Zhongxin Jingwei, March 2 (Wei Wei) "Some people spend money to eat and drink, some people spend money to order songs, some people spend money to massage... Someone paid me to accompany someone to nag. "At the beginning of the 2000 Spring Festival Gala sketch "Hourly Work", Song Dandan talked about such a smooth passage. Recently, Jing Weijun discovered that some people still pay for "coquettish wild elephants". What is this operation?
An elephant that speaks in tongues and cooks?
Ever wanted to buy an elephant one day? Recently, some netizens shared their experience of shopping "elephants" online on social platforms, which quickly triggered netizens to watch.
The screenshot shows that the netizen spent 0.5 yuan to buy a wild elephant. The product image shows an elephant walking on the steppe, with parentheses indicating that the order was placed and it walked by itself, and the shipping address was Afghanistan.
Source: A social platform
The chat log shows that the netizen asked when the elephant he bought would come over. The merchant sent a video of an elephant walking and said it was "ready to go."
Source: A social platform
Netizens continued to ask: "Does he know the way himself?" The merchant replied: "Look at the map to navigate by yourself, and you won't get lost." ”
Jingweijun searched on the Internet, and there are not a few people selling "elephants", and some stores sell 400 orders a month. The purchase page of one store said: This product is entertainment, not a real elephant. Elephants are sold without refund, the elephants are gone, I have to run to chase them back!
Source: An e-commerce platform
These "elephants" are also proficient in eighteen martial arts, and some shops say that wild elephants "can speak dialects, cook, and help children."
Source: An e-commerce platform
And for a few cents, you can buy not only wild elephants, but also dumbos, elephants that have received nine years of compulsory education, male elephants and objects with the greatest adult horsepower.
Source: An e-commerce platform
There are also various mutant elephants, black and white panda elephants, ginger butterfly elephants, long-legged plum elephants, camel eight-clawed elephants, ice silver mammoths.
Source: An e-commerce platform
In the Q&A area of the product, many netizens also asked whether the elephant would knock the door into the air, whether it could be used to pull the plow, etc.
Source: An e-commerce platform
Beware of expecting to become disappointed
Jingweijun found that some merchants did not indicate on the page that they were virtual goods. Some merchants wrote on the product page that it was an entertainment project rather than a real elephant, and emphasized that "entertainment chat services are provided after purchase". If you really buy from a chat, you may want to wipe your eyes.
Source: An e-commerce platform
After confirming that he wanted to take a baby elephant, the customer service sent a video of the baby elephant walking, and said that the baby elephant "can massage, count, and ballet."
But it wasn't so lucky after another store, which showed 300+ monthly sales. After taking a picture, I asked customer service, but there was not even a reply.
Source: An e-commerce platform
In the product Q&A area of other stores, some buyers said that they were cheated of 1 yuan, and they would not pay attention to you after placing an order, and the refund merchant would also refuse.
Do you think "wild elephants" are the limit of imagination? There are also a variety of strange goods on the online shopping platform, such as Einstein's IQ, "let Einstein bless your IQ, if you feel that your IQ has not increased, you can apply for a return"; Wild rainbow, "automatic arrival after rain and sunshine"; And for 1 cent, you can buy a "lesson" to go home; You can even buy Peach Blossom Luck +100, Financial Luck +100 and so on.
Source: An e-commerce platform
Is it compliant to buy and sell virtual wildlife online? In response to this behavior, Yang Fan, a lawyer at Beijing Junyong Law Firm, said in an interview with the media that wild animals, especially state-protected animals such as elephants and tigers, cannot be sold. What is sold on online shopping platforms is more of an entertainment nature. However, in terms of consumer rights, if the product page does not detail that the animal is not real, and the customer pays but does not ship it, the merchant may be suspected of fraud.
Wang Deyi, a lawyer at Beijing Xunzhen Law Firm, told Zhongxin Jingwei that if the transaction rules are disclosed to users and the two parties voluntarily trade, there is no problem. However, many products on the online mall are only used to place orders, and there may be other transactions between the two parties.
Chen Yinjiang, deputy secretary-general of the Consumer Rights Protection Law Research Association of the China Law Society, said in an interview with Zhongxin Jingwei that as long as consumers have demand, it can indeed enrich people's material or cultural life, and it is completely understandable to provide similar products, but the basic bottom line must be there.
Chen Yinjiang believes that first of all, commodity transactions need to comply with existing laws and regulations, must not violate public order and good customs, and cannot harm the legitimate rights and interests of consumers. Secondly, whether it is goods or services, since they are taken out for transactions, they must be fully and accurately informed of their real situation, not misleading consumers, to ensure that consumers' right to know is fully guaranteed, if it is a virtual commodity, it is also necessary to fully inform consumers of the real situation, and the relevant precautions should be made in advance to make a true explanation or clear warning.
In this regard, some netizens said that five cents to buy a good one, buy a little, a moment of expectation. Some netizens said that Ba Mao also has to spend brain power to make up stories to chat with you, which is worth it! But some netizens reminded that after collecting a bunch of personal information, a 5-cent piece and then selling it, the boss is very shrewd.
What do you think about this?
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