这两天我收到一个询盘，要求我们提供报价，原文如下： We have a new open bid case inquiry of, Manganese Sulfate, MnSO4.H2O (II), pink color powder, industrial grade, above 98% Q'ty: 1000/KG Need your CIF Kaohsiung port Taiwan price before May 4th. Pls confirm by written your offer include our 3% commission. Pls send relevant specification data together with your offer. (specification data sheet is better). Pls advise best delivery time. Payment should be by L/C. (if the quantity is big, L/C is necessary) The validity of your offer at least to May 20th. Pls quote as following form: 1. Product 2. Quality 3. Quantity 4. Price (pls confirm by written our commission) 5. Payment terms (L/C is necessary) 6. Shipment/Delivery time 7. Packing 8. Validity time 9. Others (depending on you) Thanks and best regards, 因为数量较小，所以我回复如下： Thank you for your mail as below,now we quote for this product to you for your reference. Commodity:Manganese Sulfate monohydrate Industry grade Quality:See attached files. Quantity:1MT Price:USD 1256/MT CIFC3 KaoHsiung port Payment Term: 100% T/T in advance. Shipment/Delivery time:in May. Packing: As your request. Validity time: This price is open until the 20th.May. Marks: As your requirement. If any question,pls let us know! Remarks:As our plant inform us that as the quantity is very small and it is hard for them to arrange the delivery details and the price shall be much favorable if the quantity is big enough. We will have a holiday from 1st.May to 3rd.May then the office will be closed. Pls kindly note! If any question,pls let us know! Thank you! Best Regards, 其中价格是不实的，因为工厂听说只有1吨，送货都不好安排，所以就随便报了个价。当然，要比实际价格要高出很多。 接着他回复如下： Thanks for your offer, the buyer is the biggest Ent. in Taiwan, Formosa Group, It's not possible for them to pay 100% payment in advance, especially to the supplier never did any buisness with them before. Please change the payment to D/P terms (Document against payment terms.) 我一想，觉得也对，但是要我们货到付款有点难度，我跟他们也不熟啦，所以我建议寄样品和我们的证书给他们，先检测没问题了再决定用哪种付款，于是我又回了： We sincerely hope to build the mutual benifit business relations with you. We know your misgivings and how about we send this samples first to you for your testing(about 100g)?Also together with our Fami-QS copy certificate which we approved it last year.Then you could also get more knowlage about us. Pls kindly note! Best Regards, 结果一大早就收到他的邮件， This is nothing to do with us, if the buyer place the order to you, the payment should be remit to you directly from them not by us. But it's impossible for them to pay any supplier by T/T in advance. There are millions foreign purchasing case. Their procuring dep. just not allowed to do the T/T in advance payment. 我越想越不对了，难道台湾人富到这种程度，连价格都不用商量，就直接要买？ 于是我又回了，说70% by T/T in advance,30% remitted after you receivced our orignal documents. 结果他这下就没回了。 请问一下，这个人有没有可能是骗子？我觉得有点像！