Recently, the author learned from the market supervision and management department that some unscrupulous merchants borrowed the name “home appliances to the countryside” and raised the situation of selling refurbished used household appliances in rural fairs.
Some grassroots market regulators have repeatedly seized production and sales of refurbished television cases. In rural markets where consumer spending is relatively poor, illegal businesses call the 'home appliances to the countryside' and 'low-cost processing' products to sell and refurbish used home appliances.
Industry and commercial law enforcement personnel introduced, for example, the refurbished color TV, the accessories used are from the recycling of waste TV. The old CRT is equipped with the old line, replaced with a new shell and then sold.
It is understood that due to the low price of refurbished household appliances, it is very attractive to rural consumers. Coupled with unscrupulous merchants, consumers cannot realize the dangers of buying refurbished household appliances. Instead, they think that refurbishing household appliances are cheap and both buyers and sellers love you. I wish that law enforcement agencies should not ban them. This is an important reason for the continuous ban on refurbished home appliances.
In fact, refurbished household appliances have major hidden troubles. First, refurbished household appliances are assembled from components of used electrical appliances. Many electronic components are aging, product quality is not guaranteed, electrical leakage, spontaneous combustion, and fire and other safety incidents are serious. Potential safety hazards; Second, the source of refurbished household appliances is not clear. Normal after-sales service is not guaranteed. Once consumer disputes arise, the legitimate rights and interests of consumers cannot be guaranteed. Third, refurbished household appliances contain large amounts of lead, mercury, chromium and other heavy metals. , Low-tech means disassembly can easily lead to toxic substances infiltration into the ground or water, causing environmental pollution.
To this end, the author proposes: First, to strengthen supervision. The market supervision department should strengthen the daily supervision of the household appliances market, clean up and standardize the qualifications of the business entities of home appliance commodity business operators in accordance with the law, eliminate the unlicensed operation of home appliances, sell counterfeit appliances and quality. The behavior of substandard appliances; Second, the market regulators should strengthen the quality inspection of home appliances in the countryside, severely investigating the illegal use of “home appliances to the countryside” and “low-cost treatment”, and sell illegally refurbished home appliances to rural areas. The use of waste products from urban recycling to rural areas will even shift the slow-moving goods to rural areas; the third is the establishment of a consumer complaint reporting and reporting station. Hire 'commodity quality social supervisors' to quickly receive complaints from rural consumers and maintain timely consumer complaints. The legitimate rights and interests established a fast green channel for rural consumer rights protection. In addition, relevant departments must also extensively carry out publicity and consultation activities so that there is no market for refurbishing household appliances.