Cover news reporter Song Xiao
Can cats also be shared? Who handles the deposit for renting a cat? These days, the controversy around the topic of "9.9 yuan to take the cat home with you" continues to stop, is it really rented or fake shared? For a time, a "shared cat store" located in Chengdu 339 Shopping Center was pushed to the cusp of the storm.
The controversy arose from several advertising signs with the slogan "Shared Cats". The owner of the store said in an interview with the media that more than a dozen cats used for sharing in the store have all been rented, and if they want to rent, they still need to wait in line. It seems that the "shared cat" is very hot, however, on the morning of March 10, the reporter saw in the pet house involved that the pet house shop that caused the controversy had closed its doors and the advertising sign was missing.
Netizens questioned whether the 9.9 yuan rental cat plan will be a scam similar to the "empty glove white wolf"? If the cat is alive, the store can earn rent, but if the cat has a stress reaction or dies, can the deposit be refunded on time? Nowadays, the offline pet house can neither find anyone nor find a cat, and the two-dimensional code on the display board can not be found now, so what has this so-called "shared cat" pet house experienced?
The door of the pet house has been closed
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > "shared cat" 9.9 yuan a day</h1>
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > netizens questioning that the gimmick is greater than the actual meaning</h1>
Since March 9, a message called "sharing cats for 9.9 yuan a day" has spread on the Internet: a cute pet restaurant in Chengdu, playing a sign that can take the cat home with you for 9.9 yuan, in the form of rent, let the cat accept the customer's rental service.
In media reports, the owner of the shop has said that due to the hot business, more than a dozen cats used for sharing in the store have all been rented, and if they need to rent, they have to queue up in advance. According to the owner, the so-called shared cat, in fact, need to pay a deposit, according to the type of cat, the deposit can reach 1,000 yuan to tens of thousands of yuan.
The tenant also needs to buy the cat's staple food and daily necessities at the store, and sign a cat rental contract to provide the necessary identity information. For this way, some netizens think that it is very novel, which can satisfy cat lovers who cannot keep cats for a long time, and can also make cats get a fresher experience, but some netizens have questioned that "sharing cats" is essentially hype, and even brings serious stress responses to cats.
"Cats are like people, constantly changing their living environment, how will they be taken care of?" The reporter combed and found that most netizens expressed opposition to this model under the banner of "sharing cats", they believe that letting cats frequently change the environment and contact different people can easily lead to cats having stress reactions or getting sick, and the cat itself is different from static dead things such as sharing bicycles, it is a living life like people, and different cats have different habits and environmental adaptability, "so sharing, is an irresponsible business gimmick." ”
The shop next to the petty house is still operating the cat in the iron cage
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > "shared cat" stores closed amid the controversy </h1>
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > how to deal with the deposit for renting a cat? </h1>
On March 10, the reporter tried to add a friend of the lady who advocated the store on the grounds of renting a cat, but after adding the friend, Ms. Zhang did not directly respond. On the 3rd floor of the Chengdu 339 Shopping Center, the reporter did not directly see the advertising sign that promoted the sharing of cats, and after many inquiries, the reporter found the cute pet hall involved, only to see that the door of the store was closed, an iron lock was put on, and the store was empty.
But in a store next door, there are multiple iron cages, and there are many pets such as cats and dogs in the cages. According to a video of the media interviewing the staff of the store, the staff said that the store and the pet house have no relationship, the two belong to different bosses, one is the sales model, the other is the "rent, share" model, as to why the pet house next to it is closed, the staff said they did not know.
The reporter noted that the previous "sharing cat" shop advocate lady, who had explained her own "sharing" model, was the need to pay a deposit, according to the type of cat, the amount of the deposit ranged from 1200 yuan to tens of thousands of yuan, and the identity information of the tenant needed to be reviewed. Some netizens questioned that the premise of the merchant renting a cat at 9.9 yuan is that the tenant needs to submit a deposit ranging from 1,000 to tens of thousands of yuan, and once the cat has a stress response, how will this deposit be handled?
