Nice, cheap IT goods or matrix of technology

The sparkling phones, laptops, LCD screens . were just a dream of many people but now, their 'soft' prices have turned this luxurious dream into reality. In fact, many types have "assisted" with many techniques.

Nice and cheap is the goal that business establishments are always aiming at and is the shopping criteria of customers. ' I am wondering between the two places selling Nokia N72, ' said Le Thanh Huong, a shopper at a phone shop on Ba Trieu Street (Hanoi). 'The price here is nearly 5.2 million dong, but the other price is 5.8 million, which also offers a 12-month warranty. If the quality is the same, I can't buy expensive goods . '

' Cheap price is probably because they have a good relationship with producers, buy a lot, they will be greatly reduced ', said Nguyen Manh Thang, owner of sugarcane juice on La Thanh road, conjecture. ' Competition time, who wins the capital school '.

Arguments to have a reason or bewildered, even bewildered, feelings of customers when buying technology products. They may be more 'stunned' when they witness a skillful craftsman 'butt' of this kind of goods.

Move to find the market

The source of goods for the IT business people is quite rich, most of them are still Chinese goods from Huu Nghi (Lang Son) or Mong Cai (Quang Ninh) border gates to Hanoi, gathered at the Red River wharf - one " headquarters "tax evasion has to be completely warehouse. Cheap parts of China are diversified, from laptop covers, green and red phones . to meet the needs of decoration to real fake goods, from mobile phones, batteries, covers, screens. LCD . to computer components, TVs. "Everything is fine here, Chinese goods are cheaper, tax evasion is cheaper", Thang, a professional handler for a Chinese boss, said. " But working hard is hard, sweating, bleeding like playing ."

Another domestic source is from "old high-priced". When people are bored because the machine breaks up and down, they just want to get rid of them at any cost. "My Nokia 3230 has a white screen error. Now, whoever buys it has to sell it. At first, it cost more than 5 million VND, " said Nguyen Minh Hang, a Hanoi Polytechnic student. breathe. Meeting customers like that, the store often "screams" the price of LCD monitors (about 1 million) or very high repairs to discourage customers from selling quickly (if they accept, the more profitable). At this time, workers will replace the new screen (from Chinese goods or other old broken phones, calculated only about 100 thousand dong) and sell for less than half of the brand or 70% is profitable.

Trick to make a profit

Picture for illustration purposes only.( Photo: Hoang Ha )

Mr. Duy Duc, a technical staff of a computer company located on Bui Thi Xuan Street (Ho Chi Minh City), revealed: 'Up to 90% of cheap LCD screens on the market are second-hand goods that are up life The heaving heads not only clean the outer shell but also help them to 'molt' from Cinderella to princess for easy sale '. Just less than an hour, the scrawny market display will be 'burned' (painted with the outer shell) and the point of the label will look luxurious like any other top-standing display on the market. Without mentioning 'dreamers', professional people don't know the truth if only a glimpse of the outside.

More advanced, some 'witches' also have hardware-level tricks to copy products that are selling well. For example, there is a screen of Samsung 17 inch 740N LCD screen in HCM City that even people in the industry have to give up, regardless of their distinction. This genuine product line is selling very well in the market for $ 220, but many computer stores sell only 190-195 dollars. This is simply a product that is 'up to life'. If they 'imitate' the outside, they will only be blinded by the "blind" people in technology, and if they meet someone who has a little knowledge, they will lose: just the screen test will know the origin of this screen immediately. Therefore, after choosing a second-hand monitor with the same design as the Samsung 740N, the 'witches' also intervened by changing the manufacturer's data in ROM to the eyes of buyers.

Not only does it cover the exterior, the hardware is also focused. Laptops using Celeron M processors, Pentium IV will be upgraded to trick those who are distracted by technology. Usually these laptops cost only $ 400-600, but after being replaced with Centrino, they will sell from 750 to 850 USD. Taking advantage of that, some people buy Celeron M laptops and replace them with Pentium M Centrino. The profit is that the price of these two CPUs is only about 50-70 USD, but the laptop will be sold at a price difference of up to 100-200 USD if you are not proficient. They also 'hunted' branded labels to paste on the machine as if they were a degree. Just go to the 5giay website or visit a "specialized" store on Bui Dinh Tuy street (HCMC) where customers can buy their own branded stamps for only VND 9,500.

Marking the psychology of 'poisonous goods', many shops on Hung Vuong Street (HCM City) collect the Sharp 902 phone line and give it the legendary red coat of Ferrari cars and attach the Ferrari logo to the body. For sale here is the newly launched Ferrari Sharp 902 Limited Edition mobile phone to Vietnam.

" The so-called 'portable goods' are now only believed to be close friends, " said Hoang Minh Hung, a Hanoi-based handyman and "retired". " Many workers turn to market life, wrapping them with a good shell, pushing the configuration a little higher is making a difference. "

For example, they often choose portable laptops from the US in the form of "duck" with 20 GB hard drive, 256 MB RAM, Pentium M chip but can "live" with 40-60-80 GB drive, 512 MB RAM to 1 GB, Centrino chip. When choosing, customers are often dizzy because of the configuration and willing to accept high prices. However, the head of the hands up the life of this part often "boiled" other devices. The battery pack is more than 100 USD genuine, usually replaced by imitation, old goods only about 10 USD. " When I first used it, the battery ran for more than 2 hours, but after only one month, it ran out after 20 minutes, " said Phan Van Thai, who bought a laptop from the "job" from a Wi-Fi cafe. lament. " When I checked it out, I found out that it was fake Chinese ."

Look who contemplate to us

" Except for people in the industry, customers want to buy genuine goods, then try to wait for the family to go abroad thanks to their genuine to earn ", Mr. Hoang Minh Hung further advised. "When buying in the country, we should understand the distribution system of the manufacturer to avoid being cheated. Hopefully, when entering the WTO, the way of doing business is clearer so that users will not be damaged. but in other areas can also be tricked like playing ".

' Looking at electronic price quotes in Vietnam, I have to wonder a lot. It's also a brand, but I don't know where the goods are produced, not to mention the different prices that each store offers to compete with each other, 'said Tran Ngoc Diep, an engineer of Hanoi environmental company. , complain.

' When I went to Japan, their stores clearly stated product origin, different prices have a reason. For example, buying goods on the Internet is cheaper because they deduct showroom rental fees, encourage e-commerce. When buying at the counter, indigenous people buy at regular prices, foreigners with passports will be reduced by% to stimulate the shopping of tourists , 'Diep said. ' Their old goods all recorded the time used, which parts were broken .'

Thanh Hai - Tan Anh