Watch maintenance is a fine job, and the price is now completely liberalized and determined entirely by the market。
In a recent post at a forum in suzhou, netizens stated that when they went to a watch shop to repair, they met with “daddys”, and that they had to pay 2,500 dollars for the building and maintenance of 1800 dollars. “the same thing is fixed, the better the sign is the more expensive everything says the price! In response, the industry claims that there are some irregularities in the watch maintenance industry, sometimes as well as in the medical treatment of large quantities of medicines。
Netizens spit: $2,500 for the watch
According to the author, hare hare, her husband had a watch and had a problem during the previous period and was prepared to repair it. "my husband's watch is a watch, naturally he's going to the regular store to fix it, to the yangtze, ishijie, to take a look at the watch and tell me that it's 2500
She then went to the watch counter at the mall, where she tested the watch on the device and said she forgot to maintain it inside. Now it's just a little maintenance. The price, however, was said to be $1,800 for her husband's watch. In response, the rabbit argued that, although it was cheaper, it was just cleaning it up, and that it was not much energy, much less cost, and that it was a windfall! “the other side added that the price is the same everywhere you go, and the price is the same in the association ... The better the brand is not the more expensive it is, the more price it is, the more price it is on the watch, the more obscurity.”
At that forum, journalists saw that the post " the watch shop of the father-in-law " had attracted a large number of comments and over 3,000 hits. It was said that the owner was rich, and it was stated that the same experience had occurred and that there had been a number of discussions on the prices and rules of the schedule。
So, is it true that the maintenance of the watch is going to cost $2500。
The watch shop: there's absolutely no charge
The journalists first came to the yangtze watch shop at stone road in suzhou, where the person in charge categorically denied the questions posed by the netizens. “we do not have a charge here, so it is impossible for the netizens to say so.” according to its assumptions, the internet friend, the hare rabbit, might have understood the meaning of the wrong teacher, and $2,500 should be the price of repair, not the so-called open money. "they may have had a misunderstanding during the conversation."
According to the person in charge, the maintenance masters at their place did not normally assist their customers in the verification of the authenticity of the watch, but only told the customer before the repairs what was probably wrong with the watch, how much it would cost to finish the repairs, and all the repairs to the watch were priced according to the service price established by the original watch brand。
"our master fixes a watch, or oil, for a week or two. Each part of the watch was to be removed and dryed and assembled in a sophisticated manner and verified. So, not every guest can fix it right away, but they have to line up here, and there are other guests' watches in front.” in the view of the director, the post should include an exaggerating element。
During the interview, the journalist met a middle-aged man who had just come out of the house. According to the man, he had been in the printing business for many years and had just come here to fix his watch. He pointed to a 780,000 watch on his left wrist and told reporters that the watch fell from the table to the ground during the previous period, causing the mirror to break, changing a mirror, costing $7,000 and putting oil on it and $5,500. There was nothing to be said about being accused of being a “daddy”, but he also stated that he had not yet been charged a fee. "it must be expensive to fix it."
Professionals: there are currently no so-called associations in the watch maintenance industry
"this price is the same everywhere. It's set in the association. So, is there really such an “association” in the watch industry? Unless their big company has a private organization that speaks for itself."
In his view, even such an organization was created by certain groups themselves and then spoke for their own interests, called “as prescribed by an association”. He believed that there were serious problems in repairing the customer's watch and that the provisions of the “association” were still subject to the law. “private interests certainly cannot be equated with the law.”
“all table prices are set by the brand companies with the watch. If anything goes wrong, it's probably after the warranty period.” according to the master's guess, $2,500 of the construction fee may have been due to both the inside and outside of the warranty, i. E., the watch of the netizens passed the warranty period and the repair shop was deliberately charged more。
With regard to whether there are associations or organizations in the watch industry, the owner of a gift company in changzhou, wu yong-sheng, told journalists that there had been such associations and that the watch industry had previously belonged to the light industry bureau, but no such trade association or organization existed. As far as he is aware, there are groups such as “friends' clubs” in guangdong, most of which are collectors and masters who repair names. According to the information received, wu young-sheng began repairing watches at the age of 17 and currently operates a gift shop and provides watch maintenance services。
Two questions
Who's going to make the order
Sioux state price bureau: full liberalization of prices is entirely market-driven professionals: uniform regulation by brand companies
In the absence of the so-called “associations”, what exactly is the price of maintenance services for the watch? The manager of the technical service centre of suzhou family list ltd. Told journalists that the price of maintenance services for the watch was set by the original brand company, and that the price of maintenance services for each brand was not the same, and sometimes the price of maintenance services was different for the same brand, the watch at different prices, and the price of maintenance services was different.” in mainland china, however, maintenance prices should be uniform if they are the same brand. Outside mainland china, maintenance prices are different and may be higher than in the interior. Because people cost more than us."
According to lin, the warranty period for the watch (generally 2-3 years) is a warranty-eligible repair project, the repair shop must not charge a fee, if the mirror is crushed, etc., due to damage caused by the poor custody of the watch holder, which is maintained. If the warranty period is exceeded, watch repair services are charged according to the special maintenance price established by the brand company. Lingcai told reporters that customers would need different services and prices. For example, an omega belt of stone watch is to be oiled, rinsed, waterproof, etc., at a cost of us$ 1580, and spare parts are to be charged if the customer needs to change the watch head or other damaged parts. Each of the spare parts of the special service points is from the original brand company and has a uniform price. With regard to the question of the cost of the construction, overjoying means absolutely no, because “the major branders never listed us for this fee”. With regard to the price of watch maintenance services, the relevant head of the sioux city price office informed journalists that the price sector had now been completely liberalized and that it was entirely for the market to decide。
What's so annoying about the watch maintenance
There's a maintenance master who likes to open up the great medicine, and there's a lot of people who can fill it up
During the interview, lingxia told the journalists that, in the event of a problem with the watch, it would be better to go to the brander's special maintenance point to repair it. Because “branders will only provide original fittings to special service points, which will never be provided by other service points”. As a result, many watch maintenance masters are now unable to repair their watches without accessories and have to bring to their special maintenance points the watches of customers on the market. Branders, on the other hand, have special requirements for special service points. “if a service point is complained of three times by a client, the brander will cancel the service point.”
However, to be honest, there is a certain amount of confusion in the watch industry. For example, in some watch shops, the income of the watchman is linked to his performance, as some doctors now prefer to prescribe large prescriptions. Those who have a large number of maintenance projects and those who have a high cost of maintenance will have a high income. Moreover, some maintenance masters use spare parts to fill them。
In addition, some maintenance masters may be able to make minor moves by delivering the opportunity of a special maintenance point or a brander's headquarters maintenance. For example, deceiving a client to say, “when a special maintenance site or headquarters repair was done, it was discovered that your watch was broken and new originals had been made available to you, or when you took off the watch, you opened up more maintenance services and charged more for maintenance services.” “he actually made the difference and consumers paid more for it.”
A correspondent, wu jin, a reporter for the evening newspaper ying zi
