Chinese Factory Nightmares Part 2


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Gary Huang talks through his chinese factory nightmares and has three for us in this show from Brazil to Chemicals and also ROCKS…

The Chemical Chinese Factory Nightmare

This was a Brazilian client sourcing chemicals from China.

It was a powder found on Alibaba, the site looked okay and he visited it in person. He met the factory management and the production line which looked okay.

  • So he advised the client it was safe to place the purchase order.
  • After production was finished, they wired the money and waited, and waited and waited. And the factory was shutdown and everyone had gone!
  • The money was wired to a bank account  (make sure the company name on your invoice matches the supplier bank account)
  • They had a 30% downpayment and 70% on the shipment
  • They DID not arrange the inspection of the end product before releasing the payment

The Solar Air-Conditioner Chinese Factory Nightmare

  • Another client was looking for a solar air conditioner and had chinese factory nightmares of his own
  • Limited number of suppliers in China for this product
  • Gary paid a visit to the factory in a district of China
  • They were picked up by the Factory boss in his black Audi from the train station

The Factory Owner’s car parking space

  • He drove them to the factory and dropped them off to go park his car (first red flag – if it was his factory he’d have the prime parking spot)
  • The factory was big and modern, but they were manufacturing only ‘electric’ air conditioners not ‘solar’ ones that Gary was after
  • Gary asked where the solar air conditioners were and was told that there was a very large order for the electric ones currently hence the production run
  • He then took them to an Annex of the factory and showed them one of the solar air conditioners that the factory sells and they had sent the quotation for
  • The pieces of the puzzle did not add up for Gary, he needed to really see:
    • See the production line
    • The raw materials of the solar collectors
    • Gotta see people assembling these

Red Flag 2 – Staff did not Acknowledge the Factory Boss

  • The last red flag was when they went into the office and then walked through the factory
  • No-one acknowledged the ‘factory’ boss as he walked through the factory – a major red flag

Red Flag 3 – The Showroom was 90% a Different Product from Mine

  • The showroom was showing 90% electric air conditioners with only one solar version
  • This led Gary to understand that this was not the Factory Owner but a middle-man

The Rocks Chinese Factory Nightmare

  • The container of rocks
  • You have to do your proper due diligence on your order
  • They sent the payment after ONLY weighing the container before it was loaded on the ship
  • It arrived and they had paid for a container of ……… ROCKS!
  • This has happened in the past and will doubtless happen again
  • You MUST do an inspection before releasing payment or you could end up with a container full of rocks

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