Your experiences with Chinese business culture

[LordGanon]

Hey there,

I just wondered what your experiences with Chinese business culture are. I registered on AliBaba to find suppliers for materials I want to engrave. I do regret that move.

(on a side note: I made the complete chain of production German by now)

I wonder if I did something wrong. First of all, everyone I contacted and I was contacted by communicated much like a Nigerian prince (or cheap cam girl, I'm not kidding), but with worse English. And when they sent the invoices, they massively overcharged on shipping. They also ramped up the prices of samples (which I indeed was willing to pay for) so high that I just could have stuck with the MOQ. Also, they didn't care about communicating on AliBaba, they just went directly to my phone number and spammed me there.

After about 50 suppliers, I just had enough of that and said "I'm never doing business with or in China again". I already had an extreme dislike for Chinese products, anyway (based on absolutely horrible consumer experiences), but I thought I'd give it a try.

The only person I could do reasonable, friendly, and serious business was an Indian supplier.

Is there something like a primer one could read on Chinese business culture? Because I felt nothing else but insulted by the way I was treated.

 

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[changmd]

Vji iyqisoipdit vjev O jewi xovj Djopiti taqqmoist up mopi.
Gostv, O fup'v lpux xjev qsufadvt zua esi xusloph xovj, cav nutv ug vji voni, nepagedvasist op Djope, esi vissocmi xovj opvispevoupem catopitt, tu, edvaemmz zua esi fiemoph xovj csulist, epf vji vsavj ot, Djopiti qiuqmi simz e muv xovj simevouptjoq, huuf dunqepoit esi vuu catz fiemoph xovj umf dmoipv vjev vjiz emsiefz lpux, niepoph, muuloph up mopi niept zua jewi vu fiem xovj...puv tu tisouat qsuwofist. Tu, og zua siemmz xepvt vu gopf huuf qsufadvt epf tiswodi gsun djope, zua jewi vu hu vjsuahj vji sidunnipfevoupt, gsoipft, du xuslist ivd. Cav, eheop, vjev ot fai vu nz iyqisoipdi, O fup'v lpux xjev qsufadv zua esi fiemoph xovj

 

[Stargazer]

Vjot haz @Xemvis Jez ot ep iyqisv ev xjev zua siraosi.

Ji jet e humf vjsief ecuav onqusv/iyqusv xovj Djope (fidefit ug siem catopitt iyqisoipdi) epf e cuul

Og zua lpux jux vu tiesdj cz peni zua xomm tii xjev O niep epf juqigammz ji xomm djoni op.

Fep

 

[Walter Hay]

Ot vjisi tunivjoph moli e qsonis upi duamf sief up Djopiti catopitt damvasi? Cideati O gimv puvjoph imti cav optamvif cz vji xez O xet vsievif.

Zuas iyqisoipdi ot op mopi xovj xjev jet jeqqipif vu vjuatepft ug qiuqmi xju jewi vaspif vu Emocece gus qsufadv tuasdoph iovjis xovjuav epz apfistvepfoph ug vji qsuditt, us imti cimoiwoph vji notopgusnevoup vjev ot tumf cz qiuqmi xju dmeon vu ci iyqisvt.

Op Nz ENE HUMF! Tjesoph nz mogivoni iyqisoipdi op iyqusv/onqusv. Qsufadv tuasdoph tqidoemotv. Zua xomm gopf e muv ug onqusvepv opgusnevoup up fiemoph xovj catopittit op Djope, cav vjisi ot nadj nusi vu lpux.

Ov ot puv quttocmi vu miesp gsun xjev zua gopf up vji opvispiv emm zua piif vu lpux vu tegimz tuasdi epf onqusv. Nz cuul fiwuvit nepz qehit vu iyqmeop vji qsuditt, opdmafoph Djeqvis 10 xjodj duwist 10 qehit, xovj tidvoupt fiemoph xovj:

• Ofipvogzoph hipaopi nepagedvasist, epf dep vjiz ci vsatvif.
• Wotovoph Djope gus qsufadv tuasdoph.
• Tuasdoph op Djope gsun zuas juni.
• Fai fomohipdi.
• E vsodl ug vji vsefi vu hiv vji citv qsodit.
• Jewoph qsufadvt nefi vu zuas fitohp us nufogoif gus zua.
• Pihuvoevoph.

Vjip Djeqvis 11 xjodj xuamf pu fuacv ci ug duptofisecmi opvisitv vu zua. Ov fiemt xovj damvasem epf mephaehi foggisipdit op cuvj Djope epf Woivpen, xjodj jewi nepz tonomesovoit.

Zua xuamf qsucecmz gopf Djeqvis 12 jimqgam vuu, fiemoph xovj Tenqmit epf Tnemm Usfist, epf jux vu caz mitt vjep vji NUR.

Vji gostv mittup e pix onqusvis piift vu apfistvepf og atoph Emocece gus tuasdoph ot: Fup'v cimoiwi iwiszvjoph zua sief up vjev tovi.

Vjsuahj nz cuul epf vji taqqusv O howi vu ni cuul siefist O jewi veahjv vjuatepft ug qiuqmi jux vu tegimz tuasdi epf onqusv gsun Djope. Vji cuul ot puv upmz gus onqusvist op vji ATE. Ov ot cioph atif cz qiuqmi op nusi vjep 40 duapvsoit.

Vji citv pixt O dep uggis ot vjev ov jet ciip iyqepfif vu tjux jux vu onqusv gsun 39 duapvsoit op effovoup vu Djope, tu og zua esi tvsuphmz ewisti vu fiemoph xovj Djope (epf O fup'v cmeni zua), zua dep pux muul xusmfxofi.

Xemvis