procedures & basics (1) ....

how to start..... In our newsletters you can read about actual available offers from buyer or from sellerside. If you are no regular recipient yet, you can subscribe by sending a corresponding email to us and we add you to our mailing list.  
  To be able to proceed, we need in all cases a detailed LOI issued by the buyer or by the seller. This is not because we love paperwork. This is to save time and to work efficiently.  
A professional LOI contains ALL informations which are needed to get a professional and fast response.  
 
  • Immediatly it is clearly to be seen,
  • who wants to buy or sell what (including specification),
  • under which conditions
  • in which amount(s)
  • for which (target-)price
  • with which procedure
  • under which payment terms
  • with which payment instrument(s)
  • for which destination (of which origin)
  • by using which bank(s)
  • for which timeframe
  • on seller's or buyer's ORIGINAL letterhead
  • never sanitized
  • a letter of intend is not a contract, it is the perfect description of interest
 
  • Please read the newsletter carefully and take notice of the details ....
  • If you send a mail, send one single mail for one single inquiery.
  • If you have several inquieries, please send separate mails.
  • Please include all important informations. (buyer/seller details, exact specification, amount & period, targetprice if any, payment, destination, conditions if any....)
  • Please don't ask for prices without an offical LOI.
  • If you don't know the details please check first with your buyer or your seller.
  • If you send a document, please send in one mail only the documents for one project.
  • If you create PDF-files, please include only one document in one file... (NOT 5 documents for three different projects in one file....!!!!)
  • Please DO NOT waste our disc-space, please take care that documents DO NOT have more than max. one MB each.... this is NOT a technical but a "user-problem" ....
  • Please check upfront all documents for logical and other mistakes...
  • Please help us save time that we need less time to work on each inquiery.....Thank you for understanding .....
 

Don't .......

Don't ask for photos, we are no photo-agency and they aren't worth the sending as they proof nothing.
Don't ask for a "past performance" as it says nothing about the seller's ability to supply tomorrow.
Don't ask for pricing without a buyer's LOI......
Don't ask for a FCO without having a positive response to your buyer's LOI.
Don't believe that the sending of a LOI automatically causes the sending of a FCO or draft contract.
Don't send a mail and ask 5 min later, whether it arrived and we have worked on it.......
Don't think we are machines that do not need to sleep, eat....
Don't believe there were no weekends in western europe when offices are closed (...saturdays and sundays...)
Don't think we had no other person besides you to talk to ..... (your inquiery is important for us, but it is NOT the only we are busy with....)
Don't think that deals about several millions of USD are closed within minutes, hours or a day ......
Don't start an inquiery by telling what commission you have to get .... (no contract closed - no commission - no discussion)....

(to be continued..... )
(If you cannot smile about the above, then it is meant for: ......YOU.....)


... like our "don't" there are some "no's" ......

- no table-top-meeting
- no trial shipments (only "spot" or "annual")
- no deal after a buyer's contract
- no Performance Bond before payment instrument
- no payment @ destination port (only @ loading port)
- no (loading port-)visit before payment instrument
- no mfpa before contract closed
(accepted payment instrument in place)
- no pictures
- no past performance


LOI or ICPO.. see below a few informations what we expect
Guidelines to note when preparing documents
(please take notice as we lose a lot of time by 'wrong documents'...)

LETTER OF INTENT (LOI)

1. Freshly dated (not older than 3-5 working days)
2. The format should be PDF file
3. On original letterhead with complete company name, adress, phone number, fax number and email adress
4. The LOI may be adressed to b2b group deutschland (not a must)
5. We need the quantity, duration, destination port, price idea, specification and origin, and banking details
6. The documents must be signed and stamped

IRREVOCABLE CORPORATE PURCHASE ORDER (ICPO)

1. Freshly dated (not older than 3-5 working days)
2. The format should be PDF File
3. letterhead like LOI
4. The informations must be detailed and we need a specification
5. The ICPO may be adressed to 'the seller through b2b deutschland group' (not a must)
6. Bank details complete and correct for the specific deal
7. The documents must be signed and sealed

NCNDA NCNDA we normally do not close anymore as most are not worth the paper the are printed on and most attempts to close a deal end after having made a NCNDA ... so far we are tired to waste our time with senseless paperwork.... also if you should have the wrong partners then they will cheat you anyways not depending on whether you have a NCNDA or not. If you are looking for a document that makes sense, become registered partner - JOIN TODAY...
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