On the evening of July 25, Wu Hongfei, who was certified by Weibo as the lead singer and writer of the band Happiness Avenue, posted on Weibo that she was blackmailed by the "Beijing Brothers Four-Way Moving Company" when she moved in Beijing, and the original cost of more than 1,000 yuan became more than 20,000. Subsequently, this news caused concern on the Internet, and many netizens ridiculed "black companies give sky-high moving fees".
On July 27, the Red Star News reporter learned that at present, the "Beijing Brothers Four-Party Moving Company" has apologized to Wu Hongfei, and the moving company admitted that 18,000 yuan did not meet the general price of the moving market, and planned to refund 1,000 yuan in the 4,000 yuan handling fee that has been collected, and paid Wu Hongfei 2,000 yuan for an hour to see a psychologist.
6 people each 300 yuan per hour
In total, tens of thousands of yuan of labor service fees are required
According to public information, Wu Hongfei is a singer and writer who founded the Happy Street Band in September 1999 and has published several albums and novels. He has lived in Beijing for many years.
On July 26, the Red Star News reporter contacted Wu Hongfei, according to her, a week ago, she searched for "Beijing Moving Company which has the best service" on the Internet, and found the contact information of "Beijing Brothers Sifang Moving Company", and then confirmed with the other party on July 25 after telephone inquiry - renting two 4.2X1.8X1.8 meters of large trucks from Fengtai District to Chaoyang District, a total distance of 30 kilometers.
On the evening of July 25, after the move was over, Wu Hongfei received a bill from the staff of the "Beijing Brothers Sifang Moving Company" and instantly "collapsed". "They calculated the price to 18,000 yuan to 20,000 yuan." Wu Hongfei said that she has moved many times in Beijing, and she knows the process and cost of moving very well, and does not understand why the cost is so high.
Wu Hongfei posted on Weibo that the move was blackmailed. Screenshot from Weibo
The starting price is 300 yuan, 6 yuan per kilometer outside 10 kilometers, and the walking distance is charged 200 yuan, according to the charging standards that Wu Hongfei and the "Beijing Sifang Brothers Moving Company" have repeatedly confirmed, and the move will cost about 1200 yuan. However, Wu Hongfei saw that the bill presented by the staff of the moving company had a timed service fee of about 12,000 yuan, and this required a labor fee of 300 yuan per person per hour, which she did not know before.
"300 yuan per person per hour, verbally did not say, WeChat did not say." Wu Hongfei said that that night, the staff suddenly told her that there were 6 of them, each working for 7 hours, need to pay tens of thousands of yuan of labor service fees, she felt blackmailed, did not pay, the two sides were deadlocked for 2 hours. Later, after mediation by the police, property and other parties, Wu Hongfei paid 4,000 yuan to the "Beijing Sifang Brothers Moving Company" through WeChat transfer.
The moving company has issued an apology
Partial removal fees and reimbursement of psychotherapy fees are proposed
On the morning of July 27, a Red Star News reporter contacted the staff of the "Beijing Sifang Brothers Moving Company", who said that there was a certain misunderstanding with Wu Hongfei, "We moved with 2 cars and 6 people, full of 2 cars, about 30 kilometers, moved for 5 or 6 hours, and the fee was only 4,000 yuan." ”
For Wu Hongfei's claim that the company gave tens of thousands of bills, the staff member did not answer positively.
The Red Star News reporter's inquiry found that the "Beijing Sifang Brothers Moving Company" had previously had a similar contract dispute with the customer Ding Moumou. According to the (2019) Jing 0105 Min Chu No. 79000 Judgment, on July 23, 2019, the plaintiff Ding X and the defendant Beijing Sifang Brothers Moving Co., Ltd. signed the "Sifang Brothers Moving Company Removal Contract Form", but Beijing Sifang Brothers Moving Co., Ltd. did not charge according to the contract, demanded 21,440 yuan from Ding, and received 21,000 yuan. Ding then filed a litigation request with the court, and after a first-instance judgment, ordered Beijing Sifang Brothers Moving Co., Ltd. to refund the moving service fee of 14,560 yuan.
The reporter inquired about the specific charging standards of the "Beijing Sifang Brothers Moving Company", which are divided into starting fees, surcharges, carton fees, furniture disassembly fees, air conditioning disassembly fees, hourly service fees, long-distance transportation fees, floor fees, etc. Of which the hourly service fee is marked: Manual handling is required to charge labor fees of 300 yuan per person per hour.
On the afternoon of July 27, a Red Star News reporter obtained an apology from Wu Hongfei for "Beijing Sifang Brothers Moving Company".
Apology from Beijing Sifang Brothers Moving Company. Courtesy of the interviewee
The apology said that Wu Hongfei and the company's staff member Zhao Mouhong reached a verbal agreement and a WeChat agreement to move, starting from 300 yuan per car, more than ten hours, and charging six yuan per kilometer. The resulting handling distance was 200 meters, and Zhao Mouhong promised to collect a total of 200 yuan, but did not mention the labor cost of three hundred yuan per person per hour, let alone show the price list.
On the morning of July 25, the move, which was originally scheduled for 11:30, was two and a half hours late for one car and five and a half hours late, all of which were calculated by the workers — seven hours per person, for a total of six people. At eight o'clock in the evening, when the checkout was made, the workers asked for more than 18,000 yuan to settle the bill, and Ms. Wu called the police, the property, and friends to coordinate for two hours, and the agreement was four thousand yuan. In order to rest, Ms. Wu paid immediately, and there was no arrears of workers' fees.
Because 18,000 yuan did not meet the general price of the moving market, the movers and Ms. Wu and others had a heated discussion for two hours, which greatly affected Ms. Wu and the women and children in the family, causing Ms. Wu to relapse into depression. The moving company apologized to Ms. Wu, who planned to refund Ms. Wu's handling fee of 1,000 yuan and the cost of seeing a psychologist for one hour of 2,000 yuan.
Subsequently, the Red Star News reporter contacted the staff of the "Beijing Sifang Brothers Moving Company" again, and the other party said that it had reached a settlement with Wu Hongfei and dealt with the relevant staff.
Red Star News reporter Pan Junwen Lan Jing intern Tan Hui
Edited by Li Binbin
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