Originally Posted by
rekmeyata
Good luck with that! You obviously are not aware of the difference between doing business directly with China vs say the UK.
It may be that the Chinese bike frame company being discussed is interested in establishing a relationship with a U.S. bike shop(s), in the hope of selling, say, a dozen frames at a time. The shop would likely attempt to negotiate at least some semblance of warranty coverage for those frames. If I were a shop owner, I probably would be too suspicious to even entertain the idea, but not everyone is as risk-averse as I am.