假扮外国人秒退押金 Ofo令国内用户失望愤怒
The bike-sharing service app Ofo is alleged to give higher priority to foreigners in terms of releasing deposits while neglecting mounting requests from its Chinese users struggling to get their deposits back. The Ofo app promises to refund the deposit of 199 yuan within 15 working days if users quit the service; however, complaints about never receiving deposits have been circulating and rising over past months. Last Thursday, a Chinese netizen posted on the microblogging platform Sina Weibo, saying that instead of waiting forever on the phone to get through to Ofo customer service, he decided to try the "foreigner suing strategy." He wrote a fuming email to Ofo under the identity of a California native who's lived in China for about two years and doesn't speak fluent Chinese, requesting an immediate refund and threatened to sue the company. He posted again last Friday, saying a speedy refund was received in the morning, and showed a screenshot of an apology letter sent to him from the Ofo Support Team. The post sparked an outcry among Chinese netizens who are both disappointed and outraged at what seemed to be the company's two-faced treatment to its domestic and foreign customers. The hashtag, "Pretend to be foreigners and Ofo returns deposits in seconds", has received about 260 million views on Sina Weibo. |