Ok I have been sent a pro forma invoice, as I requested from a company in China for some samples value approx $1000. I have checked out the company as well as I can right now, and I am fairly confident that they are in good faith. They are known as Tj Fengming Trading company Ltd. 1st year Gold Supplier and with a Trustpass profile. Although I know that is not anything to be excited about
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But the question I have is on the pro forma the number of banks the T/T is routed to. Initially it is to The Deutsche bank in Frankfurt, for credit to Agricultural bank of Beijing. Then on to the Agric bank in Tianjing, then to a final account of the company name of TJ Fengming Trading with in the branch of Tianjing. Well, at least it doesn't appear to be a private individuals account ! Which is a plus. But is this a normal way for a transaction to follow, seems a bit shady to me. Possibly underhand even?Can anyone enlighten me please.
Thanks,
JonO
Quoting from [cooncat]:
Hello there,
Ok I have been sent a pro forma invoice, as I requested from a company in China for some samples value approx $1000.But the question I have is on the pro forma the number of banks the T/T is routed to. Initially it is to The Deutsche bank in Frankfurt, for credit to Agricultural bank of Beijing. Then on to the Agric bank in Tianjing, then to a final account of the company name of TJ Fengming Trading with in the branch of Tianjing. Well, at least it doesn't appear to be a private individuals account ! Which is a plus. But is this a normal way for a transaction to follow, seems a bit shady to me. Possibly underhand even?
Can anyone enlighten me please.
JonO
Obviously, you would be paying in Euro (not in USD). To me, the routing appears to be quite in order and normal. I see nothing irregular about it.