[SexyCyborg]

No- under these circumstances you don't haggle. They mostly sell quantity to people they know, they are stopping real business to be polite and do him a favor. Likewise, if you buy 5 switches in SEG, it's going to be like $2 and it's just not the time for it. Source- Shenzhen local.

[Taniwha]

yes exactly - if you're going to Shenzhen figure out which buildings will sell you 10 and which are really there to sell you 10,000, the market prices to you are already cheaper than what you're used to for most stuff anyway.

If you do need 10,000 you're probably buying reels anyway, there are places that will sell you those, and if you really are manufacturing get a local sourcing agent to help you they will know who sells reliable stuff at a good price