Hi, please tell me what 40'HQ means.
And, I'v recieved the following email, please help me determin if it's fraud , all I wanted is a sample:

Hi kajal,


Thank you for your reply.

We always pack 50 pcs in a master carton (84*21.5*37cm), since 100 pcs would be too heavy to move easily.

All the prices we offer is FOB Xiamen. To well establish business relationship, we would like to get you better price when you confirm the order.

According to our company's sample policy, we will have to charge you US$100, but we will completely refund it if you finally place the order.

Looking forward to your confirmation.


Sincerely,

Jarvin

Replying to [KVJ- Kajal]:
It is impossible to tell whether the email message is a fraud.
Appearantly it looks as a very good response to your request.
The issues here are 1) their sample policy and 2) their honesty.
1- I personally myself do not like their sample policy.
This policy may be good to valuable items that worth $100 dollars or more, for it intends to charge you a hundred dollars. To items that worth few dollars - I figure out as a hundred devide by 50 to yied 2 dollars only - this policy forces the potential customer to buy a bundle of items. The sample policy for items at low value like that should be a single item and the requester should pay for the shipping cost. I personally do not like this seller and his company. In case I handle this conversation, I would ask him to change the company sample policy. If the company does not change the sample policy, I'd better forget it.
2- You would never trust anybody in doing business. You would consider taking risk of losing a hundred dollars to find out this business is worthy or not. In my experience, I have ordered a sample package and the total cost to my office was 2 thousand dollars. Everything was fine except the value. I lost a thousand in the transaction, and I keep the sample for myself, for I cannot sell it anywhere at a thousand dollars. The lost of a thousand dollars worths finding the true value of my business partner that I will never contact him again. The second time, I lost 5 hundreds dollars to another person and received only garbage. The third time, I risked 2 hundred dollars and received about a hundred worth.

I hope my experience is a good story to hear.

Replying to [KVJ- Kajal]: To answer your first question what is 40'HQ?

This is a 40 foot High Cube container used in shipping. This kind of container has about 12% more cubic footage of space than a standard 40 foot container. Containers come in all kinds of sizes and uses.

As for the second part of your question there is no way to say if its a scam or not.

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