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trial task for VA
"find potential suppliers for the pen thing"
* background:
* I want to sell the following product:
* a gag pen that cannot write
* both ends are the "inactive" end of the pen
* see these drawings: http://imgur.com/6DKTD
* Based on the simplicity of my design, I believe that any place which currently manufactures pens should be able to manufacture this, using existing parts on hand. However, I haven't had any luck with alibaba.com so far. I've gotten 3 quotes through alibaba.com, but they are very bad quality. I may want to contact these manufacturers more directly.
* My goal is to find a supplier who can manufacture this for me
* This first task is simply to develop a list of potential suppliers.
* Do not contact them yet - simply put this list together.
* deliverable: send me a simple document with:
* 3 - 5 most promising suppliers. location, summary of goods
* for each, list a few reasons you picked that one
In future tasks, we will be contacting the suppliers on this list. But not yet ...
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