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2010-03-19 21:56:45 (3244 views) Just got this threatening email from a Chinese manufacturer...
" Good day!
Thanks for your inquiry us.I am Ruby and i will be taking charge of your business from now on."
No you won't!!!!! :)
2010-03-19 05:21:12 (3348 views) .... as youtube is totally blocked.
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/4326975/mold_factory_trip/
If anyone wants to post the embed HTML code go ahead - we can't see that page again due to Chinese net filtering (though we were able to upload the file)
And here's the flickr gallery: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dreamloverlabs/sets/72157623525743709/
2010-03-18 08:58:59 (3524 views) Moving to China is starting to pay off BIG TIME. Please scroll down to see tons of pictures (products, molds, factory machinery... everything!!!)
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2010-03-17 06:00:52 (3174 views) Another company's samples
And a bonus picture:
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2010-03-17 03:50:57 (2749 views) We will be revealing little by little...
2010-03-17 03:42:50 (2742 views) Given financial and logistical constraints it was decided that moving to Guangdong, China would be the smartest, craziest and perhaps only way to see this product through to its final stages.
Some of the issues that brought us to this decision:
- parts and samples being shipped around the world through fedex mean high shipping fees and import duties of 20% or more on components. And delays of weeks each time (even paying expedite rates doesn't prevent packages being blocked at customs for days, in fact this has been quite common).
- need to verify quality and repeatability of manufacturing and assembly processes (we'll be doing quality testing in person in the beginning)
- need to find cheap labor for assembly (of the final product, not just the pcbs)
- need to be in Hong Kong to open the company's bank account. Annoying bank rules just changed and this can no longer be done remotely...
- last but not least, having tapped hugely into personal savings and basically neglected paid work - and with the delays incurred to date and revenues not yet being produced - first world living expenses are no longer entirely in the comfort zone
So, this is not a "trip". We canceled our lease in the west and moved here with suitcases, bags full of components, instrumentation - the whole Lab! :)
We've left full time jobs long time ago anyway, and we've got a couple of friends working in that area, so we thought - why not?!?!?
So... ok, here's the first China report!!
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