Trap 1: Unclear business scope
Classic case: In a shop with a prominent [car beauty] sign, the operator openly conducts car washing, tire inspection and repair, car accessory sales, car decoration and other businesses in three connected large rooms.
Expert reminder: Due to low operating thresholds and lack of standards, currently car beauty shops vary greatly in scale. Some small-scale, low-end roadside stalls start operations blindly despite not meeting the conditions perfectly. During the Spring Festival, the car beauty market is booming, and some small shops operate beyond their scope, actually lacking the qualifications for such businesses.
Trap 2: Products with "unknown origins" infiltrating the market
Classic case: Some car beauty shops sell car reversing devices and car audio systems without Chinese factory addresses. The shopkeepers claim they are imported products and charge high prices from consumers. In fact, operators often cannot provide customs clearance procedures.
Expert reminder: Products without Chinese labels are definitely not allowed to be sold on the market. Consumers must choose merchants with approved qualifications for selling car accessories and parts when purchasing products. When buying products, check if they have a certificate of conformity.
Trap 3: Frequent occurrences of passing off inferior goods as superior ones
Classic case: Before the Spring Festival, Mr. Hu spent over a thousand yuan on a branded car anti-explosion film. However, after a heavy snowfall, the product severely faded. After testing, he found out that what he had purchased was a counterfeit product, costing only tens of yuan.
Expert reminder: Be cautious of the phenomenon of "hanging sheep's heads to sell dog meat" in car beauty services. The profit of car beauty decoration mainly comes from raw material price differences and labor fees. To make money, unscrupulous operators often pass off inferior goods as superior ones, using substandard products to cut costs, or use quality products during on-site tests but secretly replace them before installation.
Trap 4: Lack of professional skills leads to spending money and damaging the appearance
Classic case: Mr. Wang spent hundreds of yuan on a glazing treatment for his beloved car. However, the fresh and lovely appearance lasted for only more than a month before losing its luster, far from the store's promise of an unchanged effect for one year.
Expert reminder: Some shops hang beauty center signs, but their main purpose is to promote car care products, and they do not have professional technical workers. Some irresponsible shops use hard polishing wheels and coarse wax containing silicon carbide for polishing. Although the car body immediately looks shiny, due to the strong cutting power of the tools and coarse wax, it is easy to thin or even penetrate the car paint, exposing the base color. Car owners may end up spending money but damaging the appearance of their cars.
Trap 5: Decoration prices have no standard
Classic case: The latest American technology, Korean award-winning projects, various incomprehensible profound descriptions, difficult-to-verify certificates, in some car beauty product stores, from a few dozen yuan per piece car phone antenna to several thousand yuan leather seats and tens of thousands of yuan sound system sets, there are numerous items.
Expert reminder: The market price of car beauty decoration has great elasticity. Currently, there are many decoration projects and products, with wide price differences. Some items look the same but have completely different internal qualities. Consumers should maintain rational consumption regarding car decoration and not blindly pursue high prices. (Dizu Car Network)