What are the pitfalls of outbound shopping? How to avoid being cheated in tourism shopping?

Nowadays, there are more and more small partners in our country, but many of them have been cheated when they signed up for travel. It is a trap to either force shopping or take you shopping. Let's see how to avoid it.

Trap 1 Thailand sells fake medicines and fake bird's nest.

Last August, Thai police investigated and dealt with nine black-hearted bird's nest restaurants. The fake bird's nest sold in these restaurants is actually made of special gum and coconut shells, and there is no bird's nest component at all. Although it is harmless to the human body, it is not beneficial.

Moreover, most of these restaurants only accept the business of China tour groups and sell them to China people. For every 3000 baht (about 600 RMB) of fake bird's nest sold, the tour leader can get a rebate of 2600 baht (about 525 RMB). Think about the huge profits!

Underground workshops also have shops selling illegally produced drugs, such as fake herbal ointment; Collusion with some tour guides, selling "snake medicine" without production batch number and any certification to tourists in the car.

Trap 2: Russian high-priced jewelry only receives tourists from China.

Last year, Russian media reported that there were always more than a dozen buses carrying tourists from China in a Russian mystery shop. A Russian aunt tried to get in, but was stopped by security guards.

In this shop, a string of amber bracelets was sold to China people for 250,000 rubles (about 27,767 RMB), while the local price was only 7,000 rubles (about 777 RMB). The difference is up to 35 times! Even the Russian aunt is amazed!

Trap 3 Japan sells fake health care products

Japanese TV once exposed a large duty-free shop, boasting to tourists that the natto essence sold in the shop can cure all diseases through a tour guide in China, and then deceiving consumers to buy it.

There is also a lie that a box of plant enzymes with a price of 5,000 yuan can relieve constipation, and the effect of eating two boxes lasts for 5 or 6 years. However, in fact, this enzyme is not sold in Japanese shops, but is a product "specially provided" for foreign tourists.

Trap 4: Duty-free shops around the world are staging a "fancy pothole" drama.

For example, you can get a discount coupon of 10% when you spend over 200 euros in a shopping village in Germany, but in fact, German tourists have no minimum consumption requirements.

For example, in Melbourne Duty Free Shop, you only need to spend more than 79 Australian dollars, and the system will automatically send out a 7.5% discount coupon. But most shop assistants won't tell you, you buy it and leave, and you don't even know that there is this discount.

For example, there are some duty-free shops in Australian airports. They are just collusion between China travel agency and local sellers. Everything in the store is made by domestic manufacturers. If you put an Australian "pocket mouse" on it, the price will double.

What can I do to avoid being slaughtered? Seeing the above traps, can China tourists only become "lambs to be slaughtered" when shopping abroad? No, in order to prevent being cheated, I summarized the following practical shopping tips, hoping to help you!

Tips 1

Do a good shopping strategy in advance

Be prepared before going out, know the local shopping/consumption level, check the latest preferential information of duty-free shops or shopping malls in official website, and get coupons before buying.

Most importantly, don't go to those pits that others have stepped on.

Tips2

Learn to compare prices and be a smart consumer.

Even in duty-free shops, the prices of goods in each country and region are different.

After getting off the plane, first visit the airport duty-free shops, write down the price, and then compare the duty-free shops or counters in the city to find the lowest price and start decisively.

Tips3

Also beware of the low price trap.

Low-priced sales are often a magic weapon for businesses to attract consumers, and we will also go shopping crazily because of low prices.

However, when the promotion price is lower than the normal price, we should pay attention to whether the goods are qualified and whether there is an approval number. And don't be greedy for petty gain.

Tips4

Don't trust the so-called explosion easily.

Many people go shopping abroad because they value the reputation of local brands, but in fact, there are quality problems in foreign products more than once or twice.

Not all "foreign goods" have a quality guarantee, and they should be inspected when they are bought. Remember not to be superstitious.

Tips5

"One of our own" may not be trusted.

When you go shopping abroad, you will feel particularly cordial when you meet a clerk in China. You think that everyone is "one of our own" and must be honest with each other, but in fact, there are many things that our own people lie to our own people.

There are also some "dirty" tour guides who collude with merchants and "cheat" together. Friends who travel with a group should be more careful.