vogeltron | 08-09-2013 04:34 AM | Quote:
Originally Posted by rsot
(Post 473378)
High important if you plan to go the WU route too - easy scams exist by WU | I agree there are lots of scams but if you have been buying from overseas in any kind of quantity over the past 10 years at some point you are going to have to be willing to go the route of MoneyGram, WU or Bank Transfer. All risky I agree.
Maybe for a sample order you can agree to pay a higher price to go through PayPal or something like that. Or even agree to pay a higher price and send a WU payment for a smaller quantity just to make sure you get what you are looking for.
Any way you look at it. Sourcing goods isn't easy and it comes with risk. You have to do as much homework as you can try to minimize your risk as much as possible but at some point given the correct situation you have to take the risk.
Other wise don't try to buy from overseas and get a 9 to 5 or something like that. Being an Entrepreneur by definition means taking risk. DO what you can to minimize it and try to get trust on both ends. But I will admit some of the best deals and best suppliers I ever had overseas I just took the risk. I got burned a few times, but the ones that paid off where absolutely golden. |