On-the-spot investigation on pen-making and processing of gold medal champion;
The author visited Guangzhou Downing Street Trading Co., Ltd. on the spot last month, which is Jinguan Pen Company. After seeing the advertisement, people may be attracted by its rich returns and ultra-low risks, and then search for some information to understand its authenticity. In order to understand the real situation, the author decided to go to Guangzhou for a field trip and share what he saw and heard with people who are interested in OEM. The following content is entirely personal experience, in a responsible attitude towards speech. I won't jump to conclusions. Everyone has different opinions and ideas.
Business registration of the company:
According to the industrial and commercial registration information, this Guangzhou Downing Street Trading Co., Ltd. was registered only in May this year, and was approved only in 165438+ 10. This is similar to almost all agency processing scams: the companies are newly established (here, the usual operation method of changing one place to another can also be reasonably explained).
2. What is the relationship between Guangzhou Downing Street Trading Co., Ltd. and Jinguan Pen Making?
The author came to the Golden Champion Pen Company, on the 10 floor of a building. When I got out of the stairs, I saw a big poster, which read: Golden Champion Pen Company, and below it read: Guangzhou Downing Street Trading Co., Ltd. So what is the relationship between Golden Champion Pen Company and this trading company? Through the industrial and commercial inquiry, there is no registration information of Golden Champion Pen Making. In the negotiation with a manager, the other party said that the gold champion pen making was a project of Downing Street Trading Company. In the past, the headquarters of the Golden Champion pen maker was somewhere in Wuhan, but a manager said that the headquarters was in Beijing, and the Beijing headquarters was responsible for the supply and production of raw materials, all of which were sold overseas (note here that basically all processing scams said that recycled products were exported). By way of digression, we can see that some time ago, a trading company in Guangzhou promoted a product called "Golden Festival" to the public with the same pen-making method as the Golden Champion. As for the specific operation of this project, I have consulted the manager of a trading company on this issue, but he seems unwilling to mention it, or it is unclear (perhaps another team or a former team that has left the company is operating).
3. What is the office environment of the company?
A. A situation that you can't help but pay attention to from the moment you step into the company's door: the company's office environment, including equipment, is brand-new, everything looks brand-new, and you can even smell the unique smell of new furniture (as if you just settled here);
B the office environment basically has all necessary equipment, including office area, manager's office, experience room and office equipment (desk, computer, folder, filing cabinet, replacement coffee table, etc.). However, if you look closely, you will find some unreasonable places, that is, there are few things on the desk, only some printed materials, a computer and a filing cabinet are empty, personal belongings are few, and various folders are also furnishings and not full of materials. It seems that you just moved in ...
C. when tourists walk in, they always feel that the atmosphere inside becomes depressed immediately. Several male employees look alert, and there seems to be someone watching outside the door and in the elevator lobby (people who feel a little lookout). In short, it is a strange feeling. ...
D. in addition, although their company makes pens, it is found that the pens used by people inside are all morning light, not their own. When asked this question, a manager said vaguely, what is his own company? It's just putting up other people's brands (that would be depressing, but this practice infringes on other people's trademark rights, intellectual property rights and patent rights. )
What about the showroom and the operation demonstration room?
Since it is a field trip, of course, I will visit the exhibition hall of the products and see the processing flow. The product exhibition room and the processing exhibition are placed in the same room, next to the office area. Entering the exhibition room, there are many booths on the wall with pens on them. Careful observation of these exhibition pens shows that the brand names used in the appearance of pens are different, not "Golden Champion" but "Jin Wannian", some English names and so on. Presumably, these so-called "brand names" have not been registered. From the appearance, detail treatment and quality of the product, it feels very general.
Let's look at the processing equipment. The author asked the other party to process a refill to see the process. It takes about 10 seconds to process a refill, first filling the ink, the nib and the rubber part of the nib, and finally filling the oil. The refill is processed. The four processes are really simple and the operation is very simple. The processed refill can be written completely, but the quality of the ink used is very poor. In addition, there are four sets of equipment for processing refills, all of which are very simple mechanical equipment. When asked whether these production equipment have independent patent rights, the other party replied that they have patent rights, and then the author asked for relevant certificates and materials, but a manager said that they would be provided if a contract was signed (there is doubt here, why can't they be provided on site? Until the contract is signed? )。
Some questions about the project itself:
A. Trademark right of Golden Champion patent: the other party claims to have cooperated with Chen Guang and Bowen, but cannot provide cooperation certificate (contract). If it does not cooperate, it will be strictly illegal to use other people's brands and trademarks. Suppose the joining processors or agents choose the scheme of self-production and self-sale, and then want to push the products to large supermarkets and some specialty stores, then problems will occur at this time, because the produced shanzhai pens have no patent rights, trademark rights and so on.
