Um. I don't agree that asking for references will "not be helpful" as there are a LOT of scams that come from China. People need to be aware of whats at risk.
#1. Find a product that you KNOW people are going to buy
#2. Set up a method of distributing these products BEFORE you begin importing.
#3. Determine a competitive price that will help you 'break in' to the market.
#4. Determine a fair profit margain that you want to make on that product.
#5. THEN and ONLY then, begin negotiations with a foreign firm and contrary to what this article reports, negotiate a price accordingly. Remember, a slow economy means IT IS A BUYERS MARKET. You, the buyer has the advantage and if one Chinese exporter won't meet your price, move on to the next. Their loss, not yours, there are PLENTY of manufacturers fighting for your import business.
#6. It is a buyer's market, which means you will have to
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What if the thief reformats the ipod once he gets it back to his criminal hide out in the mountains? Won't that also just erase the itracker program as well, thus rendering the ipod 'clean' and thereby untrackable? Or what if the evil mastermind behind the whole ipod ring doesn't have access to the internets (which Al Gore invented)? Or if he/she/it has a security program running at their criminal base station which alerts them when a program is about to be installed and/or access the internet via their evil server?
I'm not so sure about this itracker stuff.
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