The mahogany furniture market is mixed with fish and dragons to deceive consumers

Redwood tree species have long growth cycles and scarce resources, and have always been regarded as high-grade wood, mainly used for making furniture and arts and crafts. The beautifully carved mahogany furniture is widely loved by consumers at home and abroad. In recent years, the prices of mahogany raw materials and mahogany furniture have been increasing. However, the mahogany furniture market is full of fish and dragons, and some merchants have used methods such as hiding from the sky, confusing audio-visual, and sub-charging to deceive consumers. According to a market survey by reporters, the prices of mahogany tables and chairs of similar models and the same wood are different by more than a hundred times.

At the second meeting of the fifth session of the Shenzhen CPPCC, Dai Aiguo proposed that as a part of traditional culture, the Redwood Furniture Branch of the Cultural Fair should be set up. At the same time, in view of the current market chaos, he called on relevant government departments to jointly establish an industry leadership group to strengthen guidance and supervision of industrial development.

The price difference of similar models exceeds 100 times

Not a mahogany name

Reporter investigation

The price difference of similar models exceeds 100 times

Mahogany furniture has conquered many consumers because of its sophisticated craftsmanship, reasonable design and great collection potential. However, the reporter's investigations over the past few days have found that the price of mahogany furniture in the Shenzhen market is chaotic, and it has become so staggering.

Yesterday, in a mahogany furniture store on Meihua Road, Shangmeilin, the reporter saw a set (5 pieces) of red rosewood tables and chairs, priced at 12,000 yuan. The sales staff told reporters that the company is currently adjusting its sales strategy. Red rosewood furniture will no longer be sold in the future and can be sold at a 30% discount at a net price of 4,000 yuan. Seeing the reporter's unwillingness to buy, the salesperson reluctantly said again: "Boss, this material is from Dalbergia altissima from Myanmar."

Coincidentally, the reporter immediately found a set of red rosewood tables and chairs of similar styles in a mahogany furniture store of Red Star · Macalon Century Center, and the same is also a 5-piece set. 680,000 yuan. A shop clerk of the shop said that the furniture had just been bought by an old customer a few days ago, and the net price was 500,000 yuan. "So expensive?" Faced with a surprised expression on the reporter's face, the clerk said: "It's not expensive anymore. Because it is an old customer, our boss only sold it at this price."

At the corner of the store, the reporter also saw a set of (6 pieces) Hainan Huanghuali sofa set, with a price tag of 5.6 million. "How much is this set?" The clerk said: "It must be more than 3.7 million. A few days ago, a Hong Kong businessman took someone to see it and offered a price of 3.7 million, but he talked to the boss several times. Less, and ultimately did not sell. "

Motto

Not a mahogany name

It is understood that according to the national standards in 2000, 8 types of wood can be called mahogany: rosewood, rosewood, ebony, striped ebony, red rosewood, chicken wings, black rosewood and Fragrant wood. The above woods can be further subdivided into 33 tree species. For example, red rosewood woods have 7 tree species such as Dalbergia philoxeroides, Dalbergia barryi and Dalbergia austenis.

"The price chaos in the mahogany furniture market is mainly due to the fact that some merchants use obfuscation and audiovisual, sub-optimal sales, etc." Chen Guolin, the person in charge of classical mahogany furniture in Shenzhen Grand View Garden, said: "The so-called confusion is to mess up non-mahogany wood." 'Redwood name, but not expressly sold as non-redwood. "For example," windmill wood "is called" black rosewood "," viral wood "is called" green sandalwood ", and" iron wood bean "is called" red sandalwood " Another example is to call "Guyi Sumu" "Brazil Rosewood", "African Rosewood" "Indian Red Flower Pear" and so on. Taking advantage of consumers' lack of expertise in timber and unblocked information channels, they deliberately conceal the truth of "non-redwood" during sales promotion, causing consumers the illusion of "redwood".

Chen Guolin believes that sub-charging is the most widely adopted by some unscrupulous businessmen. He said that even if the mahogany furniture is the same kind of wood, because of the specific wood type and origin, the price is also quite different. For example, "Dalbergia velutipes" and "Dalbergia chinensis" in red rosewood, the former is mainly produced in South America, and the latter is mainly produced in South-South Peninsula of Southeast Asia. Due to the different growth environment and wood species, the wood color is different. The difference, like Dalbergia velutipes, is mostly yellowish, while the color of Dalbergia chinensis is thicker, which is purple reddish brown or dark reddish brown. The price of the former is about 7,000 yuan per cubic meter this year, while the price of the latter is as high as 50,000 yuan per cubic meter.

