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Originally Posted by phaz0rz (Post 910150)

It's the China->China version of Ali. It's where Chinese trading companies shop around for suppliers. Everything is in Chinese and it can't be easily translated since it's almost all images of text.

1688.com

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Originally Posted by walkingupwards (Post 910073)

Is finding a good manufacturer ,who would make your product exactly as you want it to be made, possible without traveling to China?



Anyone here with such experiences?

Originally Posted by yankee (Post 910135)

You need your visa. It takes a few months. Americans travel all over the entire country. We have friends who live there months of the year. We have friends who have gone for vacations(no idea why) They said they loved it but will NEVER go again LOL

It is super loud. Never quiet. People everywhere. Rude people. Gross people. People literally **** and piss in the streets. Restrooms are an open ditch behind a wall in much of the country. Basically too many people.

You cant eat vegetables, you cant have water or ice cubes etc...You must be very careful if not stomach pains and diarrhea are your fate.

My friends who only travel there for business absolutely hate going. They say it is horrible unless you are into nude massages and cheap/free hookers.

My big turnoff now is that we cant eat the street foods or have fish head soup because of the water quality.

No offense to our Chinese members or my Chinese friends. It is just very different from the USA and a culture shock to most of us.

Originally Posted by jer1922 (Post 1131967)

It's all depended. If you want to place a large order, it is better for you go to the factory to have a look. However, another more reliable way is to hire a quality inspection company to do pre-production and during production quality inspection as well as pre-shipment inspection. Of course, you would only accept the goods if the quality inspection company issue a clean certificate.

Though you have to pay fee to the quality inspection company but you have saved your time and travelling cost. Moreover, you have a third party as a handle for any quality issues.

Concerning the quality inspection company, the big ones such as SGS, Intertek, they have offices and labs inside China. They also have offices in HK too. If you want cheaper alternatives, there are smaller ones such as HKQCC, STC and API. Just google using "quality inspection companies in hk" , you will get tons of result! Hope this can help!

Originally Posted by walkingupwards (Post 910073)

Is finding a good manufacturer ,who would make your product exactly as you want it to be made, possible without traveling to China?



Anyone here with such experiences?

Originally Posted by walkingupwards (Post 910073)

Is finding a good manufacturer ,who would make your product exactly as you want it to be made, possible without traveling to China?



Anyone here with such experiences?

Originally Posted by anewlifehelen (Post 1142354)

we also have ebay shop, if you are interested, we can talk and discuss .
Am in china.

thanks

Originally Posted by leilijia1987 (Post 1262211)

Contact suppliers on alibaba or aliexpress , Ask them to ship you some samples to test , No need to travel to China which costs money .

IF you want to compare quality ..else , Try 3-5 different suppliers and make a comparision