Originally Posted by curzchris

Good information. Any guidelines one could offer on the following:

The Chinese are quoting a "sample" price on an electronic light of $100 USD. What could one expect to get a quantity pricing of 1000 for? Perhaps 50% off?

Thanks in advance to the forum.

Only the supplier can tell you the answer to that one as suppliers (and their bulk discount %) vary, just drop them an email or make a phone call, 1 - it's a good start to verification of the supplier, and 2 - they will be able to give you accurate answers and also help with any other queries that you may have. Good luck!

thank you for sharing your experience and being fair-minded to Chinese suppliers. as a Chinese,i insist that most of suppliers in China are credible. the scammers exist everywhere,not only in China. cause i often hear my friends and even my boss(i work in a logistics company) complain that they were cheated by foreigners. and that's why most of the suppliers have to ask for the total or at least a portion of the money before the cargo was sent. they are afraid to be cheated,too. so just be lenient and trustful to Chinese when you have biz with them as what you do to Europeans.

Worth taking this back to the begining, seeing it for the first time ............mant thaks to the OP very informative...................cheers

Dave

many thanks greedyboy from Argentina

Wow! Excellent post.
mfg

great post, would love to know how you managed to blag 30 units against the high moq, a problem i'm having right now

Good post and good knowledge.

I need help finding the right suppliers on ali baba etc can anyone on these forums help?

Yeah chinese people are really nice and friendly in my opinion.

Ive worked up a really nice relationship with my suppliers and they are happy to give me discounts as I come to them rather then there competitors.

Great and lasting thread which I can see many people have taken note off..
To be honest I prefer working with my Chinese suppliers as they're professional and bend over backwards to sort out problems.
To many cowboy outfits in the UK that need to learn a thing or two about doing business the right way and not to rely on there own ballooned ego's...