Chinese goods and dangerous cosmetics: how you can trick when buying Instagram

The social network Instagram has opened a lot of opportunities for local brands and their customers. Small-scale production can register an account and get directly to the customer, saving on building a website, promotion, publications in the media. And customers in return get access to cool brands, which would never have known.

It looks like a perfect story of progress in Instagram. The reality is much harsher. When buying in social networks need to be careful, or else run the risk of becoming a victim of unscrupulous sellers. For beautiful photographs can hide unpleasant things.

AliExpress exorbitant prices

To discover the Chinese goods in Instagram, it is not necessary to conduct special research. For example, you definitely have seen in showrooms that some of these things - only on other prices.

In most resale items from China there is nothing wrong. Many people are afraid to order them directly, do not want to deal with the site interface. Some showrooms are presented not only in Instagram, but also in shopping malls, that is the thing you can measure, not ordered blindly.

Here are just a seller usually declares a unique design, and sometimes on their own production, which in itself is a fraud. Things usually are expensive (because of the "uniqueness"). And in comparison with exactly the same goods with AliExpress wrapping and does seem to be extremely high. It would be a shame to pay for the "design" Dress 10 000 and then find it for fifteen.

How not to get caught

The mobile application has AliExpress Search for photos. Use it to check whether it is possible to buy the same thing, but several times cheaper. Or type in the search box on AliExpress product description. For example, earrings from the gallery above were found by key "pearl earrings heart" and dress - the phrase "knitted dress". And both are on the first page, even do not have to look long.

In addition, there are signs that may indirectly indicate the origin of things. For example, should be wary if a large part of the collection in the showroom or a universal one size: China's love onesize.

You can go by contradiction: if the manufacturer demonstrates the process of developing models, cutting out clothes, build things, so nothing to worry about.

fakes

There are accounts that are openly selling feykovye things. The fact that it is a fake, not real Gucci and of Fendi, is written in the header profile. It's against the law, but at least fair to the buyer. Here, everything remains on your head - wear a fake or order the original thing less promoted brand.

Much less pleasant to deal with accounts that allegedly sell the originals. Let's say you are looking for branded bag itself - not from the luxury segment, about such scripts in Instagram illusions seems to be no one else. The signature shop it costs 19 thousand rubles, and on the social network page - 16 thousand. You might think that this is the original. Is fake will cost so much?

Alas, is a risk that under the guise of original and at a similar price you can sell a fake. Now they are able to produce enough quality.

How not to get caught

If you want to buy a branded item, choose a retailer that closely cooperates with this brand. Usually the list of places where you can buy goods brand, has on its official website.

Useless or dangerous goods

With clothes, shoes, bags clear. If you make a mistake, it will strike you on the wallet, and possibly heart will break, but overall nothing criminal is not going to happen. But poor-quality cosmetics can lead to problems with skin or hair.

Unfortunately, to evaluate the risks when buying is much more difficult. If AliExpress in the showroom is easy to find - just look for, then questionable ingredients of Instagram in the composition of cosmetics calculate without laboratory tests is almost impossible. But this does not mean that no one does.

For example, a blogger Kate Konasova spent the whole investigation, dedicated anti-acne serum. In the laboratory, in the liquid found a cheap antibiotic that was not listed in the composition. Moreover, according to the Technical Regulations of the Customs Union shall be prohibited antibioticsTR CU 009/2011 use in cosmetics.

The company respondedInstagram-account LEFAMI the study protocol of the product for safety, where no mention of checking on antibiotics. In the laboratory, which issued the document admittedDangerous miracle cosmetics. Bloggers advertise poison certified eyeThat just have not performed this test and do not have to do that.

Accordingly, from cosmetics Instagram-brands can expect different:

• good composition of justified costs;
• good staff at a higher price when the means of quality, but cheap ingredients are sold at exorbitant prices;
• poor staff and resources that are bottled in the territory of garage co-operative.

How not to get caught

Cosmetics - this is serious, so do not take the decision to purchase based solely on advertising in Instagram. Request the manufacturer documents confirming the composition and safety, ask questions and check the veracity of the responses. For example, if the address is the production of high-rise, standing guard. The main thing - do not turn off your head before you are going to it is something smear.

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