If cheating is a culture then you are correct. All we ask is to get product we pay for in USA. In China too many factory take money but either do not deliver good, or bait and switch. Show you very good product deliver junk. If you ask me that is not culture that sucks. Buyer be very aware. In most cases you must go to China inspect prior to shipment payment. And there are many cases whereas they will switch product out of container after delivery. I currenlty deal with a man for past 7 years and I trust him, as he has made good some bad done by the Chinese culture. I currently go to China for other things, to add t-shirts will not be a problem, but last I looked t-shirts were almost same price as here, so why risk it for 5 or 10%. If the difference is 25% or more then it makes much more sense.mutual understanding will help both parties. Many big companies fail in China, not chinese bad, but the culture is different-ebay.com is successful in many countries, but failed in China.
Yes, rules changes-no quota required now. And the prices are lower as raw material price is going down. Also, China government increased drawback to 15% for many garments yesterday (depends on the HS CODE, not all garments)
You can drop me a message and send me your schedule in China, maybe we can meet and talk.
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If cheating is a culture then you are correct. All we ask is to get product we pay for in USA. In China too many factory take money but either do not deliver good, or bait and switch. Show you very good product deliver junk. If you ask me that is not culture that sucks. Buyer be very aware. In most cases you must go to China inspect prior to shipment payment. And there are many cases whereas they will switch product out of container after delivery. I currenlty deal with a man for past 7 years and I trust him, as he has made good some bad done by the Chinese culture. I currently go to China for other things, to add t-shirts will not be a problem, but last I looked t-shirts were almost same price as here, so why risk it for 5 or 10%. If the difference is 25% or more then it makes much more sense.
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nice insight thanks,I just returned form China in January 09. I was there from the 7th to the 16th. I started in Beijing, then took a flight to Hong Kong, then on to Mainland China and visted Shenzhen and Guangzhou. My plan was to visit only Beijing but the Factory owner whom I have done business with since 2001 tried to pull a fast one so I had to walk away and decided to try my back up supplier in Hong Kong. I have had this company make travel bags for me for 8 years and when I arrived to look at the new bags it was not the design I sent him and the price was more than double. You would think that being a customer for 8 years they would have some loyalty but no they tried to stiff me but I pulled out and they are the ones that have to take the loss.
While in Shenzhen I was having lunch with a factory owner and he started asking me about how we buy our t-shirts. When I told him what we pay for a Gildan t-shirt he said there was no way they could compete with that price and he was correct. I have yet to find the quality of shirts that we can get here in the US from China for much cheaper.
I would emphatically suggest that anyone wanting to do business in China do not settle for placing an order online. Go there, take a tour of the facility, feel the merchandise. The last thing you want to do is order a bunch of t-shirts and after you pay all that money to get them to the US it is somehitng you can't use.
I purcahsed blank Polos in 2002. I ordered 500 in diffferent sizes and colors for a corporate job I had at the time. I picked them up instead of having them shipped. I made the mistake of not checking ALL of the shirts. I trusted the guy since this was my 5th purchase from him so I loaded it on the plain as cargo and when I got home over half of them were pure crap that I couldn't give away much less sell. One shirt didn't even have a collar. I called, and called and they eventually blew me off but that was a lesson learned that will never happen again.
China is very, very cheap compared to the US but be very careful because you will get what you pay for.
Katrina
you raise a very interesting point,It is unfortunate that you clients are lured by cheap price and ultimately end up with distress. Did anyone visit India and a town that is a major T-Shirt hub in India? There are major resources from companies in India that are quality conscious and reliable. Of course, price is higher than other Asian countries and quality is no way less than any American Brand. Crooks are everywhere and if you go for very cheap price, then they are your source.
How could one supply a 100% cotton T-Shirt at the rate of yarn price??? But we are ready to believe only for the reason that we need cheap price.