The manuscript is from "Evening 800"
Reporter: Ding Yue
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Zhang Huixia, a 74-year-old veteran in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, asked for help from the Jiangxi City Channel's "Evening 800" program group, saying that she was very depressed because the renovation of the new house had suffered a bad end and had not been solved for months. Zhang Huixia introduced that due to the demolition of the original self-occupied house, the only daughter is also working in the field, and she and her wife have been renting a house to live. In order to move into the new house as soon as possible and save money, the elderly Zhang Huixia said that she carefully selected a decoration company on the Tubatu platform and signed a decoration contract. The other party promised to "move in with a bag of 100,000 yuan" and the decoration period was 3 months. The old man said that this money-saving, worry-saving, time-saving advertising slogan had made her feel very at ease, and she did not expect that there would be a bad thing behind her.
From the time the renovation was stopped to the present, the elderly Zhang Huixia often went to the new house to see. But in the face of this mess, there is nothing she can do - the boss's phone can't get through, and she can't find the person in charge when she runs to the company she originally signed. Dragging on and on, let the old man Zhang Huixia live a very torturous day.
The elderly Zhang Huixia signed a contract with the other party, but when the lawyer saw the contract, he was surprised. Lawyer Chen Jin said that the elderly Zhang Huixia has always stressed that she is the decoration contract signed with Tuba Rabbit, but from the perspective of the contract, the decoration of the old man's suite has nothing to do with Tuba Rabbit. The contract does not have the name of Tuba Rabbit Company, nor does it have the seal of Tuba Rabbit.
Zhang Huixia said that on August 3 last year, she came to the Tuba Rabbit Decoration Experience Hall located at No. 69 Ruzi Road in Nanchang City and signed this decoration agreement of "100,000 yuan fine decoration". But when Mr. Chen Jin carefully studied the contract, he found a problem that made the old man even more dumbfounded. The date of construction from when it began to when it ended was not written and was blank. Obviously, the renovation company took advantage of the ignorance of the elderly about the contract and the law, so that the contract had a blank construction date. In the process of continuing to browse the contract, the lawyer found another trap, the contract was attached to the handwritten payment rhythm clause, and the decoration was only about one-fifth, but zhang Huixia had already paid 95% of the decoration fee.
Knowing the office location of the Nanchang branch of Shenzhen Longfengge Decoration Engineering Co., Ltd., which signed a contract with the elderly, the reporter decided to go to the company to further understand the relevant situation. But when the reporter arrived at his office, he found that the building was empty. Subsequently, the reporter went to the decoration experience hall that Zhang Huixia had signed a contract for, but the locked chains, the dusty front desk and the empty office area all showed that the Longfengge decoration company had not been open for a while. Through the glass, the reporter can see that the advertising banner is still hanging high on the wall, and there is also a promotion roll-up treasure that has won the most trusted brand of Tuba Rabbit and the top ten popular decoration companies of the year. The lawyer immediately called the hotline of tuba rabbit decoration platform to inquire about the information of tuba rabbit Nanchang branch. Through communication, Ren Jiankang, public relations manager of TubaTu Decoration Platform Headquarters, and Lawyer Chen Jin got in touch.
Manager Ren explained that this should have been a decoration project for tripartite cooperation, but the user and the decoration company signed a contract offline, which actually bypassed the Tubatu platform, and they reached a cooperation privately, which violated the relevant regulatory requirements of the Tubatu platform. Log on to the website of tuba rabbit decoration platform, you can see that there are 618 decoration companies in the Nanchang area that are their cooperative merchants. At present, there is no name for The Nanchang Branch of Shenzhen Longfengge Decoration Engineering Co., Ltd. Tubatu's public relations manager said that they have reported the case to the public security organs after Longfengge stopped cooperating with it and continued to use tuba rabbit's name to receive orders.
Tuba Rabbit also said that the company's business is mainly divided into online and offline, online is Provided by Tuba Rabbit tripartite agreement, offline by the cooperative decoration company to take orders alone, like Zhang Huixia the elderly belong to offline customers. In addition, Manager Ren revealed that at present, more than one elderly Person Zhang Huixia has complained about Longfengge Decoration Company. And these owners who suffered from the "bad tail" of decoration basically bypassed the contract directly signed with the company on the Tubatu platform.
The public relations manager said that if the owner is a contract with TubaTu, there will be no risk, because the money is first entrusted to Tubatu. However, if the customer skips the Tubatu platform and directly signs a contract with Longfengge Company, the money will go directly into the pocket of the owner of the decoration company. Manager Ren said that for the encounter of the elderly Zhang Huixia, the TubaTu decoration platform also feels very sorry, and they are also actively contacting the Longfengge decoration company that runs away to help the elderly maintain their legitimate rights and interests.
Immediately afterward, lawyer Chen Jin called Wu Wenjian, the head of the Nanchang branch of Longfengge Decoration. However, after repeatedly dialing Wu Wenjian's phone, the other party could not be connected. Zhang Huixia said that since the shutdown in November last year, Wu Wenjian has not been able to contact him again. Lawyer Chen Jin found through the "Tianyancha" inquiry that Shenzhen Longfengge Decoration Engineering Co., Ltd. and Nanchang Branch were listed as abnormal operations by the Longgang Bureau of the Shenzhen Municipal Market and Quality Supervision and Administration Commission and the Nanchang Xihu District Market Supervision and Administration Bureau on March 5, 2020 and December 23, 2019 for "not being able to contact through the registered domicile or business premises", and there had been a legal lawsuit sued by others or companies for decoration contract disputes.
In addition to reporting the case to the public security organs, Chen Jin suggested that the elderly could sue Shenzhen Longfengge Decoration General Company and Shenzhen Longfengge Nanchang Branch, and their shareholders were also included as defendants and sued at the same time, seeking relevant compensation liabilities.
In order to avoid falling into such a decoration trap, the lawyer suggests that consumers should polish their eyes to see clearly whether the decoration company has the corresponding qualifications, inquire whether the decoration company has been included in the list of untrustworthiness, whether there are many litigation cases; when signing the contract, pay attention to the reasoning for the terms of the contract; for payment, the pace of payment should be slowed down a little, so as not to seriously affect the consumer when the decoration company has a debt crisis or a broken capital chain. (The parties are pseudonyms)