Is there a group purchase for the refueling card? Consumers can't help but worry

Our News (reporter Chen Yu shake) with the oil price into the "8 times", the recent "24 coupons" group purchase site launched a 500 Yuan Sinopec refueling card 93 percent of the group buying activities caused high concern. As of press time, the group purchase activity only released 3 days has been stopped, the Web page shows a total of 5182 people participated in the group purchase. Sinopec issued a statement yesterday that it had never cooperated with any Web site to buy things, and that the authenticity of the issue caused consumer concern.

Reporter yesterday in China Petrochemical (600028, shares bar) official website, "Thank you" bulletin board to see a "on the Chinese petrochemical Refueling card formal purchase channel", said "Sinopec did not cooperate with any site group buy, nor authorized the system outside the unit sales refueling card, Sinopec's own sales card recharge outlets is the only regular distribution of refueling card. "For the approach of Refueling card group, Sinopec said:" Group buying organizations generally take three ways: one is to collect the money, do not mail refueling card, the second is the mail refueling card is an empty card, the third is the use of the main card, confusing consumers, the specific way is to use the main card to allocate funds to the secondary card, will recharge the secondary card sold to consumers, Then the deputy card loss, the deputy card funds back to the main card, the above three ways are suspected of fraud. Sinopec also gives a reminder: "Please consumers to China petrochemical designated outlets for refueling card business, do not covet cheap, lest cause loss." ”

Sinopec's stance let some consumers began to worry, micro-blog more than a group of users involved in the purchase are difficult to distinguish between true and false, demand "24 coupons" to a statement. The reporter also learned from Sinopec customer service, Sinopec sales of refueling card initial card for the empty card, containing the amount of the user's own charge, is "24 coupons" will be prepaid to consumers? The reporter calls "24 coupons" customer service, work number 1104 staff responded that 93 percent refueling card activity is true, but did not cooperate with Sinopec, but its unilateral feedback to consumers, the number will be unified to Sinopec after the purchase of fuel card, according to the price of the group to give consumers discount, the purpose is "Celebrating the 2 anniversary of the company's establishment. ”

In addition, the reporter also noted that the Refueling Card Group purchase page marked "Once the delivery can not refund" provisions. In response, the staff responded that if consumers have doubts about the authenticity of the refueling card can call the company customer service, but the refueling card once sold does not support refunds. According to the "24 coupons", the Shanghai region's first batch of buy refueling cards will start on April 15 shipments.

Reporter yesterday from the city of the Consumer Insurance committee learned that from January 1 to March 15 this year, the Consumer Protection Committee to accept a total of 136 complaints from the group. Consumers in the network buy, to actively take self-protection measures, should pay attention to the evidence, especially "electronic evidence" for collection and custody, in the choice of purchase goods, but also to pay attention to the consumer goods before buying tips and additional terms. City Consumer Protection Committee deputy director of Complaints Fan Qiang pointed out that, like "24 coupons" such a purchase application after a single can not refund the practice, is the common use of group buying site a game rules, so that consumers are very passive, "the initiative in the hands of the site, once a dispute, consumer risk is great. ”