Cho Cong: Group purchase website should strengthen self-discipline

Once the fire is very temporary, to consumers to bring cheap regiment treasure nets, this time the consumer pit. Network circulated a large number of job layoffs news, and even the news that the CEO of the Group Treasure Network will "run Away", all over the network of some merchants to stop receiving customers from the group Bao.

"Whether the group treasure NET is closed can not be flatly concluded, but the fact that the group buys a lot of website closes is existent." "deputy director of the online Transaction Security Center, China E-commerce Association Policy Law Committee expert Cho Cong pointed out."

Cho Cong to reporters to count the current existence of some of our other group buy chaos, if the false low price, some is to put the price up again with a substantial discount to attract consumers; Buy data fraud, buy the page shows how many people buy merchandise success figures, many are artificially modified, is to mobilize the desire of consumers to order , consumers do not produce consumption in the case of group purchase website refused to refund, although there are now some group buying site claims that no consumption can be refunded, but do not withdraw cash, can only be returned to the account for the next consumption, conditions more restrictive.

"The global trend of Internet regulation is industry self-discipline, the industry can complete the government does not intervene, group buying site should also strengthen self-discipline, stand in the interests of consumers to operate." "Cho Cong suggested.

Chu Baochang, head of the China Consumer Association's Law Group, said that for group buying network operators, the U.S. high penalty system is also we can use for reference. The law should be heavily punished, must increase his law, increase his illegal costs, in order to standardize regulation. Second, the group purchase site development is very rapid, the new regulations have not been followed, if the site is not good faith then the rights and interests of consumers is difficult to protect, so for the group purchase site funds banks to be regulated.