Be careful when buying gold-plated items on Tet holiday

Gold-plated items, especially golden mice, are one of the most popular items during the 2020 Lunar New Year.

This year, the trend of consumers is to buy gold-plated mice as luxurious gifts for friends and relatives. The cute mice are symbols of luck and prosperity, making many customers willing to spend several million or even tens of millions of dong to buy them as gifts for Tet. However, are gold-plated products really real gold, or simply gold-colored? How to recognize fake gold-plated products?

Gold-plated mice are a popular gift product for this year's Lunar New Year. Illustrative photo

"I feel very sorry for my partner. The purchase was expensive but the gift was fake," Mr. Hung said indignantly.

In fact, with the naked eye, it is very difficult for customers to distinguish real gold-plated products from fake gold-plated products because they all have the same beautiful, sparkling gold color. Fake gold-plated products are actually just shaped terracotta covered with layers of gold-plated paper. If this paper has no gold or very little gold, after a short time they will change color, look dull, patchy...

If customers want to buy standard gold-plated products, they must first carefully research the origin of the product, and choose reputable brands and stores with clear addresses.

This year's gold-plated mouse statues have many beautiful designs, symbolizing luck and fortune...

A representative of a unit specializing in manufacturing high-end gold-plated gifts in Vietnam shared: Normally, real gold-plated gifts will have different prices depending on the size, but not so cheap as to be only a few hundred thousand. If consumers buy those products at cheap prices, they should be cautious and vigilant. In addition, there are some establishments that copy samples, or import samples from places of unknown origin to sell.

Fake gold-plated items are often cheaper than the market price but their "lifespan" is not long. After a short time, they will fade and become damaged. It is worth mentioning that many customers cannot distinguish these types of gifts, so they still spend money to buy them, even at quite high prices, but the quality is not as expected.

On the occasion of the upcoming Canh Ty New Year, gold-plated mice are still a "best-selling" product because according to folk beliefs, mice live from food sources given by humans and nature, and this is an animal with exponential fertility, so people believe that wherever there are mice, there is abundant food and growth. Perhaps that is why gold-plated mouse gifts carry the meaning of abundance and prosperity.

For customers who want to buy genuine gold-plated gifts with guaranteed quality, they should first find reputable manufacturers that are highly rated by many users. In addition, when buying, they can invite experienced people to go with them. If there is time, it is best to go to the place to see the product in person to have a better choice. Notably, customers need to pay attention to the warranty card for gold-plated products to ensure quality and maintain the product annually if needed./.