[inuhj]

The biggest mistake they made was ordering 3,000 decanters and 1,500 aerators. These were not custom products so why was the order quantity so high? As an importer it's clear that the agent they dealt with in China knew it was a one-time thing and juiced them on the quantity. Realistically they should've ordered 100 of each as a quality check, listed them for sale, and seen how it goes. Minimum order quantities rarely are.

[AstralStorm]

The problem is almost none of real good chinese shippers will spot you a 100 item sample. Worse, you might get the sample from some sketch sellers then not get a bigger delivery.

It is a jungle out there.

And the flat cost of dead load storage is bad and similar enough for both cases.