"The child was about to start school, and I wanted to buy him a few pens, but I didn't expect a pencil to cost 10 yuan."
Recently, Ms. Zhang told reporters that with the arrival of the school season, she went to the stationery store to buy a few pieces of school supplies, but found that the price was as high as hundreds of yuan.
On August 20, the reporter visited the stationery market and found that the seemingly affordable automatic pencils were "lurking" on the shelves of stationery, and the single sale was as high as hundreds of yuan, quietly piercing people's wallets.
High-priced pencils hide corners
On the morning of August 20, the reporter came to a stationery store on Daminghu East Road in Jinan's Lixia District, where only one parent took his child to buy school supplies, and in a few minutes of time to choose, parents needed to pay nearly 300 yuan, "Just recharged 100 yuan yesterday." Parents said to the staff.
The reporter noticed that in the west side of the storefront against the wall, stationery with prices ranging from 1 yuan to 20 yuan had price tags attached to it.
But on the shelves on the east side, some are marked with prices, and some are "lurking" on the shelves. A kind of "ergonomic, ease of hand writing pressure" of the "Si Bi Le" brand automatic pencil, hidden in the middle of the shelf, without any price tag, the clerk said that the price of a single piece up to 80 yuan, "this style sells very well, the general kindergarten, first grade students buy more." The clerk told reporters. So why isn't there a price tag? The clerk said that there was no need to post, "If someone buys it, they will come and ask." ”
In a corner of the cabinet on the east side of a stationery store in Hongjialou, Licheng District, there is a hidden "Mitsubishi" brand automatic pencil known as the "limited joint model", which sells for up to 138 yuan per piece. Another "Zebra" brand of automatic pencils, sold for up to 188 yuan per piece. It is worth noting that many stationery stores visited by the reporter, the overpriced stationery is not labeled with a price tag, hidden in the corner of no one's attention.
The purchase of stationery should be based on practicality
Mr. Li, who lives in Huaiyin District, attaches great importance to the education of his children, because the children are about to enter the first grade, so he rushes to the stationery store early to buy school supplies, and after making some selections, he is dumbfounded at the checkout.
"Pencils, erasers, notebooks, post-it notes, electric pencil sharpeners and other school supplies, I thought it was just over 100, but I didn't expect that the checkout cost 285 yuan." This surprised Mr. Li, "Later, when I looked at the bill, I learned that an ordinary pencil was 20 yuan, and the brand was imported." Mr. Lee said.
"Stationery is really expensive now." Ms. Zhang of Shizhong District could not help but express her emotions during the interview. The price is not cheap, which has resonated with many parents. The reporter interviewed a number of primary school parents learned that most of them will apply for membership cards in stationery stores to reduce some prices. "In addition to learning tools such as pencils, it is also necessary to buy some learning materials for children, which accounts for a large proportion." Ms. Zhang said.
"Although I have never bought this kind of pen for my children, I often hear others say that brands such as Sibilo and Mitsubishi are easier to use." In the eyes of ms. Wang, a parent, although these high-priced pencils are hidden in the shelves, they can be seen by looking at the packaging of such imported stationery. "On the first day of school, the teacher explained that do not buy expensive and fancy stationery for the child, which affects the efficiency of learning, and I strictly follow what the teacher said." Ms. Wang said.
"When buying, if you pay close attention, you can still know, imported pencils will definitely be more expensive." A cashier at a shop in Hongjialou, Lixia District, said that if a parent accidentally took expensive stationery, the staff would remind him. At the same time, Ms. Li, a class teacher who has been engaged in teaching for more than ten years, said that when parents choose stationery for their children, they should not blindly follow the trend and blindly choose, thinking that expensive must be the best, or it should be based on practicality.
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All items must be clearly priced
The Provisions on Clearly Marking Prices and Prohibiting Price Fraud issued by the State Administration for Market Regulation came into effect on July 1. The Provisions specify seven typical price fraud acts that business operators are not allowed to commit, including "not marking or significantly weakening the price conditions that are unfavorable to consumers or other business operators, and tricking consumers or other business operators into trading with them".
Source: Qilu Evening News