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Ignorance is NOT Bliss…When it Comes to Product Defects

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

Here’s some pretty important news straight from the National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors . Usually the manufacturer is held liable for product defects but in some cases, the wholesaler can be held liable as well/instead.

Here are some of the specific circumstances where the wholesaler-distributer can be held liable:

  • Some wholesaler-distributors provide installation, service or repair work as a "value-added" for their customers, which may increase their product liability exposure in the process.
  • Wholesaler-distributors that modify, repackage or re-label products may assume a greater liability than those who don’t. Modification of the product can include any modification of instructions or warranties.
  • Repackaging under the wholesaler-distributor’s name may increase the exposure substantially.
  • The United States has some of the most stringent product safety standards in the world. When goods are produced overseas, they do not necessarily comply with these standards. When a wholesaler-distributor imports products from a foreign manufacturer who does not carry U.S. product liability coverage, they can assume the product liability exposure.
  • If the manufacturer is insolvent or otherwise unavailable (foreign manufacturers with no coverage inside the U.S. for example) the wholesaler-distributor can be held liable for any defect in the product.
  • When the wholesaler-distributor is directly responsible for the defective condition, i.e. if they have damaged the product while repackaging, or by making product modifications, they may be held liable for product liability.
  • If a wholesaler-distributor had knowledge of the defective condition prior to the sale and did nothing, they can be held accountable.
  • If a wholesaler-distributor recommended an unsuitable product for the job they may be liable

Be sure you are aware of any instances where you could be held liable for the wholesale products you sell. Any lawyer will tell you that "ignorance is no defense."

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How To Run An FBI Check On Your Wholesale Distributor

Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007

One of the rising issues with a wholesale distributor is getting both parties trust- both from you and on his part to conduct immediate business. Since many of today’s wholesale lists online offer hundreds and, in many cases, thousands of potential distributors and wholesalers, sometimes it’s just not easy getting the most important initial trust bond between your wallet and your potential provider.

Why is it not easy to establish a trust bond between a new wholesaler and distributor from a potential small business? The main reason of this trust-bond issue rises when you start to get hundreds and thousands of targeted visitors to your sites every single day. You not only get visitors, but one of the greatest benefits of being open to huge amounts of targeted readers is that you get the benefit of joint venture partners.

As you get potential joint venture partners, your e-commerce hosting server can crash and burn from floods of visitors in an initial time frame or you can even downgrade your business for the most economical hosting option, that is depending on how good your joint venture partner is. Pretty much, the more customers you have on a monthly, weekly or daily basis- the more cautious you need to be with whom you conduct business with today and tomorrow.

One of the greatest tools to identify who you are really dealing with is called "Read Notify". You can make a search in any popular search engine like Yahoo, Google or MSN and find the dot com name immediately. Such a tool works as a tracking device when sending email.

The beauty of it is that when you get partners and middlemen trying to post as a real legit distributor- you can know a lot more facts about the company trying to unite with you or conduct business and finally meet initial trust bonds between you and your new trading partner. For instance, have you ever wanted to run an FBI check on your partner or potential new business acquaintance?

While there is nothing better than someone from the FBI telling you everything about a guy’s history, you definitely can do an in-depth investigation on your wholesale list contacts or your new wholesale distributor without even asking the new party!

Here is how this excellent tool works wonders for many of us. When you send an email to a small business operator or the guy and entity with which you want to conduct business- chances are he will open the email to see whatever it is that you have to say to him for both his company and pocket-wise benefits. When he opens such electronic mail- what do you get? You immediately get crucial information from him, the receiver, such as:

The exact location of where the email is being opened, tracked by I.P Address. For instance, if you live in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico and you are sending him an email from Sydney, Australia, the system most of the time will give you from 70-100% possibilities of the nearby street number of where he is located. Such a tracking device tells you then of course the city and country and the exact time when the person opened the email, all in real time. Do you need to chase or potentially bribe an FBI agent to get this kind of information?

Of course not - it’s not ethical and not legal; but you can investigate that yourself! So could you imagine what a tool like this could really do for you and your e-commerce negotiations if you received many joint venture offers or are skeptical of the person who wants to conduct business with you?

Getting a liar who tells you he is a wholesale distributor from the USA when the correct location of his whereabouts is in Berlin, Pakistan or other hot places where you should not commercially trade or ship any kind of package, could mean a lot for your business safety- especially if you happen to buy the everyday scandalous wholesale riches scheme story from someone who just does not know what he’s talking about.

About the Author:
Finding a Wholesale Distributor online is one of the business components Joaquin serves as an e-commerce coach. His focus today is providing rich Wholesale List sources.

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