2023-06-16 02:54:56
Angong Niuhuang Wan, a Chinese patent medicine, has the functions of clearing away heat and detoxification, eliminating phlegm and resuscitation. It is mainly used to treat excessive internal heat and liver damage caused by heat. Many citizens or mainland tourists will buy Angong Niuhuang Wan to “look at the door”. “Sing Tao Complaint King” received reports from readers, saying that when they bought Ma Bailiang Angong Niuhuang Pills in a drugstore, they suspected that they had bought a B-brand intuition drug with very similar packaging.
Let the snakes buy Angong Niuhuang Pills and the staff are crazy about selling B goods
In order to understand the facts, the reporter of “Sing Tao Appeal King” visited many pharmacies in the tourist area, and purchased Ma Bailiang An Gong Niuhuang Pills in Mandarin. It turned out that the pharmacy staff spared no effort to promote the B product Angong Niuhuang Pills, and the methods can be summarized into 3 tricks.
[Click to see the 3 major methods of promoting B goods in pharmacies]:
Step 1: Counterfeit goods
The packaging of product B, Angong Niuhuang Wan, is very similar to Ma Bailiang’s blue rectangular packaging, but it is often sold under the names of “golden pack”, “international export pack” and “new upgraded version”. When the reporter asked whether these products were Ma Bailiang, some pharmacy staff directly answered yes, and some called it the Ma Bailiang parallel version.
Step 2: Cut price promotions
The price of B product Angong Niuhuang Pills ranges from 1,200 to 1,600 Hong Kong dollars. However, when the reporter visited several pharmacies, some people offered “buy 1 get 1 free” as a solicitation. The price of 10-pack Angong Niuhuang Pills is as low as 690 per box. Yuan.
Step 3: Belittle genuine goods and raise B goods
When the staff orally introduced product B, they would belittle the efficacy of the genuine product. Only product B can clear away heat and detoxify, and can dredge blood vessels and meridians. The reporter went to a pharmacy at the Tsim Sha Tsui pier and found that the price of the B product was higher than that of the original product.
Why does the drug store want to promote B products? A person familiar with the operation of the pharmacy broke the news, pointing out that the price of B product Angong Niuhuang Wan is less than 300 yuan per box, and the profit is much higher than that of selling the real product.
It is understood that Ma Bailiang Pharmaceutical Factory, which produces Angong Niuhuang Pills, has also noticed that the insinuation problem is serious, and has recently added a spokesperson’s profile picture, so as to facilitate the public to distinguish genuine products. In addition, the pharmaceutical factory also adopts 5 genuine product characteristics.
【5 Features of Genuine Angong Niuhuang Pills】
“Sing Tao Complaint King” opened the original product and the B product carton, it is not difficult to find that the details, such as the wax shell wrapping the pills, the clarity of the printing, etc., are more careful in the original product.
The easiest way to distinguish genuine products from B products is to see if the product packaging has a registration number of proprietary Chinese medicines, because even though the packaging of B products looks genuine, many of them do not have relevant registrations.
“Sing Tao Complaint King” conducted a street test with genuine goods and B goods to see if the interviewees could tell which was genuine. Some mainland tourists confuse genuine products with B products, and firmly believe that Hong Kong will not sell fake products. Some citizens recognize the genuine product by the brand name and the portrait of the artist endorsed on it.
“Sing Tao Complaint King” conducted a street test with genuine goods and B goods to see if the interviewees could tell which was genuine. Some mainland tourists firmly believe that Hong Kong will not sell counterfeit goods.
In response to the inquiry of “Sing Tao Complaint King”, the Consumer Council stated that it received nearly 500 complaints about “drugs and health food” from January to May this year, of which 64 involved “suspected counterfeit products”, covering Chinese medicines, Western medicines and proprietary Chinese medicines . The law stipulates that selling allused products as genuine products is suspected of committing a crime of false product description. Upon conviction, a fine of 500,000 yuan and imprisonment for 5 years may be imposed.
Customs said that the “innuendo product” is similar to the genuine product to some extent due to the name, font or packaging, which is likely to confuse consumers. From January last year to May this year, Customs opened two investigation cases involving “innuendo drugs”, and finally prosecuted two persons. Customs reminds consumers to know the specifications of the goods before shopping and make more comparisons; if in doubt, they should first check with the trademark owner or agent.
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