B. About marketing plan: I believe many petty-bourgeois entrepreneurs are willing to choose the marketing plan of recycling products from the company at the beginning, without worrying about sales volume. Do you want to know how the company used to sell its products? The author is very concerned about this issue, and a manager replied that all products are sold overseas (it should be noted here that "overseas sales" and "overseas OEM orders" are completely different in nature, and overseas sales refer to independent sales to overseas markets; Overseas OEM orders are produced by overseas companies on behalf of processing orders, and then the products are repurchased and not sold independently. If you sell it overseas, there will be great doubts: the company only has the registration of "Guangzhou Downing Street Trading Co., Ltd.", without the registration of "Golden Crown Pen Making" and without the trademark registration of pen-making tools, how can it pass the customs? How is it possible to pass the audit? How do overseas companies or sales terminals take over this unsecured product?
When the author asked how to realize the sales channel, the other party's answer was that it was only responsible for processing and attracting investment, and the specific sales were not clear. How can such an answer be reassuring?
C. Information about the project or product: The author asked to see the relevant project information or product information, and the other party gave him a leaflet, just like the content on the Internet. The leaflet only contains the investment return, processing plan, etc., and there is no other information about the project. When asked if there were any other information such as the proposal, the other party said no, only this leaflet. Everyone who has worked in a comparative planning company knows that project planning, scheme and relevant supporting materials are all necessary materials for a project, so I feel very confused. There is only one leaflet for investment? After the investigation, the author called the company and sent some contract information for reference, but the other party said that there was no electronic version, and it would be available then. I wonder, how did you get the contract for printing paper without electronic version? Or is there something fishy that you can't show to people at will? )
D. On the issue of product repurchase: As we all know, all the scams of agent processing are ultimately wrangling in the process of repurchase, that is, the products produced for various reasons are unqualified, not only can't get the processing fee, but also can't get back the deposit, and even claim compensation for the loss on behalf of the processor. This practice makes many people "dumb to eat Huanglian" because there is no evidence to prove this kind of contract fraud. What about the product repurchase of this gold medal champion? When the author asked this question, a manager said that the company would entrust the logistics company to receive the goods at home, and now it has been approved and settled ... (Wait) Why did the company entrust the logistics company to carry out logistics distribution instead of logistics itself? As we all know, most manufacturing enterprises have their own logistics channels, and of course some of them are outsourced to logistics companies. So which logistics company will it be outsourced to? A manager just prevaricates and has no answer.
Additional details:
A. When the author asked how long the company had been in this office building, a manager said that it had been several years. It's been several years. Why is the equipment so new? Then why are folders, cabinets, and places where data objects are supposed to be empty? With these questions, before leaving Guangzhou Downing Street Trading Co., Ltd., the author deliberately went to the office management office to learn about the situation. The information I got surprised the author very much. The author learned from the office building management office that the original Downing Street trading company was just rented some time ago and was renovated and put into use about 10 days ago. This news really makes the author wonder why people in the company say that it has been used for several years, and why do they use false information to fool investigators? At this point, I don't have much doubt. Let's think for ourselves, you know? ...
B. When the author came out of the office building management office, he found a man sitting on the sofa in the hall, staring at the author, and this man was familiar, and it seemed to be the man who was wandering in front of Downing Street Trading Company before. Does he specialize in tracking? Then why is someone in charge of tracking? For this, because the author can't confirm that it is the same person, so I don't comment, just let everyone know.
C. After the inspection, someone from Golden Champion Company will call back in a few days (you need to register information when entering the door during the inspection), urging you to implement the treatment as soon as possible, which will make you feel that the opportunity is rare through market analysis. Then the author asked to send some contract materials and patent materials first, but the other party said that there was no electronic document, and when it was necessary to sign, he had to go to the door to negotiate and read the contract. This way of working does not conform to the style of modern enterprise office, and even the basic information can't be obtained, which also makes the contract more mysterious.
The above is my personal experience in the process of on-the-spot investigation on the pen-making process of the Golden Champion, with my personal views, but it cannot be used as a conclusion and is for reference only. After all, sub-processing projects are real, and we can't draw unfair conclusions based on observation, so everyone has different opinions.
Let's talk about OEM first, that is, the introduction of agent processing:
OEM, also called fixed-point production, commonly known as OEM, basically means that brand manufacturers do not directly produce products, but use their own key core technologies to design and develop new products, control sales channels, and entrust other manufacturers of similar products to undertake specific processing tasks through contract ordering. China is a big processing country, which has solved the employment problem of thousands of people in Qian Qian and promoted the development of economy and culture, which is a good thing in itself. The vast majority of OEM factories are formal centralized production, with complete facilities and management processes. Of course, there are also retail processing, mostly using rural surplus labor, putting processing in the homes of ordinary people, and then recycling products to pay labor costs. This situation is manual in nature, simple in operation and produced by retail investors. This form of operation is feasible and commendable, because it is in line with a win-win situation. But the premise is that we must cooperate in good faith and operate together.
At present, there are a large number of manual fraud traps in various provinces and cities in China. In the final analysis, it is a lack of integrity, and some people use informal channels to cheat money. But why do these scams often succeed? Have you thought about this question? In fact, the reason is very simple, that is, these scammers take advantage of the two characteristics of the public's dream of making money and the lack of knowledge of the people at the bottom of society, so they often succeed.
