The real case of foreign trade fraud: FILM faced PLYWOOD importers paid 200000 US dollars in advance, but in the end, it was nothing.
Today, I want to share with you the real experience described by a European plywood importer in an email. The matter has ended, and European importers have finally sued in China and successfully received all the losses. The defendant was also sent to prison on suspicion of fraud.
An overseas FILM faced PLYWOOD importer was defrauded by a domestic fake enterprise of nearly US $200000 in loans over a year. This is not a fraud website, nor is it a half-way robbery of the deposit of the FILM faced PLYWOOD importer based on the theft of e-mail. It is only a real export trade negotiation case. This enterprise makes a living by cheating and specializes in the fraud of Special Size Film faced plywood.
How did it cheat? There were no major problems in the early stage, professional negotiation and reception for factory inspection. Attention, the following is the key point. After receiving the deposit, we began to delay production and increase costs for various reasons. It has more than doubled the original contract amount, and finally sent the abandoned film face plywood to overseas FILM faced PLYWOOD importers. Maybe he decided that the international lawsuit is very troublesome. Generally, FILM faced PLYWOOD importers will not go to court. Now let’s talk about the troubling experience of this FILM faced PLYWOOD importer.
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I know this FILM faced PLYWOOD importer because of the foreign trade inquiry. At the beginning, the inquiry is relatively normal. Then the FILM faced PLYWOOD importers began to bargain. Special Size Film faced plywood, generally, there are few direct price reductions, but first let FILM faced PLYWOOD importers come to inspect the factory. So at the moment, no one would agree to the price cut. Then the manufacturer asked the FILM faced PLYWOOD importer to send him other price equipment, because each price corresponds to different quality. The FILM faced PLYWOOD importer sent a scanned copy, which was more than ten pages long. It was very beautiful and detailed, but two doubts were found:
1. It’s too detailed. It’s too much
For example, the basic quotation list will be quoted according to its components, such as Film Coated Paper, GLUE, etc. CORE VENEERS, which constitutes the Film Coated Paper, will not quote separately. However, this quotation list lists all CORE VENEERS quotations, and each quotation is different.
2. The whole set of film faced plywood is not systematic.
It looks very complicated and has many professional terms, but after careful study, we find that many of them are repeated. It is not like the quotation that a factory will provide. For these two doubts, the FILM faced PLYWOOD importer was asked. Why is it a scanned copy instead of a formal PDF quotation.
At this moment, the FILM faced PLYWOOD importer knows the problems. In fact, this is not the fault of FILM faced PLYWOOD importers, who deliberately write the equipment in detail. It seems that there are many things. In fact, it is an illusion that the FILM faced PLYWOOD importers who do not know the industry think they are very professional and cost-effective. However, after raising these doubts, FILM faced PLYWOOD importers began to send a large number of documents.
These documents are the company’s technical documents, payment methods, contract supplementary agreements, etc., and ask us what suggestions we have. At this time, we found a bigger problem, and another article in the supplementary clause:
I don’t remember the original sentence. It’s about that meaning. I feel very strange. I asked whether the FILM faced PLYWOOD importer is already talking about cooperation? Only by asking this question did I finally know the troubles encountered by FILM faced PLYWOOD importers.
FILM faced PLYWOOD importer said,
He has cooperated with this enterprise for more than half a year, and paid a deposit of 300000 US dollars. The total price of Film Faced Plywood is much cheaper than that of other manufacturers. However, after paying the deposit, the company began to list various charges: document fees, technical consulting fees, additional charges for delivery, and so on. Moreover, production must be started after payment. After careful calculation, these expenses in the supplementary agreement of the contract have increased the total amount agreed in the original contract from US $1 million to US $1.8 million.
The extra $800000 are new projects with arbitrary charges. In addition, if they don’t pay the 800000 yuan, they won’t produce. The FILM faced PLYWOOD importer negotiated with them and finally promised to pay about 200000 yuan more for production. Isn’t this a naked rogue act?
Unexpectedly, until the time of the inquiry, it had been several months since the deposit was paid, and production had not yet started. This is simply eye-opening. I really haven’t encountered anything like that. I’ve only heard of fraud websites and purse companies. This is the first time I’ve heard of such negotiation fraud.
Later, a fellow industry told me that such companies had existed for a long time. Two years ago, FILM faced PLYWOOD importers were deceived. In the same way, in order not to waste the deposit previously paid, FILM faced PLYWOOD importers usually make concessions and pay additional expenses again.
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They have very professional foreign trade salesmen. I have to admit that they are very familiar with this field, apart from the rich professional and technical personnel. The price of Film faced plywood is also very low, and the payment method is more attractive: just pay the deposit, and the rest can be paid after receiving the goods.
This way is actually bait. I continued to find topics for discussion, and asked about the later service support. Then a sentence appeared:
Service support will consider charges as appropriate, but they are all industry uniform standards and will not be charged randomly.
The configuration list, CORE VENEERS form, and the very reliable contract and detailed articles they sent are really very infectious. If you are not an insider, Ken believes that they are very reliable. When you say you want to visit the factory, they will warmly welcome you to visit and arrange a reasonable schedule for you.
First go to the factory’s production workshop, then visit the factory. The actual effect is very good. Film faced plywood is very good, and the production capacity is first-class. Such a scene made people puzzled. Later, they learned that they were visiting first-class manufacturers in the field. However, it is very likely that this leather bag company, as a trading company, will take FILM faced PLYWOOD importers to visit and inspect. Generally, the factory will not be suspicious. After such a visit, the FILM faced PLYWOOD importers will be relieved.
We all know what happens next. Pay down payment and urge production. Then came the contract supplementary agreement and a series of charges. Similarly, in order to better enable them to produce and to better prevent the waste of deposits, FILM faced PLYWOOD importers made concessions. Fortunately, only $200000 was paid. Better luck than the previously cheated FILM faced PLYWOOD importer.
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At this point, FILM faced PLYWOOD importers have long been out of expectation. So it came back to the negotiation. About half a year later, the FILM faced PLYWOOD importer finally visited. Everyone attaches great importance to this negotiation. FILM faced PLYWOOD importers first came to the leather bag company to negotiate, but the result was not very good, and still no production. He also said crazily that if he wanted goods in a hurry, he would send you the ones in stock. Obviously, we all know what this inventory is.
First of all, because the FILM faced PLYWOOD importer has suffered a great loss, he has kept the price low, so low that there is basically no profit. During this period, there were also disputes and quarrels. In the end, the FILM faced PLYWOOD importer was scared and insisted that he would not pay any more, and finally made it clear:
15% in advance; 40% during production; The balance shall be paid after delivery. And a lot of deposits are left to ensure payment after installation.
Even so, this order has been delayed for nearly three years. As a direct result, FILM faced PLYWOOD importers have no funds to open this factory again. In many small countries, the procedures for opening a new factory are very cumbersome, but the factory that was opened with great efforts was destroyed by the above-mentioned swindler companies. Up to now, they are still defending their rights, but this road is long and hard.
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Sometimes, the factory will complain about the prudence of foreign trade enterprises and feel that everyone has not trusted the factory. However, numerous examples have forced foreign trade enterprises to be cautious. Lose a FILM faced PLYWOOD importer and only make one order less for the factory. However, for foreign trade enterprises, it is to discard the trust they have acquired. Therefore, foreign trade enterprises should carefully distinguish the reputation and service of the factory when looking for cooperation with the factory.
These poor factories and trading companies have disrupted the market, but let those who work hard take the blame.
