Part One Deadline: 8 Nov 2009
In international trade, buyers and suppliers do business with many different types of people. While some trade partners are easily forgotten, others are unforgettable.

Tell us about the buyer or supplier who made the biggest impression on you. What was it about him/her that was so unforgettable? Did this person help improve your business or was she/he exceptionally kind to you? Has anyone you've traded with angered or upset you? We want to know!

Sharing your experience will help other buyers and suppliers gain insight into international trade and how to better cooperate with others. To participate, simply post your story below.

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This really a good chance for buyers and sellers to have a communication!
Here is my story~~

last week I bought some clothes form an online store, the boss of that store is very kind and friendly, it makes me feel very happy to do business with her. She gave me many useful suggesstions about the clothes. When I want to buy a white shirt, she told me that shirt is a very normal one and also expensive, and the pictures are more beautiful than  the the real one. Then she recommend me another shirt, which is really beautiful and suitable for me.

i am a bit green and don't have many storise,
i am a cultivator supplier.i write letter every day try to find sincere buyers,but rarely receive write back. and one day a buyer sent me a pic to ask weather we produce it. after i check the pic and saw the product he need is very much similar to ours. and to somedegree our products can be better then what he looking for. I told him that and gave him some good suggestion on the design of his pic, but he just said "Briefly, I the dealer, am necessary for me model which I to you have sent, the rest me does not interest"
i was so sad...

Don't be sad, your product is't suit his requirement, eventhough similar.
but ,you had a talk, that means you are start to know each other, he does't need your product ,but maybe his friends need, so ,you can become friends and develop your business indirectly.

Last year I started a small store in a little town of 6700 population. A well dressed lady came into my store and asked if I wanted to expand to a city in Oregon, of course I was excited and told her that I would get back with her but need more info from her. The next week she came in with pictures of the store she wanted me to expand to. It looked great, bigger than my place and there were alot of people walking in front. I was this close to signing on, but... I went down with a friend to check out the place, the town was very small in the middle of no where, I started to laugh and told my friend lets go home.

Really a good topic,I'd better think twice before adding my views,just come to increase popurlarity now.

now,I'm telling my business story,

Last month,I met a customer via trademanager,I' was very exciting,because he is my first customer,i did my best hard to achieve his order,and he was also very appreciate my work.it seemed he will be a long term customer,and we said "nice" to each other regularly.he also sent me some other product drawings,but we haven't basis material of some products he wanted,so I searched the material during my friends and some other suppliers online.but it 's no use for businss.so I tell the truth to he.he said it's nothing,and told me he had sent to his customer the samples which I sent to him.and let me waiting his news.I took a long breath,because I felt very sorry  to him.

But since the day I tell him the turth,I havn't seen him any more.

So,my all dear,what's the mistake I had made,I was very puzzled on it.

How should I do last time?

I think it is not very difficult we are all effort I think all of us can do it well TtFIGHTING

It's very important to find a better supplier.While a better Purchasing Agent is most important.If you have any problem or tough thing,Please feel free to email us. We are experienced purchasing agent.

I'm a big green too,I work for a plastic company. During the last two months,I have no achievements.But I still work very hard,I believe that I could do something someday,haha! Believe in yourself,friends!

The biggest impression of one of my buyers was very tough.

I was a sales before and at that time,there were many sales in our company, this buyer,let's call him Jack. jack talked to one of my colleagues Tim on trademanager, asking for a quotation, Tim quoted him the first price like our profit is 30%, jack didn't buy it, he just cut the price one dollar by one dollar till the price is down to 5% of our cost, because our item is small item, 5%profit is very little, so Tim just feel frustrated and told him we can't accept at that price, because we will loose money. jack just spoke in an uncomfortable tone " you're not the only one to sell this item, i got money i can buy everything". As it appears, they can't make this deal.

After that, somehow, Jack talked to me on trademanager too, and have me quote the same item, i quote the best price(10%profit), also, he bargained and said he can buy from others cheaper at dollars---prcie which is less than our cost.

i just said" why don't you buy from this suplier? if they sell at this price with the same quality, then i wanna buy from them, because that's cheaper than our cost, could you help me to introduce?"Jack came to silence,like 5minutes passed,he asked me about payment terms, and i talked to myself" have we made this deal?', yeah, we made it. and i and jake became good friends, he said" you're the best slaeman i ever met".

Honest, i feel so proud of myself, i think what i learnt is skillful negotion and luck is also esstial.