It looks like a "pie" private bill. What "traps" are hidden and what harm will they bring to consumers? The reporter recently visited Zhu Bingsheng, president of Nanjing Decoration Industry Association, and some brand home improvement enterprises, and collected some cases, hoping to sound the alarm for consumers.
Private ticket trap saves management fees, as well as management and service.
In May this year, Xiao Wu, who had just worked for two years, bought a second-hand house. Through the preliminary budget, Xiao Wu's decoration budget is about 45 thousand yuan, and he has to pay the decoration company a management fee of about 4000 yuan.
Xiao Wu thinks that the management fee of 8% is too expensive, but he doesn't want to find guerrillas to decorate. While hesitating, the designer who helped Xiao Wu do the design said that he was familiar with an experienced construction team of this company and could let them decorate Mr. Wu's home without going through the company, which not only saved 8% of the management fee, but also made a certain discount on the basis of the total price and signed a contract with the original home improvement company.
Xiao Wu had the final say, which was very cost-effective and readily agreed. However, the renovation was only completed for more than a month. Before Xiao Wu checked in, he found cracks in the wall of his home. In addition, the decoration smell is also very strong, and all methods can not be eliminated. In desperation, Xiao Wu had to report to the after-sales service department of the decoration company. As a result, the staff of the after-sales service department searched all the customer files and found no information about Xiao Wu. Xiao Wu went to this company with a contract, and the answer was that the designer had resigned and left the company, and the contract signed by the designer and Xiao Wu did not have the official seal of the company, which was not counted. All the problems encountered by Xiao can only be solved by himself.
Private tickets trap the second project settlement, which can only be settled after sale.
Ms. Wang is very interested in the latest popular home improvement package. When the new house was renovated, she chose the decoration package of a home improvement company. According to the contract, the cost of water and electricity renovation is not included in the package and needs to be paid separately.
When the construction arrived at the Ministry of Water and Electricity, the foreman in charge of water and electricity told Ms. Wang that the cost of water and electricity transformation would be higher if it was done through the company. If it is private, the company's materials can also be used, and the cost can be saved by 50%. The 50% discount made Ms. Wang very tempted and promised the foreman to "privately" the hydropower transformation.
However, in the actual renovation project, Ms. Wang found that her hydropower renovation project was very rough: in order to save pipelines, many pipelines were laid obliquely; Wires are not far east cards used by home improvement companies; Ms. Wang, who is not a German water purifier, was very dissatisfied with this and complained to the decoration company about the water and electricity foreman. Although the company criticized the foreman, the answer to Ms. Wang was that the decoration company did not assume any responsibility for the private transactions between the owner and the foreman. In order to avoid quality problems in the future, Ms. Wang had to re-do the hydropower project through the company, and she had to pay for it herself.
Private bill trap three designers purchase, does not mean that home improvement companies purchase.
Many home improvement enterprises in Nanjing market have launched the service of purchasing main materials, recommending main materials to consumers, and consumers can enjoy more discounts than normal purchases by purchasing materials through home improvement companies.
However, many consumers are still dissatisfied with such preferential treatment. When the designer said that he could buy the main materials cheaper than the company, some consumers would be moved and leave with joy.
Mr. Cao enjoyed the designer's "value-added" service and bought the cheap floor recommended by the designer. However, not long after Mr. Cao moved into the new house, the floor began to arch like a tile. Mr. Cao looked for a floor dealer, only to find that someone had gone to the building; Reflect the situation to the designer, who will never admit it. Jiezhuang company said that because the materials recommended by designers are not the company's alliance brands, they are essentially different from those recommended by Jiezhuang company. The recommendation of the designer is only a personal act, and the company does not assume any responsibility for it.