This is quite intriguing to me. I have seen many buyers posting their buying requirements here on alibaba. Some of these potential buyers would sometimes state that they will not reply to sellers unless sellers reply with catalogue and price list.

I wonder how many of these buyers understand that we sellers are allowed to attached 3 pics (200k max) in our reply. What good will these 3 pics do? I have sent quite a few replies with the 3 pics limitation, and bloody ****; it me off at times.

The other thing that had me dumbfounded was that one of my potential buyer refused to deal with me. No matter what I say, even at the expense of calling him over the phone he still wouldn't buy it.
Till now he still does not believe that I am a bloody Chinese. Good lord, I even said to him that he should be able to tell from my accent during our phone conversation. He still says that he has not come across a Chinese company with a staff so fluent in English and don't want to be taken for a ride by a fly by night company. I am going to have to go get me a gun and blow my brains out. Lord, please punish my parents for sending me to school for my educations and send my teachers to **** for teaching me so well.


Next time, I and going to start reply to buying leads this way,

Dear Sir,

We coming from China and selling for you to buy our producing. Our company are making manufacture and exportation first. We making production many many things selling for you to buying at good competition price.

Oh... bloody ****, mate. Someone get a gun and blow my silly brains. out.

Replying to [Big Brother]: Dear big brother, great point, thanks a lot.

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Replying to [Big Brother]:good point, and your english is excellent!

Replying to [Big Brother]:
Good!
I learn a lot from here. Thanks everyone.

Replying to [Big Brother]:I admire you fluently English and for which i dream.and don't be lost,i believe you will receive a lot of orders after you consecutive try.It's just a course.Best wishes for all of us.

Replying to [Big Brother]:As Tiger and peter suggested, another waycould be you can ask your buyer to see your e catalogue i.e. visit your website (I am sure as you are in import export business you are having your full fledged website) and select the product they are interested. Upon receipt of product and quantity indication you can quote them the price.

All the best.

Replying to [Big Brother]: your English is very well, I hope one day i can speak and writen English fluently. Your upset was normal,usually,we can receive many inquiry like this, if you insist on reply inquiry,you can find a big order one day.
Good Luck

Replying to [Big Brother]:I think you shoud change your job.You can be a simultaneous interpretation as your English is so good.

Replying to [grigo]:good comment. thanks a lot. i meet the same problem, even though my english is not so good. indeed, we cannot send full catalogue through alibaba reply system, to meet the clients' inquiry. that maybe a big problem. i do alibaba would find a solution for us.

Replying to [Big Brother]:that is a very interesting experience.Once I have a friend from Tailand,we got acquaintance through my friend,in fact he is my friend's boss.When we first met in a bar,I am anxious to speak English with him,cause I was just graduate from university,he is the first foreigner I met,I mean exclude my foreign teacher.But you know what happened?Though my English is not too bad(I think),but I really could not understand him,thus,my friend translated his English to me,and then my English to him,I thought it was really funny,but now I can understand him well,and I can understand different English,so I do not think how well your English is very important,intercommunion and understanding is the key,and fluent oral English will give you much help on your future business.Fighting!Big Brother!