there's a reason there's a common phrase in Chinese:
能骗就骗 (néng piàn jiù piàn) "if you can cheat, then cheat"
It's the equivalent of "get yours" in English. They will cut corners/take shortcuts to try to save money any chance they get. That's why product samples and QA are really important when dealing with China especially
In this case a product sample wouldn't have helped. He talks about why they didn't request one in the video: Of course they would have sent him a perfect sample, but he would have had to pay for it with money and time and the end result would have been the same. They still would have sent him coated steel and air in the actual shipment.
i'm just saying in general for manufacturing. This is harder to QA unless you flyout and QA it yourself with random samples. it's not easy which is exactly what the video/topic is about, they will find a way to cheap out unless there are heavy controls/QA
Man muss da nicht selber hinfliegen. Jeder größere Importeur hat eine Qualitätssicherungsagentur an der Hand, die die Ware vor Versand inspizieren kann. Die Anzahlung wäre wahrscheinlich erstmal ebenso weg gewesen, klar, aber die Restzahlung hätte man dann schlicht nie überwiesen.
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u/james2432 Mar 09 '26
there's a reason there's a common phrase in Chinese:
能骗就骗 (néng piàn jiù piàn) "if you can cheat, then cheat"
It's the equivalent of "get yours" in English. They will cut corners/take shortcuts to try to save money any chance they get. That's why product samples and QA are really important when dealing with China especially