xcalvinx07
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I am in the process of starting a silicone case business and am currently dealing with a manufacturer oversees that is helping me produce some of the products I plan on selling. What worries me is that it is still in the development process and it has been over 6 months already and nothing has been produced. The only way to get in touch with the supplier is too go through the middle man and whenever I talk to him about it he says they are working on it and that he will give me a call back but doesn't. Should I be worried? I mean the products I am selling is my own and is in the development process. I been waiting for about 6 months and nothing to show yet, not even a prototype... is that bad? I want to start selling and run my business already. What do you guys think I should do? Is this normal wait time if you are trying to develop your own product? Should I just find another supplier? Thanks for any advice you guys can give.
**Update as of June 5, 2009 ** 10:05 pm est...
So I just got off the phone with the middle man who is helping me with the cases. After 6 months of talking with this guy he tells me that he has been really "busy" and that he will be working on it today. He is now telling me that I have too pay for the samples before I can even test the product. I told him 6 months ago that I will not pay unless I test the product first or the prototype and he assured me that I will not pay anything until I test it. SO now I have to pay couple thousand before even testing it. I just feel like this guy lied to me for about 6 months and want to cheat me of my money. He also said that it is his " birthday " today and he is busy so he will work on the proposal over the weekend. This middle man is a guy I met from one of the counselors at SCORE. Am i being cheated?? or is this the regular process of how this thing works??....WHY IS IT SO HARD TO TRUST SOMEONE?!!! How am I suppose to deal with companies oversees if they keep lieing???
**Update as of June 5, 2009 ** 10:05 pm est...
So I just got off the phone with the middle man who is helping me with the cases. After 6 months of talking with this guy he tells me that he has been really "busy" and that he will be working on it today. He is now telling me that I have too pay for the samples before I can even test the product. I told him 6 months ago that I will not pay unless I test the product first or the prototype and he assured me that I will not pay anything until I test it. SO now I have to pay couple thousand before even testing it. I just feel like this guy lied to me for about 6 months and want to cheat me of my money. He also said that it is his " birthday " today and he is busy so he will work on the proposal over the weekend. This middle man is a guy I met from one of the counselors at SCORE. Am i being cheated?? or is this the regular process of how this thing works??....WHY IS IT SO HARD TO TRUST SOMEONE?!!! How am I suppose to deal with companies oversees if they keep lieing???
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