Hainan Huanghualimu is the best material for making mahogany furniture, and the current market price of timber has risen to 11 million yuan / ton. "It's also priceless now." Chen Guolin picked up a section of Hainan Huanghualimu, and pointed at the tree heart with only a pencil rod in the middle of the wood to tell the reporter: "This tree heart is made of mahogany furniture. The expert called Heartwood. The other part is called 'white skin' and cannot be used as mahogany furniture wood. "He said that this piece of Huanghuali wood has been grown for 30 years, but even the qualification to make mahogany furniture trim is not enough. "All the usable Huanghua pear trees that have been growing for more than 500 years are now extinct." He said that he opened two stores in Shenzhen and sold old furniture that was reprocessed after being recovered. After the 1990s, 99% of the Hainan Huanghuali furniture produced by the masters were pretended to be African hedgehog rosewood and others.

How to distinguish true and false Hainan Huanghuali furniture? Chen Guolin said that posing as the hedgehog rosewood is the most, but it can be distinguished from the smell. The Hedgehog Rosewood smells offensive, while Hainan Huanghua Pear has a delicate fragrance.

Real Hainan Huanghuali furniture is expensive. Chen Guolin said that the low chair he was sitting on with a coffee table was made of Hainan Huanghuali. "Originally, there were two pieces of old furniture recovered from Hainan three years ago. At that time, the purchase price was less than 20,000 yuan per piece. A few days ago, my friend bought it forcibly and the transaction price was 100,000 yuan."

Market trends

Vietnamese semi-finished product assembly problems

It is understood that there is still a kind of "white skin" ("white skin" is the white part of the wood, the jargon of the mahogany world is also called "white edge", the scientific name is "sapwood".) phenomenon. Chen Guolin said that as far as he knows, this phenomenon also exists in Shenzhen, but it is rare. "In fact, it is very simple to distinguish whether it is" white skin ", which can be done by ordinary citizens." Chen Guolin taught a simple method to reporters, under the flashlight lighting, carefully observe whether the front and side lines of the table and chairs are consistent. "The outside is mahogany and the inside is white leather, so the furniture made in this way can't have the same texture."

"Now the biggest impact on the market is the semi-finished products of mahogany furniture from Vietnam." Chen Guolin told reporters that currently the mahogany furniture made from semi-finished products from Vietnam accounts for a large proportion. There are two problems with these assembled furniture: First, there are few tenons, generally only on both sides, and in addition, the tenons are very shallow; second, the wood has not been dried.

"These two points cause a big problem in the assembled mahogany furniture." Chen Guolin said, taking the example of few tenons and shallow, some manufacturers will use wood powder to fill it, and then use 502 glue Glued. But the problem is that the glue will age after 5-10 years, and the furniture will fall apart. The authentic mahogany furniture mostly adopts the crafts of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. There are many tenons. There are dozens of tenons on a drawer, and they are very deep. It is not a problem to use them for hundreds of years.

According to Chen Guolin, mahogany furniture assembled from semi-finished products from Vietnam is 60% cheaper than domestic mahogany furniture. He said: "Vietnam's mahogany resources are relatively abundant and the prices are cheap. However, as China's mahogany prices have skyrocketed in recent years, Vietnam has also tightened restrictions on mahogany exports. It is difficult to import raw materials, and manufacturers often import semi-finished products."

Consumer tips

Be sure to indicate the Chinese name when purchasing

In the eyes of Chen Guolin, the current national mahogany standards were formulated early, and there are many shortcomings. "The production area has been downplayed, and the relevant inspection departments have not done the identification of the production area. But now some manufacturers are keen to mark the production areas such as 'Laos', 'Cambodia' and 'Myanmar' and sell them at high prices." He said that this is the case in the Shenzhen market It is very common that manufacturers cannot provide valid proofs at all, and the false distortion is serious.

The mahogany furniture is difficult to pick, and it is easy to be fooled without understanding the doorway. Chen Guolin reminded the public that when buying mahogany furniture, it is best to ask the manufacturer to provide a material test report. The sales invoice must indicate the Chinese name of the mahogany tree species (such as Dalbergia philippinarum, Dalbergia baltica, Dalbergia austria, etc.), but not generally. "Redwood" or "Red Rosewood".

Gu Hongtao, director of the Complaint Department of the Shenzhen Consumer Council, also said that mahogany furniture is a valuable item, and you must be cautious when buying it. It is best to ask experts to appraise before deciding whether to place an order.

In addition, in order to discover problems in the future and facilitate the protection of rights, consumers should sign an agreement when dealing with merchants, requiring merchants to clearly indicate the product name, specifications and models, origin, manufacturer name, main materials, auxiliary materials, paint quality, Quality grade, product standard number, supporting piece number, pricing unit, sales price, etc.
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