Posts Tagged ‘blackmail’
What to do when supplier breaks the contract and blackmails your deposit
Chinese supplier ignored the contract and holding my order hostage. Tom writes: Hi Mike, We met at your Global Sources conference in Hong Kong. One of the criteria for safe trading, as you mentioned, was to have the red stamp/chop, to make it legally binding. This is something I have. My problem is that the…
Read MoreChinese Supplier got my Deposit, now Ignores me. What to do?
Supplier didn’t ship the order and kept our deposit. What to do? Rajvansh in Dubai asks: We have placed an order to a Chinese supplier for Paper Bags. The supplier is located near Qingdao. We have made the advance payment to them as per the agreed terms. We even paid the balance for the first…
Read MoreB/L (Bill of Lading) manipulation scam
I recently received the following letter from a buyer in Ireland who is being abused by her China supplier. As this situation is far from uncommon, in order to help other buyers, I am including key parts below. (Note: the B/L is the paperwork needed to release the goods into the buyer’s custody at the…
Read MoreWhat to do when a pissed off supplier and his thugs camp out in your China purchasing office.
I recently received an email from a western buyer in Guangzhou who was desperate for help. He works in his company’s Chinese buying office and had an ugly situation with his supplier. Long story made short is that the supplier had quality issues, gave a credit of 60,000 USD, then later decided the credit was…
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