Starbucks purchasing agency exposed a fraud case? The errand boy was cheated out of 920 yuan and posted 65 cups of Starbucks!

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Source: Xiaoxiang Morning Post

Original title: divine operation! The female customer ordered 65 cups of coffee, but the errand boy in Changsha was cheated out of 920 yuan and poured 2080 yuan for coffee.

Now there is not only a delivery man, but also a kind of job similar to that of express delivery-that is, an errand boy.

For example, Mr. Liu from Changsha, Hunan Province, often buys Starbucks for guests on April 19.

He took a big order and thought he could make a lot of money.

The result.

On the afternoon of April 19, a female customer told Mr. Liu that their group was "having a tea party" on the afternoon of the 20th, so they needed to order a lot of coffee and 65 medium cups of caramel macchiato, totaling 2080 yuan.

Mr. Liu said the customer had ordered coffee from him before. "she usually ordered one or two cups, but she didn't order a big order." Because of the previous experience of successful trading, Mr. Liu did not double-check the matter.

For a long time on the afternoon of the 20th, Mr. Liu was working on the 65 cups of coffee, and when the drink was almost finished, he sent a video of the coffee being made to the other party. The other party told him that he would also buy crayfish.

"she told me (to buy coffee) that Wechat was not enough," Mr. Liu recalled. When it came time to pay, the other party proposed something he now regretted: she asked Mr. Liu to transfer 920 yuan to her and put together 3000 yuan. I'll give you cash when we meet. Out of trust, Mr. Liu did so.

At 06:40, 10 minutes earlier than the appointed time, Mr. Liu arrived at the woman's work unit, Hunan Yongxiong Asset Management Group Co., Ltd. He saw a scene that dazzled him: the door of the company was closed and people were empty. "I called her and sent a message and kept telling me, 'wait 10 minutes'." About 20 minutes later, the phone went unanswered.

On April 23, the reporter came to the "company" of female customers, and it was indeed emptied. Ms. Wu, a receptionist at the Jingjiang Oriental Hotel next door, who was on duty that night, said the man arrived here before 7 o'clock and had been waiting here for a long time.

It's 12:00 in the evening and no one has come to pick it up yet. "it was late at that time. Looking at the coffee in front of the hotel and in the corner of the hall, Ms. Wu had no choice but to call Mr. Liu and ask how to deal with it." He said he wouldn't come to pick it up. The coffee was dirty when it rained. "after that, 65 cups of coffee were disposed of by the hotel staff themselves.

On April 23, Mr. Liu tried again to send text messages to customers and found that he had been blocked.

"in fact, she just lied to me for 920 yuan, but why did she lie to me to buy 65 cups of coffee?" Mr. Liu, who lost 3000 yuan, was somewhat unwilling: for the 65 cups of coffee that day, then the delivery was found to be in vain, and finally he gave up after 9 p.m., spending a total of five hours.

The absence of Starbucks takeout has created a lot of business.

Errands said that coffee is bought in line like ordinary consumers from nearby Starbucks stores, and then delivered to the designated location by electric car, which can deliver about 20 to 30 orders a day. Although this kind of purchasing agent is also purchased from Starbucks stores, this way, the risks are great.

At present, searching for Starbucks on ele.me and Meituan takeout will show a series of "Starbucks daigou stores" without Starbucks officials. Click to open a purchasing agency, and you can clearly see a message on its bulletin board: "our store is a purchasing agent for XX- Starbucks." All business activities of our store have nothing to do with Starbucks, store information is for reference only, for takeout service, please call 'XX' customer service. "

Starbucks is also planning to make takeout.

In fact, for many catering brands, takeout has become a consumption scene that can not be ignored. For many people, ordering takeout to buy drinks has become a time-saving choice for the working day. Especially for temporary overtime meetings, not ordering Starbucks for colleagues can still be regarded as a good leader?

Starbucks has been in China for nearly 20 years, and it has cultivated a new generation of consumers' habit of consuming coffee conveniently. But like many multinationals, Starbucks' attempts in the Chinese market are conservative, and takeout service is one of them.

Do Chinese white-collar workers need a cup of coffee or a cup of Starbucks?

When there is no formal takeout service, star fans are willing to use "errands" to buy a cup of coffee. The emergence of a "small industry" is also a reflection of the influence of a strong brand, and challengers should consider carefully whether it represents the needs of the beverage market.

Finally, Wang Jingying, chief executive of Starbucks China, said on a conference call in February: I can't wait to launch a takeout service in China.

Starbucks official takeout, it's really not far away.

Starbucks is ready to make takeout.

What do you think?