A Thai woman said she was scammed into buying two second-hand air conditioners that demanded she pay an extra 900 baht a month top-up to keep them running!
The woman posted her story on Facebook saying she had paid 5,000 baht for each machine and an extra 3,000 baht for installation. They then stopped working one week after the installation, and the technician couldn’t understand why.
She contacted the Haier air-con company customer service hotline and found out that users of the air conditioning units needed a monthly top-up via a QR code, at 900 baht each month to use them. If not, the system would automatically be cut off.”
The woman informed social media that in the end she decided to remove the two air con units, even though it was going to leave her 8,000 baht out of pocket, and filed a complaint at a police station. She said she wanted to warn others to beware of this kind of scam.
A Facebook page iReview.in.th, that shares information and reviews about electronic appliances, explained that the top-up air con units use an Internet of Things system to control the air-con system remotely. If users fail to top up, the system is cut off by the company that controls it.
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