Consumer Concerns: Down Jacket Refurbishment Prices Rose Slightly

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Already appeared in the major shopping malls in Changchun, compared with previous years, its prices also rose slightly.

At the same time, the price of the down garment has been raised.

On the 24 day, East Asian reporters visited many of Changchun's down garment refurbishment shops and learned that the down jacket has been refurbished and customized, and has entered the peak season of "volume and price rise".

"This is not looking at the winter. It's more expensive to buy a new down jacket, so I'll refurbish the old down jacket."

On the morning of 24 th, Mr. Meng and his wife in Changchun came to a down garment renovation shop near the fourth West Road in Changchun, ready to refurbish their down garments.

Like Mr Meng, many citizens chose to refurbish old down or custom-made down garments before the temperature dropped completely.

"It's been a good business these days. It can pick up more than 10 refurbished jobs a day, and 2 jobs a day."

In a down jacket renovation shop near five road in Changchun, Mr. shopkeeper is doing renovation work.

He said that the price of down coats in the market is very high now. If a large brand is at least around 1000 yuan per piece, many people will refurbish or customize it, so that they can save some money.

At the same time, another owner of the new down jacket shop said that after a few days of heavy snow, the number of people who came to the shop to refurbish down garments began to increase, and now there are more than 5 customers coming down with down coats every day.

Down jacket refurbishment price rose slightly

While the price of the new down jacket is rising, the price of the down garment has been increased slightly this year.

"The price of renovation this year is about 20 yuan higher than that of last year, mainly because of the increase in labor costs."

In the renovation shop, Mr. Yu was sitting on the bench, busy with his work and chatting with East Asian reporters.

He said that this year, the price of refurbished long down jacket is generally around 180 yuan -200 yuan, and the short amount is about 150 yuan.

Compared with last year, there was a slight increase, but it was really due to artificial reasons.

The staff of another down jacket renovation shop also said that the wages of the employees in the shop are also rising, and the price of the refurbishment and down coats has increased slightly.

Ordering is less than half the purchase of down coats.

The price of upper brand down clothing is more expensive. Besides renovation, many people choose to make down garments.

According to a number of shopkeepers, people want to order down garments, and need to provide eiderdown and choose according to the styles and patterns provided in the store.

In addition, the style design can also be customized according to the style you like.

"It's still a good fit. It's a lot cheaper."

A consumer calculated an account.

Generally speaking, the down feather of a down garment needs about 5 two. According to the down price of the down garment refurbished shop, it is 30 yuan -50 yuan / two, plus the fabric inside and outside, and the overall price of a down garment is around 300 yuan.

This compares with the price of down garments in the market, and the price is about half cheaper than the new down jacket.

During the visit, East Asian reporters noted that the price of new down clothing this year is generally concentrated in more than 500 yuan, while some discount sales of down coats are old ones.

"In fact, apart from the brand and design of the brand down jacket, we are making more for the public to keep warm, maybe less in fashion, but the price is still cheaper."

A refurbished shop staff said.

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Supervision of sewing process

Although the price of the down jacket is cheaper than that bought from the store, there are also consumers concerned about the quality of the down products sold by the down shop.

"As far as I know, when making down garments, regular manufacturers will sterilize the down with 120 degrees high temperature for half an hour.

Can you guarantee the disinfection of the down products purchased at the refurbishment store? "Changchun citizen MS Xin is concerned about this.

During the visit, reporters did not find that there were disinfecting facilities in the down shop renovation shop.

A down jacket renovation shop near Xi'an bridge, Changchun, maintains that the down products sold in the shop are all from the manufacturer. "Down is new, and the manufacturers have finished the down disinfection."

A shopkeeper near the main road in Changchun said frankly that for the down garments provided by consumers themselves, they are only required to refurbish them as required.

"They are all dressed by themselves, and they are brought after washing. There is no need to sterilize them."

In addition, people in the industry reminded the public that tailoring down clothing should supervise the sewing process in person and keep the receipt receipts.