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[jonouk]

Hi all,
One of the suggestions I see cropping up to check out a company from China is request their company registration documentation. Which in itself seems reasonable, but of course they are written in I assume Mandarin Chinese, which is understandable under the circumstances So the question is, is there an online method to translate these, and if i did what am I actually looking for. Or is it a case of forwarding it onto a particular person / site who is in a position to assess the documentation I receive. What do I look for also when a supplier provides their bank details, which again seems to be a way of confirming credibility, I have some now from 2 companies, but I have no idea where to go from here LOL
Really professional huh, " Let me have a look at these certificates, Ohhh, yes, that is nice, all seems to be in order, spelling is nice, and the bank sounds real, yes that will do,""!!

"Know wot I mean me old China!" just like Del Boy (pun intended)


JonO

[Anthony]

Do have a look at this article which one of our community members published:
Dealing with The Chinese

It may be of use to you.

[buyitonlinehere]

Hi there,

Or you could go to your local chinese and get them to look at it. I have done that with some docs and they told me what it said. After ordering my meal deal for 2.

From
Doug

[jonouk]

Well, maybe LOL Our local Chinese restaurant are Hong Kong Chinese, usually HK Chinese run the Chinese Restaurants in the UK. I think that is the case anyway. I,m sure there are exceptions though. Of course Hong Kong Chinese is different from Mandarin Chinese, quite a different language in fact. Still, thanks for the advice.
Jon.O

[buyitonlinehere]

I don't now. The only other think I might recommend is to pay for a trasnlator to do it for you.

I deal with the chinese through work and never had any problems.

There is a new guy on this forum called "theimporter" I would speak to him he might be able to help you.

From
Doug

[jonouk]

Ok thanks, in fact I have been in contact via another thread with theimporter. I agree he is resourceful.
He also has a good website, which offers services and information on verified companies, well worth a look. I think I will contact him in the near future to check the registration of the company in question.

[jonouk]

Further to my checks a trustpass alibaba supplier has been sending me certificates, and I wondered what you all thought about this line, copied from e mail from co:

in the attachment I send you some registration document of our company ,(this is our intrtnational trade company's the CE certificate is made by our factory . you may see the address id different and the
model No is different .most company all like this , I just want to you know this, don't make some mistake again )
and our CE certificate is no problem , you know every month we export bikes to europe countries . pls don't worried t


Now should I be worried, or is this indeed normal practice, yes I have the ce certificate from them and yes, the company name is different and the model of the product is different, which leaves things a bit wide open if you ask me. I mean the company could have one CE certificate and wheel it out for every CE query, and say, "Hey, Don't worry it's OK" until one tries to bring in a large quantity and they are picked up and designated unsaleable
I tried to add an attachment but apparently my quote is exceeded by having one attachment already on another open post.
(Is there any way I can expand my quota BTW. I mean surely I can have more than one attachment on posts at one time?)

I also got an example certificate of their banking details, the lady at the company said it is Ok as well, Hmmm, IS it, Please look at this below, it is a copy of the attachment they sent me. I have a good relationship with this company so far, and as I said they have trustpass status on Alibaba and 1st year Gold member status, so I think they are OK, just being careful. (I would have put it as an attachment, but again I can't?? Ho Hum... )

Thanks everyone,
JonO

P l e a s e r e m i t EURXXXX.XX b y T/T t o

DEUTSCHE BANK AG, FRANKFURT

(SWIFT: DEUTDEFF)

f o r c r e d i t t o

AGRICULTURAL BANK OF CHINA,THE BEIJING HEAD OFFICE
F56SWIFT CODE: ABOCCNBJ)
f o r f u r t h e r c r e d i t t o
AGRICULTURAL BANK OF CHINA,TIANJIN BRANCH
F57SWIFT CODE: ABOCCNBJ020)

f o r f i n a l c r e d i t t o

F59:A/C NO. 0 2 2 5 0 6 3 8 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 5 4
in favor ofTIANJIN FENGMING METAL PRODUCTS TRADING CO.,LTD.

[canada]

CE certificates are bought and sold on China's black market.When the information does not match, 99.9% of the time the company will turn into a Scam!

Try sourcing from www.globalsources.com they have the best business verification for Asia companies.

My advice is to find another company!

Scott