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Yup. Got ripped off by a major hardware component manufacturer there. They refused to release the significant safety deposit when they were obliged to. Not a gr
by unixhero 8y ago
Yup. Got ripped off by a major hardware component manufacturer there. They refused to release the significant safety deposit when they were obliged to. Not a great way to loose USD30000 for a startup[0].
Then we have the almost comical lack of quality assurance, and understanding of what quality means and is.
Most of our significant efforts to set up a production line for computer hardware in Shenzhen failed.
It didn't kill us, maybe some innovation and extra focus on our product and quality came out of it.
It was, however, the fortune 500 client lawyers who saw to it that we met our demise (we were a "2 big clients shop").
[0] http://bergesolutions.com http://bergesolutions.com Eulogy: Now defunct. Had massively big clients. Too big for us to handle. Shipped about 5000 units and we filed several patents.
- aj7 8y agoIn dealing with clients three orders of magnitude larger than yourself, you need a "hook." Years ago, due to an electronic miskeying, I got to listen in as a company lead purchasing agent, who had a law degree, discussed with other purchasing agents how they were going to push us around, complete with disparaging comments about our size. We had provided a specialized piece of equipment that the company's employees were sometimes too lazy to perform preventive maintenance on, despite training. I never got on a plane unless the service contract check had cleared.
- jacquesm 8y agoWhat a pity, those are nice designs, a lot of work went into them. Maybe open-source the IP to at least salvage some of it, and to avoid the vultures living off your work?