I advise you not to buy this kind of blind box that can "open a huge sum of money"!

This article reveals the truth and potential risks behind express blind boxes, analyzes the origin, sales channels and official response measures of this phenomenon, and guides your reading. I hope it will be helpful to you.

"Blind box" is a new term that has become popular in recent years.

In addition to the traditional trendy toy circle, blind boxes have now extended to all walks of life, with the main theme being that everything is a blind box.

Blind boxes for food and drinks, blind boxes for clothes, blind boxes for air tickets... there is nothing that blind boxes can't do (for sure).

Therefore, the ways of playing around "blind boxes" have been constantly innovating, and if you are not careful for a while, you will fall behind the trend.

As a veteran buyer in the blind box circle, Taohuo Xiaolei has also bought many things with the nature of "blind boxes".

To be honest, many times we play games not for the hidden prizes or big prizes, but to experience the unknown surprises.

What if? What if I win the special prize? I believe many of my friends have the same idea as me.

But, Xiao Lei is about to say but again.

Recently, an alternative blind box has suddenly become popular in the blind box circle - the express blind box . Wow, is this a new thing?

However, after some careful investigation, Xiao Lei found that there are many tricks behind the express blind boxes. If you want to buy it, please listen to my advice!

1. Express blind boxes are hot selling

The so-called "blind box" looks exactly the same as the express delivery we come into contact with in our daily life.

Generally speaking, they are all the same brown and yellow courier paper boxes with a white paper strip of the courier label attached to the box.

Xiao Lei discovered that this kind of express blind box is generally sold on e-commerce or second-hand platforms and is very secretive.

If you search the keyword "express blind box" directly on the platform, all you will find are the contents of other blind boxes.

Once certain special keywords are used, these express blind boxes can be searched, and they are hidden very deeply.

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This type of express blind box is mainly sold in two styles: one is sold by piece, and the other is sold by kilogram .

You read it right, it’s the “pound” on the scale. Wow, if you don’t know, you would think they are selling pork.

There are certain requirements for the " weight", which can range from a few pounds to dozens of pounds . The latter must be a test of the buyer's arm strength (bushi).

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Some friends may ask, the prices seem not cheap, will anyone really buy these express blind boxes?

You have to admit that the sales are really good. Just based on the product link of a courier blind box, hundreds of people placed orders and paid.

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Xiao Lei took a look at the product details and comments and immediately understood that the buyer was after the valuable items in the blind box that exceeded the order price.

Generally speaking, merchants will promise that each product will be individually packaged and there will be no empty packages, with the main goal of ensuring a happy unpacking experience.

And wow, the gift categories in the blind box are super rich:

Electronic products, photographic equipment, household goods, children's toys, clothes and shoes, cosmetics and lipsticks, watches and jewelry, power tools, various ornaments and high-end bags...

This express blind box has such a complete range of products, I would believe it if you told me it was a "treasure box".

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Take a look at the comments in the express blind box product link, saying "everyone got a good thing".

Some people bought things worth thousands of dollars and sold them at a profit, some bought skin care products and other daily necessities, and some bought electronic products such as sound cards and graphics cards.

With the double buff of merchant promises and buyers’ positive reviews, it is no surprise that express blind boxes have been selling well in recent times.

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2. Where do express blind boxes come from?

Then another question arises: where do these "express blind boxes" come from?

Xiao Lei did some in-depth research and found that there are two main channels for delivering blind boxes.

The first channel is that some merchants package their idle low-priced products into blind express boxes and sell them in order to dispose of them.

Well, there are two situations here:

One is that the seller deliberately conceals the truth and misleads buyers into thinking that they are buying a so-called blind express box.

The other is that the seller declares in advance that what they are selling are the merchant’s low-priced goods, but they are just delivered in the form of blind boxes.

The former is suspected of deceiving buyers, while the latter is more honest. However, there are good and bad ones mixed together and sometimes buyers may not be able to tell the difference.

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The second channel, the "express blind box", is real express delivery, and the source of goods comes from the operations of internal personnel of certain express companies.

According to CCTV media reports, a large number of "express blind boxes" come from express parcels returned by the original buyers to the original merchants.

This isn't very intuitive, so let me explain it to you.

Buyer A returns the express to merchant B, but it is intercepted by C, an insider of the express company, and sold to merchant D. Merchant D then sells the express blind box on e-commerce platforms or second-hand platforms to other buyers E and F...

Therefore, most of the user information on these express deliveries can actually be queried.

Source: Focus Interview

On the one hand, due to the large number of express deliveries, the number of returns only accounts for a small part of them, and it is difficult for merchants to take care of them when they are busy.

On the other hand, some merchants have not established a detailed registration mechanism for return express, which results in the whereabouts of some returned items not being recorded.

Therefore, some internal staff of express delivery stations took advantage of this loophole and sold these unreturned express deliveries to merchants specializing in blind box express deliveries.

Look, CCTV reporters also found from the "Express Blind Box" that many return addresses went to a branch of Yunda Express in Zhejiang.

The reporter called Yunda Express Zhejiang Company and one of its outlets, and the response he received was that the outlet would return the parcel to the sender and there was no sale of express delivery.

But when the reporter visited the outlet in person, the staff said: "The returned items are taken away by car and sold at one yuan per pound."

Emmm, the speed of slapping in the face is so fast...

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3. The companies involved were interviewed

Selling normal users' express deliveries as blind boxes has violated industry regulations and violated relevant laws.

Well, the authorities also took action quickly.

On April 2, the State Post Bureau summoned Shanghai Yunda Freight Co., Ltd. and asked it to promptly rectify its violations.

It is also required to actively cooperate with relevant departments in investigating and handling the issue of illegal handling of user returns by the express delivery outlets involved.

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On the afternoon of April 3, Yunda also responded to the interview, and the relevant person in charge said that they were waiting for the results of the police investigation.

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Having said that, I think you all should know what the so-called "express blind box" is.

The origin of most express blind boxes is unknown, which not only violates the privacy of the original buyers, but also causes the original merchants to lose material costs.

Moreover, there are quite a few "shills" in the comment sections of many express blind boxes. How can there be so many high-value things in blind boxes?

Finally, Xiao Lei would like to remind everyone that we should not buy these "express blind boxes" for both moral and legal reasons.

After all, the purpose of buying blind boxes is to have fun, so there should be fewer influences from other factors.

Author:Jonty

Source: Xiaolei Bibi (ID: xiaoleibbb)