Does the “magic tool for grabbing tickets” work?
Does the "ticket-grabbing tool" work? Tickets for high-speed and light-speed tickets vary in price. Tickets for window seats and lower berths have to be charged extra. Li Yue, who works in Beijing, has been troubled by ticket grabbing recently - on the eve of May Day this year, she used the 12306 waitlist function to buy a train ticket home, but she waited for many days and failed to buy a ticket; now, during the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day, It was coming soon, and in order to buy a train ticket home, she decided to use a ticket-grabbing software. "Members who have opened three ticket-grabbing software and bought accelerated privileges have spent a lot of money, but they still haven't gotten the tickets yet." A reporter from the "Rule of Law Daily" learned from a recent interview that many passengers preparing to travel during this year's Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holiday have encountered the same "difficulty in buying tickets" as Li Yue. Some passengers have pinned their "hopes" on the "light-speed ticket shopping" of third-party platforms. Tickets", "ticket-grabbing tool", "ticket-free tool" and other services. However, China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. clarified through official Weibo and other channels on September 20 that Railway 12306 has never authorized any third-party platform to sell train tickets, and it is impossible to give third-party platforms the so-called "priority to purchase tickets." In response, many netizens called these "ticket-grabbing tools" on third-party platforms "scammers"; but at the same time, some netizens were confused: In the past, they often used third-party platforms to grab tickets and indeed bought train tickets. What happened? What exactly are these "ticket grabbing artifacts"? Does it work? Ticket-grabbing software becomes popular There are various ways to add money According to incomplete statistics, there are dozens of ticket grabbing software currently on the market. Most of them claim to be able to "accelerate ticket grabbing" and "prioritize ticket grabbing", but there is no 100% guarantee that they will be able to grab tickets. So, does the ticket grabbing software work? In the view of Mr. Zhang from Hedong District, Tianjin, the ticket-grabbing software is pure deception. He told reporters that before the Spring Festival last year, in order to buy a high-speed rail ticket back to his hometown, he registered for a ticket grabbing software at 12306 and bought an acceleration package for 30 yuan. As a result, the next day, he received 12306 The text message reminded that the waiting list was successful, but at this time the ticket grabbing software was still grabbing tickets. “The ticket-grabbing software said that if I couldn’t grab the tickets, I could get a refund for the money I paid for the acceleration package. But when I was about to cancel the ticket-grabbing, the ticket-grabbing software succeeded in grabbing the tickets and even sent me a text message asking me to share this ‘good news’ with Social platform." Mr. Zhang recalled that he immediately contacted the customer service of the ticket grabbing software and said that 12306 had been successfully waitlisted earlier than the ticket grabbing software and hoped that the other party could refund the money. Unexpectedly, the other party said, "The reason why he was successfully waitlisted on 12306 is because Used ticket grabbing software" and refused to refund. During the interview, the reporter found that passengers encountered various problems when using ticket grabbing software. Chen Kuan, a Shanghai citizen, encountered the problem of "if you want to successfully grab tickets, you have to buy more stops." He told reporters that he was interested in a certain ticket-grabbing software that had the function of intelligently recommending ticket combinations, so he downloaded and registered to use it. “As a result, when I returned to Suzhou, Anhui from Shanghai, I was recommended to travel on the same train. I needed to buy 6 more stops, that is, from I bought the ticket directly from Shanghai to Beijing and then got off the bus from Suzhou in advance. The original ticket costing more than 200 yuan now costs more than 500 yuan for the whole journey." "The customer service explained that this was done to increase the success rate of ticket grabbing, but if you buy it this way, it is better to buy the full ticket directly on 12306." Chen Kuan complained. After that, he changed to several ticket grabbing software, many of which were It is recommended that he buy more stops to grab tickets. The reporter noticed that in order to welcome the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holiday, many third-party platforms have recently launched ticket grabbing strategies. Different from the official ticket sales channel of China Railway Group, the third-party platform can select multiple dates, train numbers, and seats at the same time, make reservations to grab tickets, and grab tickets automatically when they go on sale; some platforms will mark the success rate of ticket grabbing. The more you choose, the higher your success rate. Take a certain ticket grabbing software as an example. On September 20, the reporter chose to buy a high-speed rail ticket from Beijing to Wuhan during the Mid-Autumn Festival. The page showed that there were no tickets left. It was recommended to grab tickets. The ticket grabbing rate is currently low, and it can be accelerated by purchasing. Improve