The crystal lamp is called the nobleman in the lighting. With the improvement of the level of home decoration, the high-grade crystal lamps that were previously seen in public places such as hotel halls are gradually adopted by the owners in the decoration, but the public knows very little about this field. Let some unscrupulous businesses take advantage of the loopholes.
"Crystal" explains a lot of strange things
Recently, the reporter went to Nanning Renmin Road Lighting Street and visited the more than ten shops selling crystal lamps as consumers. “Is the crystal lamp really made of crystal?†For the reporter’s question, more than half of the lighting sales staff gave a positive answer: “It’s made of crystal.â€
The crystal lamps here vary in price depending on the size of the lamp body. Most of them vary from 1,000 yuan to more than 3,000 yuan. After the small cut, they can be reduced by two or three percent. The price can be said to be very popular. The medium-sized crystal chandelier can be sold for only about 1,300 yuan. The reporter couldn't help but wonder: Is the decorative material used in these crystal lamps really crystal?
"It's crystal." Faced with the reporter's question, many lighting salesmen have said it. However, after the reporters continue to ask questions, their further explanations are a bit strange. A female shop owner said: "This is artificial crystal, not natural crystal." In another shop, the salesperson told reporters: "It is crystal, but it is not a top crystal, because crystal can be divided into many grades." When asked which crystal of the crystal used in his store, he couldn't answer it anymore.
Crystal lamp is really crystal glass lamp
After the visit, the reporter’s concept of the crystal lamp became more and more unclear, and it became more and more unrecognizable. In Nanning People's Road, the reporter met a citizen who was buying lamp accessories, Ms. Li, and she also expressed the same confusion.
Ms. Li said that in her impression, the crystal clear crystal is a very noble material, even the artificial crystal is also very valuable, the high-end artificial crystal jewelry in the department store boutique, the price of a small one will reach thousands of yuan. The crystal lamp hanging on the layered crystal pendant is only a thousand dollars. I don't know if the crystal lamp is made of crystal or glass. Is there any "catty" inside?
“The crystal lamp is really a crystal glass lamp, or a crystal lamp.†Mr. Wei, who has many years of sales experience in the Nanning lighting industry, told the reporter. He believes that the merchant did not tell the consumers the clear meaning of the crystal lamp, and some are based on the unification of the industry, but some are purely intentional concealment, the concept of "crystal glass lamp" into "crystal lamp" to mislead consumers. .
“The crystal glass lamps sold in the general market are simply called crystal lamps, but the merchants understand that this “crystal†is not the same as the real crystal. Many merchants do not explain this to consumers clearly. The so-called sales strategy, because such a title can sell high prices for lamps." Mr. Wei believes.
Crystal lamps are mostly miscellaneous
The crystal lamp sold in the market is produced in Guangdong, but the reporter found a strange phenomenon. In the shops visited by Nanning People's Road, most of the crystal glass lamps sold were small brands or no brands at all.
In a brand lighting store, there are also common chandeliers, wall lamps and ceiling lamps in the family. There are also five or six styles of crystal lamps, which give the impression of different series of products of the same brand. But once you understand, you know that the crystal lamp is not the brand's product, and the brands of these five or six crystal lamps are also different. The owner told reporters that they are all buying goods in Guangdong, and they will come back when they see it. It doesn't matter which brand it is, because consumers only look at the style when they choose the lamp.
When the reporter said that he did not understand the quality of the crystal lamp, many salesmen immediately turned on the light enthusiastically to show the lighting effect of the crystal lamp, repeatedly claiming that it was "made of crystal", and when the reporter requested the specification or manufacturing material of the crystal lamp. At the time of the introduction, most of the merchants could not get it, and said that "there is no need for instructions."
Most merchants do not mention lead content
On May 16, the reporter interviewed an industry veteran, Mr. Chen, the general agent of Guangxi, a brand of lighting in China. Mr. Chen introduced that the quality of the crystal glass lamp, the degree of gorgeous effect depends on the crystal pendant, that is, the crystal ball or the crystal wafer. The key to the quality of the crystal pendant is the lead content. For this point, when the reporter visited the crystal lamp market before, the owner did not mention it at all.
It is understood that crystals are classified according to the content of lead. The higher the purity, the more expensive. The high-grade crystal is represented by Austrian crystal, and the lead content is more than 35%. The cutting surface is many, and it can reach more than 200 cutting surfaces, so the light is more refractive. More, the effect is crystal shining; followed by the crystals produced in Egypt, Czech Republic and other countries, the lead content reaches 30%, which is a mid-range product, and its cutting surface can reach more than 100; while the domestic crystal contains only 10% lead, the purity is better. Low, belonging to lower grade products. Mr. Chen said: "More than 90% of the low-grade crystal lamps sold on the Nanning market use domestic crystals."
For crystal lamps of low quality or low purity, the merchants will never disclose their lead content. This is the reason why the lead content is not seen in the low-end crystal lamp market. Mr. Chen suggested that consumers should try to ask the purity of the crystal pendants they use when purchasing high-grade crystal lamps, that is, lead content, or ask the merchant to show the relevant materials.
Be careful to buy low-end products at high prices.
Because of the high purity, the brand crystal lamp is naturally expensive. Because there is a huge price difference between the high-grade crystal lamp and the low-grade crystal lamp, for some businessmen who are trying to make profits, use low-grade crystal lamps to pretend to be high-grade crystal lamps, even use Made of fake crystal material, there is still a phenomenon of fish in the market, and consumers should polish their eyes.
According to industry insiders, crystals with different lead contents have a price difference of 10 or even 30 times. Mr. Chen revealed: "The high-quality crystal lamps with good quality and high purity can reach tens of thousands of yuan, and the price difference with mid-range crystal is about 10 times, and the difference between high-grade crystal and low-grade crystal can reach 20 times or even 30 times." The difference in the market price of lamps is so great. If you buy a crystal lamp of low purity at a high price, it is definitely a great loss for consumers.
Is there a most direct and effective way to identify the quality of crystal lamps? For the issue that consumers are most concerned about, the industry's introduction, the simplest is to watch the light refraction and transparency of the crystal pendant. When there is no light source around, in the face of natural light, the more the refracted light of the crystal sphere, the higher the purity, the better the quality of the crystal, and the fake and inferior crystal sphere not only has no light refraction, but also a sense of turbidity. In addition, good quality crystal spheres also have monochromatic light, such as red, yellow, blue, green and other small light maps. Using these simple identification methods, consumers can have a certain understanding of the crystal lamp of choice.
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