Yuanzhou Town, Boluo County, Huizhou City, Guangdong Province, is not the main tire production area, but in recent years it has become a centralized delivery place for many tire e-commerce companies.
Although "Yuanzhou Town, Boluo County, Huizhou City, Guangdong Province" is not the main origin of tires, it has become the main origin of many fake tires purchased online!
However, in recent years, "Huizhou tires" purchased online have frequently been exposed to tire quality problems. The tire manufacturer even teamed up with the police to destroy several high-end tires in Yuanzhou Town, Boluo County, Huizhou City, Guangdong Province. A huge tire counterfeiting factory.
What many car owners don’t know is that the ultra-low-price tires, second-hand tires, and 90% new tires they buy for cheap are actually “processed” from scrapped tires.
Many cases of counterfeit tires were reported to have been produced in Huizhou
1. Buying retreaded tires online and passing them off as substandard to deceive consumers
On June 26, a car owner He complained about "Paipai Tire Store" in Yuanzhou Town, Boluo County, and bought two Michelin Haoyue 3ST? 205? 55R16 tires on Taobao for 700 yuan. It is understood that the normal selling price of this tire is about 700-800 yuan. Buying two pieces for 700 yuan can be said to be a 50% discount.
But after the car owner bought it, he found that the outside of the tire was coated with a layer of black oil and white paint (or paint) was sprayed on the inside. At that time, the car owner suspected that there was a problem, and after careful inspection, he found that there were cracks on the side of the tire.
After less than 2 months of use, the sidewall of the tire became deflated for no reason, and the production date was immediately missing. The tire shop that installed it said that the tire was obviously a retread tire!
2. Four snow tires purchased online for a thousand yuan turned out to be "retreaded tires"
At the end of October 2018, Mr. Zheng from Heilongjiang was found guilty of being "cheap and easy". I spent 1,120 yuan on Taobao to buy 4 brand-name snow tires. After being identified by multiple stores, it was found that they were all defective tires!
It is understood that the store initially listed the delivery place as Shenyang City, but after purchase, the delivery place changed to Huizhou City, Guangdong Province. You know, there generally aren’t many snow tires in the South. After expressing his attitude to the seller, the seller repeatedly emphasized: "It must be genuine."
In order to dispel doubts, the car owner went to many tire stores in Harbin to inspect the goods. After identification by many dealers, this car owner The four tires are most likely "retreaded tires"!
Many tire counterfeit outlets in Huizhou were destroyed
1. Zhongce Rubber’s 20 million counterfeit tire case was solved
Zhongce Rubber discovered that an e-commerce platform was selling Counterfeit products of Chaoyang Tire, a brand owned by Zhongce, and most of the counterfeit tires come from Yuanzhou Town, Boluo County, Huizhou City, Guangdong Province.
On September 4, 2019, Yuanzhou Industry and Commerce, Public Security Special Police and others will launch a huge tire counterfeiting case, and everyone will get the stolen goods! Ten counterfeiters were caught on site, with 32 counterfeit Chaoyang tires, 32 processing tools and more than 200 pieces of flexible blocks, involving four brands of Zhongce Rubber Chaoyang, Yadu, Weishi and Good Luck.
According to the processing records and logistics orders found on site, from February 21, 2019 to September 3, 2019, the cumulative number of processed items was approximately 20,000, with a cumulative case value of more than 20 million, mainly through Sold on Taobao, Pinduoduo, WeChat and other e-commerce platforms across the country!
2. Fake Guizhou tires were investigated
In September 2019, with the active help of the Boluo County Market Supervision and Administration Bureau of Guangdong Province, in Yuanzhou Town, Boluo County A tire processing factory near Fuhe Pier in Liangwu Village seized 2 pieces of Qianjin (brand) tires suspected of being counterfeit and infringing on Guizhou Tire’s registered trademark rights. (The case is under further processing).
3. Shopping for cheap tires online, but was defrauded of 34,000 yuan
The Public Security Bureau of Guangrao County, Dongying received a report from Mr. Gu, a resident in the area, saying that he purchased a tire sold by a friend through micro-commerce. For second-hand tires, what I didn’t expect was that the 34,000 yuan was gone forever.
Mr. Gu said that the reason why he chose to buy second-hand tires online was because the price offered by the other party was significantly lower than the market price, so he believed the other party on a whim, without even thinking that the other party was a liar.
In the end, the police discovered that the fraudster Li was hiding in Yuanzhou Town, Boluo County, Huizhou City, Guangdong Province, and was subsequently arrested by the police!
How did you come to buy retreaded tires online?
Many car owners may not understand where the so-called retread tires on the Internet come from?
In this regard, reporters from the Guangdong Economic Science and Education Channel went to the front line to take pictures of the second-hand tire retreading process in Huizhou. Let’s take a look. Even if such “retreaded tires” are cheap, would you dare to use them?
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Tire retreading is widely used on truck and bus tires, but the country also has strict standards for this. As for passenger car tires, it is expressly prohibited to retread them.
Because although the non-compliant "retreaded tires" look no different from Xin's on the surface, their carcass is already very thin. It is much lower than the new one. The exposed cords in the retreaded tires are easily broken when they rub against the ground. After breaking, they will lose their function of supporting the tire and cause a puncture.
So, car owners and friends must not buy such tires!
Summary
Tire safety = life safety. Every year, car owners use unsafe tires, causing serious traffic accidents, vehicle damage, and casualties.
Most of the merchants selling tires on e-commerce platforms have just emerged in recent years. They are a mixed bag, and online tire shopping faces great risks.
Therefore, when buying tires, you must go to regular channels to buy tires, such as regular tire repair and auto service stores, manufacturer-authorized distribution points and e-commerce platforms. Be sure not to be greedy for cheap and buy low-priced problem tires to avoid causing greater losses!
This article comes from the author of Autohome Chejiahao and does not represent the views and positions of Autohome.