It is reported that the company's two bedside tables with a price tag of more than 40,000 are actually made of polymer resin materials, large core plates and MDF, and the surface carving is also mold forming rather than artificial engraving. The results of the “Da Vinci†furniture fraud investigation announced by the city’s industrial and commercial department recently triggered public concern about the quality of furniture. Professionals revealed that material fraud is a "stubborn disease" in the furniture industry. Since July, a city's Consumer Protection Committee has received 308 furniture complaints, more than double the same period last year, including more than 40% of complaints involving material issues.
Material fraud is the "hard disease" of the furniture industry
Mr. Li recently purchased a set of neo-classical furniture with a price of more than 30,000 yuan at a furniture factory. The materials marked by the merchants are birch and MDF, and the surface is decorated with delicate carvings. But after buying it home, the carving began to fall off. Mr. Li found that the carving was not hand-carved, but rather a “resin moldingâ€. What makes him even more surprised is that the basic material of furniture is not birch, but medium density board, solid wood furniture is not "real".
With the increase in people's attention to the quality of furniture, environmentally friendly solid wood furniture has been favored in recent years. A salesperson told Xiaobian that although the price of solid wood furniture is more than double that of sheet furniture, sales are still very popular. Xiaobian visited several furniture stores and found that the merchants that played the "100% pure solid wood" and "100% solid wood" banner were not in the minority. In their propaganda, they all promised "no trace of veneer, MDF and particleboard." However, industry insiders revealed that in fact, all solid wood furniture accounts for only about 10% of the entire furniture market.
The person in charge of the furniture professional office of the Municipal Consumer Protection Committee said frankly that many of the carved materials used in European furniture are not solid wood materials promoted by merchants, but polymer materials such as resins.
According to reports, the price of solid wood furniture below 5,000 yuan is often "hanging sheep head selling dog meat", the surface is solid wood material, the side panel is blockboard. Among the stores that Xiaobian visited, the solid wood wardrobe is only sold for more than 2,000 yuan. The salesperson explained that because it is factory direct sales, the price is relatively low. When asked about the “substrate†column on the label, the salesperson immediately denied that “the label was incorrectly labeled and not made of MDF.â€
Due to the complexity of the classification of solid wood furniture, consumers are often confused by the "concept" made by the sellers. For example, the merchants refer to "solid wood veneer furniture" as "solid wood furniture", or "solid wood furniture" and "all solid wood furniture". In fact, according to national standards, solid wood furniture is divided into three types: solid wood furniture, solid wood furniture and solid wood veneer furniture. The wooden parts of all solid wood furniture are made of solid wood material, while the solid wood furniture is only made of solid wood. The solid wood veneer furniture is covered with solid wood veneer or veneer on the basis of the basic material is solid wood.
A city's Consumer Protection Committee has conducted comparative tests on wood furniture, wood-based panels and their products. Among the 26 types of wood furniture and wood-based panel furniture that were sampled, only three were qualified, and the pass rate was only 12%. Most of the 23 unqualified furniture have material fraud problems, and the material trees of the seven kinds of furniture do not match the merchant's promise. In the sampling inspection, "solid wood furniture is not real" has occurred. The solid wood furniture promised by the merchants is actually semi-solid wood furniture or made of blockboard. Such furniture often only has a frame made of solid wood, and the rest is made of MDF veneer. In addition, due to the large price difference between different tree species, merchants often steal the column, fake trees or make names, such as the eucalyptus wood, the beech, and the beech wood. Golden silk pomelo, South African pomelo, etc.
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