Unit price
Ex-works, in CNY, with the date it was quoted. Prices move.
Six steps. Each one has an owner.
Most sourcing goes wrong where nobody is clearly responsible. Here is exactly who does what, and what we do not do.
| Step | What happens | Detail | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | You send the part | Vehicle model and year, OE number, quantity, and where it must reach. We do not start without all four — a price without them is a guess. | You |
| 02 | We check the number | OE cross-reference against the factory catalogue. If the number is ambiguous we say so before quoting, not after the goods land. | Lucky7 |
| 03 | Three offers in 48 hours | Three factories, each quoted on unit price, MOQ, lead time and whether a trial or mixed order is accepted. Named A/B/C, with a dated customer reference on each sheet. | Lucky7 |
| 04 | You choose | Only after you pick one do we name that factory. The other two stay coded. The decision, the payment and the goods risk are yours. | You |
| 05 | Order placed and followed | Purchase order issued, deposit confirmed with the factory, production tracked, part numbers double-checked against the order before packing. | Lucky7 |
| 06 | Inspected, shipped, cleared | Pre-shipment check on quantity and visible damage. Consolidated with other parcels if you want. Freight, duty and our fee quoted as three separate lines. | Lucky7 & forwarder |
01
What a valid offer looks like
Four columns, always. An offer missing any of them is not usable, because it cannot be compared.
COLUMN 1
COLUMN 2
MOQ
The real minimum, not the catalogue minimum. Ask whether they will take less for a first order.
COLUMN 3
Trial or mixed
Whether they accept a trial quantity, and whether different part numbers can share one order.
COLUMN 4
Lead time
Ex-works date, not a promise of arrival. Transit is quoted separately.
Offers expire after 30 days. Each sheet carries a customer reference and a date, so a redirect or a leak is traceable — and so nobody is quoting you a year-old price.
02
What we do not do
| Not done | Why |
|---|---|
| Hold your payment in our account | Goods are paid to the factory. Money through us is a legal and trust problem we will not create. |
| Take a spread on the goods | It makes our advice worthless — we would be recommending the factory that pays us. |
| Guarantee a certificate or a fixed clearance date | Those are decided by labs and customs, not by us. We coordinate and report. |
| Unannounced factory visits | We have no right to enter a factory that is not our supplier. Visits happen when the buyer arranges them. |
| Sell you a factory list | A list is worth nothing on its own. What you are buying is the checking and the follow-through. |
03
Free, charged, and never free
FREE
Unpack, count, combine
Opening cartons, counting pieces, photographing visible damage, combining parcels, labelling. This is handling, not inspecting.
CHARGED
Check and judge
Verifying OE numbers piece by piece, measuring, comparing to your order. Charged because depth costs time — and because unpaid work gets done shallowly while the liability stays with us.
ALWAYS CHARGED
Buying on your behalf
Placing orders, chasing production, handling a claim. It is work with a name and a price, not a favour.