Through the observation and understanding of various complaints, reports and news reports, we can easily observe a * * * feature: most of the deceived people live in the middle and lower classes of society and have a low education level. On the one hand, the economic income is not much, and life is not easy, so people at this level are more eager for money and luckier in the dream of money. Therefore, in the face of temptation, they can't hold on, only see the temptation of numbers, but can't see the trap behind them. On the other hand, most people may have doubts and worries about the project, but they can't cope with it because they lack relevant knowledge base and have no relevant understanding of economic law, patent law and contract law. Therefore, you can only sign the contract in a confused way and be fooled in a confused way; What's more, you can't protect your rights and interests reasonably and legally after being cheated. Because they lack evidence and don't know how to maintain, the tragedy deepens further and they are led by the nose by swindlers.
The author suggests that those who are willing to join the agency processing should first understand what the agency processing is, what relevant laws and regulations it has, and understand the contract law. In the process of negotiation, the other party shall be required to provide sufficient information, and make a backup of the information, and go to the relevant industrial and commercial departments to check and verify the authenticity. If it is found that a lot of information does not exist or is false, then it can basically be determined that this is a fraud company, and then it should also complain and reflect to the industrial and commercial bureau so that the industrial and commercial bureau can investigate and avoid others being deceived. Only in this way can we unite to crack down on this fraud trap, promote the harmonious development of social business atmosphere, and take a responsible attitude towards ourselves, society and the country.
◆ Before signing the contract, how should franchisees reasonably safeguard their rights and interests (in order to prevent being cheated in the future, they can provide sufficient evidence)? The author puts forward the following suggestions:
Find out the authenticity of the other company before the field trip. You can go to the local red shield network or call to ask. Basically all fraud companies are registered, which is only a superficial level.
Before on-the-spot investigation, relevant materials and contract forms are required for reference. If the other party refuses to live or die, then pay attention.
Pay more attention to observation during field trips, from the outside to the inside, from things to people. See if there is anything unreasonable or suspicious. In the process of negotiation, consult some post-operation issues, such as product repurchase and product inspection standards. If it is suspicious, it is best to record it on the spot to prevent it from being changed in the future.
Signing a contract requires the other party to provide all kinds of necessary information, such as the trademark registration number and patent registration number of the product. You'd better keep a copy for yourself, or take photos with your camera and take them back for textual research.
When signing a contract, you should carefully check every clause and every word of the contract. Because the contract was signed by the other party, all the conditions are favorable. In this case, don't rush to sign, but ask for unreasonable or ambiguous amendments. If the other party insists on not amending it, then the contract can't be signed at all. If the other party agrees to amend it, it is best to take it to the public security department or law firm for clause review, which is fair.
Usually, the inspector sees the salesman, not the boss or the person in charge. When signing the contract, you should also ask the other party to provide a copy of your ID card so that you can investigate the responsibility for the accident in the future. If the other party doesn't want to provide it, it also means that there is a suspicion of guilty conscience and needs to reconsider joining.
◆ After signing the contract, what if the product supplier really makes things difficult for the unqualified products? The author puts forward the following suggestions:
Don't be scared by each other. The other party will definitely say that the product is unqualified, but instead pursue the responsibility of the foundry and demand compensation, without refunding the deposit. Many people are confused when they hear that they are being held accountable, so they choose to compromise, and then they can only continue to purchase goods, and then they are still unqualified. This is a vicious circle. The correct way should be to argue with strength after this happens, not to compromise, or to call the police if it cannot be solved. At this time, the other party may compromise. If the other party compromises, it will end the cooperation in time, deal with the products and learn from them.
If there is relevant evidence in the early stage, then when this kind of refusal to buy back products occurs, it is necessary to call the police in time and bring the evidence.
What should I do if I find that after being deceived, the merchant has already gone to the building? Should I give up at this time? No, I can't give up at this time. Because you know, you are not the only one who has been cheated, and there are many people who have been cheated. At this time, it is necessary to actively contact other victims and form a rights protection group, because the strength of one person is limited and the strength of the group is unlimited. In this way, the bigger the group, the greater the complaints, the greater the pressure of public opinion, and the more attention the government pays. Then the public security organs will intensify their efforts to solve the case, and maybe all the scammers will be arrested one day. In this way, we can not only recover our own losses to a certain extent, but also eliminate pests for the society, form a good atmosphere of social rights protection and promote the progress of social civilization.
The above are some suggestions put forward by the author, which may not be appropriate and need to be handled flexibly. This kind of sub-processing project is also true, so the key is to see your discrimination. More importantly, we should maintain a good attitude towards life, don't dream of making money in a hurry, and don't expect pie to fall from the sky. If it's really as easy to earn as it is said on the Internet, then this form of subcontracting will surely blossom all over the country, not you.
Therefore, I suggest that all brothers and sisters should live a down-to-earth and diligent life, believe that there are opportunities, but more importantly, believe that knowledge can change their destiny, and read more books and news when they have time to learn about life.
If you really want to start a business, you can consider acting as an agent for some boutiques, franchise stores, tea shops and snack bars. Which is more reliable.
That's all for now. Please process it carefully!