A fellow makes the common mistakes of paying for int'l trade information and then consulting Alibaba.com for a name. Tsk tsk.
So now having made the common mistakes, he can now proceed with what works.
Feel free to forward this by email to three of your friends.
I have wasted money on databases for identifying manufacturers or exporters in China, but I was surprised when I got there in person that most of these people were thieves. My Chinese friends could not get them to recognize me as the person they spoke to on the phone. These people were asking money to mail me the products. Alibaba is also an interesting site. In French, there is a book "Alibaba et les 40 voleurs" (Alibaba and the 40 thieves)In his case, he was able to actually track down the people to whom he sent money for samples, and visit them. He told me when he asked for "Bobby" Chen or "Jane" Wang everyone at the address assured him no such person.
So now having made the common mistakes, he can now proceed with what works.
Feel free to forward this by email to three of your friends.
2 comments:
John, we often hear of faulty Chinese-made products, such as contaminated food (chicken, baby formula), bad products (contaminate dry-wall, toys that fall apart easily, etc.), but shouldn't these instances be more of the fault of the foreign designers (American importers) that give incomplete or shoddy specifications to the manufacturers in China, rather than the Chinese themselves?
Indeed, if the USA importers spec shoddy, then they get shoddy. If they deal with 2nd and 3rd rate makers, they can expect problems. Melamine is allowed in USA baby formula and Mattel admitted the toy problems were Mattel design issues.
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