Do Chinese manufactures have to guarantee their products?
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Yes they do, just like any manufacturer selling into USA.  Read the warranty information / booklet that come with the product. \n\nDon't think Chinese Manufacturers are a bit slow in following the free world's trading rules than any other country's manufacturers. Think - If you buy an IBM PC, do you expect them not giving you any guarantee?  Probably not. But, IBM PC is a company of Legend , a Chinese Company.
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A certain quality and safety standard has to be maintained for goods to be imported in the US.  Other countries are probably nor meeting that criteria yet.  There are large quantity of goods being imported from China, so your statement is not entirely true either.
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You have to go there.  Either you will get someone who will over charge you, or you will get someone shoddy.  Go to China, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, or Shanghai, once you're there it is not difficult at all, there are number of publications and sources to find producers in China.  Their trade commission may also help you as well as the embassy of your native country.
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Tariffs a lot of times do not acheive what they had hoped.\nTariffs against China would hopefully create jobs in the US, but in the long run may not do what the intentions were.\n\nOne thing that the US hopes to acheive through the WTO is intellectual writes, where in China they will burn or take anything we create here and sell it.  This is considered thefy in the US, so by tariffs and the WTO over time they hope to get rid of this and create an intellectual properties law and system in China.  This would be a great benefit to people in the US as they would make money off of things sold in China.
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Most products now are made by some other companies in China or other Asian countries because they use cheap labor over there.  For clothing, I know that the Quacker Factory, Bob Mackie and other famous designers who have lines of clothing or other products are outsourcing their products to those countries to be able to sell them cheaper to us.
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Sounds like you didn't do all your homework before traveling to China. \n\nWhat do you like to do?  This is your best direction as you would know a little bit about the products.\n\nDon't forget about the duty tax on the items you will be importing and they type of product liability insurance you will need.
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it's nice to see business opportunity around yahoo answers, however there is big issue of political restriction on raw materials in both countries, and you do need strong business partner in China. I am just wondering if you have even heard any similar cases successed? It might bring you some ideas.
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I'm certain if you find the commercial (rather than consumer) sections of the major electronics manufacturers, the same ones that make the players, you will find product offerings. It would not be entirely different companies making the commercial end machines.
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That is very possible and it has happened to a lot of our clients dealing with suppliers in China. Business ethics is inexistent and you need to watch your back otherwise you will surely get screwed. \nThe client doesn't need to be in direct contact with the supplier. All the deals go through you, and you provide the client address for shipping only at the last time, and you give your own phone number, no email.  On the long term, you may want to have a trusful third party to serve as buffer or use your own company to handle everything and make your offer to the client on a DDP basis.\nIf you need a more professional service or want us to serve as third party you can contact with us it is part of our business ;-). Just provide more details about your case, your country and the city the supplier is located to see if we can help.\nAnyway wish you to have a successful transaction.\nPatrick\nwww.sinotrip.biz
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go to www.alibaba.com, they will be able to help you there.
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Companies of the size and reputation of Boeing and Airbus cannot make Chinese type planes. With a properly trained/experienced pilot, both the planes are safe - one cannot say the same about many other makes!
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You may want to consult the manufacturer.
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So the manufacturer can try to match demand profitably.\n\nYou're not serious, are you?
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Usually from Chinese or Taiwanese factories that manufacture them unbranded and then brand them with the logo of the buyer. This by the way is true for most "well respected" brands too.
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I don't think you're really posing this as a question, as much as a general gripe, and I can understand your frustration very well. \n\nOne response would simply be to note that the US economy has swung quite forcefully to a service employment base. It can be argued that it's not always necessary to manufacture the product, as long as enough people are employed in the fields that move, deliver, market and sell the product. \n\nEvery car in the world can be made in Outer Mongolia, but someone has to ship the vehicles to the countries where the buyers wait, someone has to program the computers to track the shipments, someone has to unload the vehicles when they reach the port, someone has to write the commercials that will sell the cars, someone has to film the commercials, someone has to serve as the product spokesperson that appears in the commercial, someone has to prepare the cars for sale at the dealership, someone has to sell the customer the car, someone has to arrange their financing, and someone has to change the oil every 3,000 miles. (and you know I've left out a lot of people in the chain).\n\nYes, the United States was once much more of a manufacturing country, but the undeniable fact is that our public policy choices about the environment, about worker safety, about "fair and reasonable" pay, about retirement plans, and on and on are not shared by other countries, inevitably making it "cheaper" to manufacture many products in other places around the world.\n\nDon't forget the underlying basic premise of capitalism - companies exist for the sole purpose of returning profits to the owner/investors. Under that premise, a company MUST produce its products at the cheapest possible cost. \n\nSo let's see - if you want to blame something for the fact that most manufacturing now occurs overseas, I guess you'd have to blame either:\n\na> Workers for expecting a safe workplace\nb> Workers for expecting a decent retirement\nc> Workers for expecting a decent standard of living\nd> Customers for selecting the cheapest of two equivalent products  or\ne> The economic system of capitalism upon which just about all the historical financial success of this country has been based.\n\nIt's easy to blame the companies for every lost job, but the companies do exactly what they're programmed to do - and exactly what they've done for years and years. Jobs would have moved to China, India, and the former Soviet republics 200 years ago if the infrastructure had existed to move the products to this country, track them on the way, and build modern factories in the middle of nowhere. Blame computers, airplanes and the modernization of technology.\n\nIt's not as simple as the people who say "*#(#$*# the companies for moving all our good old American jobs overseas just so they can squeeze another couple of bucks in profits" want you to believe...\n\nThough certain people would prefer that you understand it that way.
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Originals are products/parts manufactured by an organizarion and could have been patented. They cannot be copied or duplicated. Genuine products/parts perform identical or similar functions as that of original but not necessarily have the same functions/features.\n\nWarranty ensures that the parts/product meet the intended features and functions and if they fail to do so the manufacturer would replace them at free of charge. e.g., an auto engine may have a warranty of 50000 miles and if it fails to meet the performance requirement the manufacturer would make sure that the customer achieves the stated benefits at no extra cost. \n\nIn a Guarantee the manufacturer commits that a part/product would meet desired features and functions. If it fails to do so, the manufacturer may or may not have it replaced or repaired and may or may not charge the customer. e.g., a potato chips manufacturer may guarantee freshness of the product. If it does not meet, the manufacturer is not liable and there cannot be a warranty claim.\n\nProforma invoice, is almost a final invoice, and is issued by the supplier generally to receive a payment from a customer before the part/product is shipped out. Proforma invoice is to aid the book-keeping process. A final invoice is made out after the part/product is shipped out and the sale process is completed in full.\n\nQuotation is an offer made by a seller to render a service or sell a part/product to a customer. In other words, quotation is an estimate of the cost incurred by the seller towards the scope of work requested by the seller. Generally the cost quoted are not final and can be negotiated before a final sale price, sale terms and conditions are agreed upon.
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quality assurance can be applied to anything, plant, company tools, equipment, etc.    Just creat some limits and quidelines for each, thats a start. ie: office chairs, must have 5 legs or tables must be black or your product that you put out must meet written quailty (no bad spelling)...not sure of what it is you want tho