact, the prices of all goods , are more than ten times higher than the normal market price.

Australian fakes are only sold to Chinese people

Australian duty-free shops are not fuel-efficient.

A Chinese tourist complained: He once purchased goods worth up to 93,000 yuan in an Australian duty-free shop. After returning home, he found that he had been cheated, and all of them were "three-no" products.

There are also some duty-free shops that only accept tour group tourists. The defective goods in the store are sold as high-end goods. Products made in China are packaged as "Made in Australia" and the prices are much higher than the market price. Shopping trap

1. European vendors asking for fake change

Trap possibility: ★★★★★

Place of incident: Italy, Spain and other countries Bazaar

The 2 euro coin is very similar to the coins of some countries (especially the Philippine peso and Thai baht). Some small vendors will mix in these fake change when giving change. If you encounter it, you will lose at least 1.8 euros!

Countermeasures: Check the recovered coins carefully and try to go to a regular store to exchange some coins in advance. Buy from small vendors.

2. Thailand uses two languages ??to mark prices

Potential trap: ★★★★☆

Place of incident: entrances to parks and vendors in Thailand

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This situation will occur more often in countries like Thailand where you can’t even read the characters (just to bully you because you don’t read enough). The price of Arabic numerals will inadvertently increase by 2 times!

3. The American cashier pretended to be stupid and didn’t know about the in-store discounts

Trap possibility: ★★★☆☆

Place of incident: Major discount malls in the United States

< p>When shopping in the United States, the cashier is likely to bully you because of your poor foreign language skills and not give you a corresponding discount.

Go to the mall to pick out T-shirts, there is a sale, buy one for $24.50 and two for $39.50.

The cashier was a very clever American guy. I bought two items, but this guy actually charged me $49 for the original price of the two items. He also tricked me into applying for their credit card, saying that I would get a 20% discount after applying. Fortunately for me. Don’t be fooled!

4. Buy Made in China from Japan

Trap possibility: ★★★☆☆

Place of incident: Japanese brand store

< p>I don’t need to say more about this, many sisters should feel the same way! Especially when buying clothes in Japan, most of them are made in China. It’s really a scam!

When buying clothes in Japan, go to department stores specifically. I bought some Japanese brands that are very popular in China (Murua, Mossy, Snidel), but when I went back and saw that they were all Madein

China, I really couldn’t laugh or cry. The key prices were no different from those in China.

5. Watching people "place menus" at European luxury goods counters

Trap possibility: ★★☆☆☆

Place of incident: Luxury goods counter< /p>

Foreign luxury goods store clerks are very good at looking at people and offering goods. If you are not a girl who knows luxury goods very well, then you have to be careful about the clerk selling you A-grade goods as genuine products. This is no joke!

Countermeasures: Be familiar with the basic knowledge of identifying fakes. The hardware, hand-engraving, printing and hand-stitching of big-name bags are the key to identifying these. You can find many popular science posts on Baidu~