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Originally Posted by Robertb
Dear Mklynds:
Yes, I concur. I would have loved to go to Jinke and see what they have. The problem is that I do not speak much Mandarin and they essentially only speak Mandarin. Besides, the Chinese can negotiate with the Chinese. My negotiation is very to the point and direct. This works well in America. It appears that expensive Chinese dinners and a bit more "beating around the bush" (no disrespect to anyone) are part of successful negotiation in China.
I am more along the lines of: "HI! It is great to meet you. We could sell a ton of your devices for you if you would just get them to us and cooperate with us. oH, LETS DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE PRICE. You want me to move volume and I do too. Give me a price to accomplish that."
In China this is NOT the way. Instead of ten minutes, they seem to negotiate over ten hours. It is a personal defect in me. I get to the point real fast and move quickly and eloquently... I give ground a bit to compromise but I arrive where both sides are happy and winners.
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My husband is Chinese. I met him after living in China for two years, and I totally feel with you about 10 minutes versus 10 hours. The hardest thing for me is that not only do they take 10 hours to negotiate, but they genuinely believe this is a better method than our 10 minutes. They believe it as strongly as people like you and I believe the "Hi, let's do something" is better. Read the bestseller I will write on my 25th anniversary to understand why this is...I still need another 24 years to figure it out.
I know that was off topic, so here's something relevant. Am I the only one that reads in the dark? The big thing everyone says about eink is that it can be read in bright sunlight. But I read in low light conditions MUCH more often than bright sunlight. (I'm nocturnal.) I really enjoyed ereading on my backlit ipaq in the dark, but the features I want on a new device don't come on a backlit ereader. It's all eink. So what do you do in the dark with an e ink device? I'm sorry if this is a lowbrow comparison, but my brother's handheld video game thingy has a little light that plugs right into the device. Does ANY eink reader have something like this? Specifically, will the 5" pocket pro?