This is totaly ridiculous. I want to buy cell phones, video games, and many other items. There are 1000s of leads but none are any good. Forget about ever getting an email answered. Go to their web site, no prices. At least put a starting price and we can go from there, because if the price is not good I wont waste your time or mine. So.....no price, now I have to wait for someone to come online, ask for a price list, and what do they say? "For what product?" ummm about 100 different products. I need to see what prices are good and what are bad. im not just looking for 1 phone or 1 video game. Do they even want to sell 1 item? I dont think so. My advice for sellers.
Put prices on everything, Fix your web pages, there are pictures of phones with a description of a shoe. Describe all items, dont call a nokia 8800 a A832g or whatever. Answer emails it could be a potential sale. Easiest way to put it is if you went food shopping how would you feel if you had to ask the price of everything you wanted to buy. I think you would leave the store because it would take a day to finish shopping. I buy alot of designer handbags from china, and my supplier gives me an updated price list. I then email all the items i wish to buy and they get back to me with a total price with shipping. it is very easy to do.

Replying to [dmscon]: that's really a bad thing. I went to a fair with my friend last week. We stopped in front of every booth, and asked the prices . But most of them asked us to wait for a while and they would calculate the prices. what's the meaning of the " wait for a while"? It means 10 minutes or more time. Graduately, my friend lost his patience, when somebody asked us to wait, we leave, even sometimes we are much interested in their products.

Replying to [dmscon] Good business is methodical.  It takes patience.  Sometimes it takes months to make a good deal that is good for both parties.  IM not sure if you were refering to the acutal elcetronic's show this weekend in Germany.  Expositions are an exercise in marketing more than they are in sales.  It allows manfacturing and distribution to come together and introduce new products and further business relations.  In fact if you went to one and took less than 100 business cards I'd consider it window shopping. 

Your comment on pricing makes no sense from a supplier standpoint.  Price points at POS for retailers is fine because they are selling single units and their prices reflect their buying price and or the margin of profit they need to sustain business.  For suppliers and distributors this is different.  Price is not only determined on how much they have to pay for an item but at what volume they can buy.  If you were to negotiate a deal based on an L/C for 100 units per month the supplier will cut you an excellent deal based on the fact that it is a continous cash flow for their business.  One off buys of 10 models here ore there is not going to get you best price, and as supply and demand changes so will their prices. 

I have friends and business aquaintenaces on both sides of the big ponds who deal in all kinds of electronic's including cell phones from distribution to retail.  But the fact remains retailers give prices, as it drives buyers to their sites.  Suppliers and distributors don't need to because everyone needs to come to them.  This is why real distributors have no need to advertise.  

Trade is about quanity, and the co-existence of benefit between supplier and buyer over years.  Those looking for one piece or just a few items are not looking for trade, they are looking for quick profits, although some are looking to buy items to facilitate their own manufacturing facilities.  IM constantly asked have you done business with a Gold Supplier, Trust Pass member, or Free member.  My answer is YES,YES,YES.  Sometimes knowing the person selling the product and what they stand for is better than the price of the product your trying to buy.   Price alone means nothing unless that person (company) on the other side is willing to stand behind that product via negotiation and contract. 

Some might declare this a physco-babble BS.  But when you get done with a deal how do you view the contact you have have made with a supplier?  Are they just a business contact ,or at the end of negotiations someone you can honestly call a friend or True Trading Partner?     

Apparently, you have made a contact in hand bag supply in China and have a good working relationship.  But to, that may be where you want to stay IT is a different pace and the margins are not as good.  It helps if you know more about the products than just a name or the standard specifications of a product.  Your looking for cell phones from China at what 10 pieces?  What questions are you going to ask the supplier to assure they are even useable, marketable, or warrantable in the US?  What certifications are you looking for?  Just because a product p RohS does not mean it has been approved by the FCC.

I really do do hope you can be successful in your business but calm your frustration, pull back take a few breaths and make your decision to move ahead from truely calmer position and spend a little time uderstanding the IT market your trying to get into.

Best regards,

Ranger