the success rate of ticket grabbing through packages and other methods. On the software's promotional page, you can see the words "Served 200 million users." The software's ticket grabbing speed is divided into 6 levels. Low-speed ticket grabbing is 0 yuan, 100m/s network speed; fast ticket grabbing is 10 yuan, 5 booster packs, 200m/s internet speed; high-speed ticket grabbing is 30 yuan, 15 booster packs, 300m/s Internet speed; 40 yuan for extreme speed ticket grabbing, 20 booster packs, 350m/s internet speed; 50 yuan for light speed ticket grab, 25 booster packs, 400m/s internet speed; 60 yuan for VIP ticket grabbing privileges, including VIP grab Ticket privileges x 4 times, 40 booster packs, 400m/s internet speed. In addition, there is an accelerated package that includes tickets. Add 45 yuan to the original price of the ticket to get all-round tickets, including continuous waiting list, 24-hour dedicated help, etc. Both the accelerated package and the package are marked with a full refund if the ticket grab fails. It is said that these acceleration contents do not conflict with each other. Software membership, acceleration package and acceleration package can be "obtained together", and you can also pay more to grab "personalized" seats such as connecting seats, window seats, and lower berths. The reporter did some calculations and found that if you grab a ticket through an agency software, some agency fees may be higher than the ticket price. The reporter tried to grab tickets and found that the acceleration rules of different ticket grabbing software are different. From "low speed" to "light speed", the price gradually increases, "all-day dedicated ticket grabbing", "missing + alternate dual channel ticket grabbing", and even Increase the price to grab aisle seats, window seats... Different "games" to grab tickets, coupled with slogans such as "double the success rate" and "the earlier you submit your tickets, the higher the success rate" have attracted many people who are waiting for tickets. The traveler was moved. An industry insider pointed out in an interview that in the early days of the launch of the railway 12306 platform, when there was no waitlist function, some ticket grabbing software used technical means to continuously refresh information and improve the speed of information submission. However, after the 12306 platform launched the "standby" function, this The advantages of class software no longer exist. 12306 customer service also responded that 12306 has a fixed opening time for ticket sales, and will not sell tickets in advance for third-party software. The acceleration package does not have priority to purchase tickets. At the same time, 12306 is also increasing its technical identification efforts, using big data to more accurately identify ticket grabbing software. Once identified, tickets will not be released to the ticket grabbing software, and the success rate of passengers using ticket grabbing software to purchase tickets will be lower. Grabbing platforms is like “scalpers” Damage the legitimate rights and interests of many parties The acceleration package, which is claimed to help grab tickets, has also been moved to the shopping platform. When the reporter searched for keywords such as ticket acceleration on a second-hand trading platform, he found that some merchants sold ticket purchase software platform assistance acceleration packages. One merchant told the reporter: "Choose the ticket, give me the assistance code, and you can accelerate it by paying." There are also merchants. It is claimed that the success rate is 80% to 90% by using the acceleration package method. So, what is the difference between the so-called accelerated ticket grabbing package and "ticket scalping"? In the "Train Ticket Service Information" and "Personal Information Authorization Instructions" of a ticket-grabbing software, the reporter saw that it stated that it provided a "train ticket purchasing" business and required authorization to register a 12306 account on behalf of the customer and apply for certificate verification on behalf of the customer. and other certification services, you can also choose to authorize them to use other services on 12306 Online or handle matters such as points and membership rights. In this regard, Huang Haibo, director of the Traffic Management and Transport Law Professional Committee of the Beijing Lawyers Association, said that according to the "Notice on Investigating and Punishing Illegal Price Increases and Illegal and Criminal Activities of Reselling and Reselling Railway Tickets" jointly issued by multiple departments, railway tickets have been monopolized According to the system, selling train tickets requires the qualification to sell train tickets, otherwise it is illegal. If the ticket grabbing platform does not have the qualification to sell railway passenger tickets, the ticket selling behavior is illegal. In addition, the service fee for selling railway tickets is capped at 5 yuan per ticket, and no other fees are allowed. If the platform increases prices at will, it is illegal. “Therefore, whether software and plug-ins with increased prices are legal and whether they are disguised ticket scalping behavior depends on whether the specific form of sales is legal and whether the increase in price violates relevant legal provisions. If you are not qualified to sell on behalf of others and increase prices at will, Or use software technology to invade or interfere with the railway sales system,...
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