Someone also made a list, if according to the owner, there are more than 10 cats in the store for "sharing", then the tenant's deposit and the money to buy cat food are probably tens of thousands of yuan, so is there a problem of misappropriation when renting the deposit of the cat? In the event that the offline pet store closes or runs away, can the safety of this fund be guaranteed?
Previous advertising display boards
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > dialogue with the original owner of the pet house:</h1>
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > have transferred the store to others Online controversy has interfered with life</h1>
After 11:00 a.m. on March 10, the reporter also contacted the original owner of the pet house by phone through the contact information on an online platform. The boss told reporters that he had noticed the controversy on the Internet in the past few days, saying that he had not operated a cute pet restaurant more than a month ago, and now he was mainly doing Internet work.
On the online platform, the information of the pet house is displayed as a suspension of business, and some netizens commented under the store, "This store shares cats, if the cat has a stress reaction, it will deduct the user's deposit, which is really stupid and bad." "The address on the platform matches the actual address of the pet house.
In this regard, the boss said that he and the "shared cat" store advocate that the lady belongs to the "acquaintance" relationship, and also knows that the so-called "shared cat" is actually a commercial gimmick, "This store was indeed mine before, but I have not been doing it for a long time, and the initial advertisement was not sent by me." ”
The boss told reporters that the "shared cat" advertisement that caused great controversy on the Internet was not issued by himself in particular, but by a "acquaintance" friend he knew, "just a gimmick, this project is not sent by me, you don't need to go so deep." The reporter asked whether the store belonged to a partnership, and the boss did not respond directly.
In the phone, the boss told reporters that how the store is currently operated and how the advertisement is issued, he does not know, he believes that "sharing cats" is actually a model of renting instead of saving, but he is now inconvenient to evaluate the online reaction, nor is he willing to explain too much some of the controversy caused by the advertisement, and he did not expect that the comments that came out now are all negative evaluations.
And for the pet house cats and dogs in the end where to go, the boss said that he did not know, "now a lot of people call me, I have also been troubled, itself (shared cat) is not what I did, I do not need to come out to rub hot spots, you can try those two-dimensional codes, see who did it." ”
Netizens leave comments below the store
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > expert opinion: The business model of "sharing cats" is inherently hard-wounded</h1>
The reporter noted that before the "shared cat" caused controversy, there were new concepts similar to "cat and dog blind boxes" that appeared in the public eye, but they were all in a flurry of life, or died or went to a negative evaluation situation.
The so-called "cat and dog blind box", in fact, is to many young people now like the blind box model, the pet live into the blind box, the price on the network platform in the range of more than ten yuan to thousands of yuan, buyers after buying, like gambling, to see if they get a surprise or surprise, the seller claims that "do not accept the prescribed varieties, blind box issued do not accept return and exchange and bad reviews, comments are not allowed to dry."
However, the pet live blind box has attracted a wave of infamy due to the lack of inspection and quarantine and the blasphemy of pet life. And similar patterns, is there animal cruelty? The reporter noted that in recent years, the abuse of animals has shown a surge trend, and the means are extremely bad, there is a black industrial chain, just this year's national two sessions, the National People's Congress deputy Zhao Wanping suggested that the "Public Security Administration Punishment Law" be revised, the abuse of animals is clearly included in the scope of application of the law, schools should love animals and nature into the curriculum.
As for the blind box and the cute pet economy involved in "sharing cats", the cover news reporter interviewed Pan and Lin, executive dean and professor of the Digital Economy Research Institute of Zhongnan University of Economics and Law. He believes that at present, similar to the "shared cats" mentioned, there are actually certain hard injuries, "for example, what is it like to raise a pet?" Everyone has everyone's difference, it is difficult to standardize, and finally a problem occurs, how to get it? There is also this disease, this kind of mobile epidemic prevention, I think he has some hard wounds. ”
Pan and Lin told reporters that the process of raising pet dogs and pet cats is actually a process of cultivating emotions for a long time, rather than short-term rental, and the current so-called "sharing" business model is problematic and difficult to promote.
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