Scam Shield: Being Vigilant, Aware and Wary is the Best Defense Against Scammers
December 29, 2008
“The tools to thrive during challenging economic times,” this is the quest of every business owner and the spark for the recent article, Business Beware, in the Boise Better Business Bureau Reporter. The Reporter calls businesses “prime targets for scam artists…[who] know it’s easier to find victims in tough times.”
The Reporter Lists the following scams now affecting the US:
The Large Order Scam. Beware the caller placing a large order for unique product. After giving a credit card and stressing the urgency for quick processing the scammer calls back with an order change or new credit card number. The final blow comes when the scammer is not able to pick up the product and asks the business to ship it to a third party. They provide yet another credit card and ask the business to wire money to the shipper. This wired money actually goes to the pocket of the scammer who disappears leaving the business minus cash and overloaded with unsaleable product.
Dishonest Billing. Deceitful business directory services will mail advertisements and appear to be an invoice hoping it will be placed in accounts payable and never noticed.
Sneaky Finance Charges on Invoices. Use your most critical eye when inspecting invoices. A recent scam has surfaced on legitimate invoices. The billing company sends a late invoice that arrives a day or two prior to the ‘pay-by date.’ In the fine print you’ll find that a small interest rate will be applied to all balances not paid by the due date. This is an intentionally tricky and costly scam that is easily overlooked.
Piotr Babinchenko, founder of Wireless Association, gives the following advise to wholesale companies:
A new customer calling with a large order is exciting. It’s important to keep your head and make certain you collect accurate billing and shipping information required for the order from the start.
Get more information about the caller. Checking the trade references, Babinchenko suggests checking three, of a new company or individual making a large purchase is important.
It is perfectly fine to ask that a caller pay by cashier’s check rather than by credit card. This will eliminate the risk of fraudulent credit card payment.
Order a third party inspection. If you’re still unsure, rely on a company like Dun & Bradstreet for the latest information of an ordering company’s credit.
Reduce exposure to fraud for your company and customers with our 4-step verification process. Make the wireless industry a safer and more secure place to do business by displaying the Wireless Association Verified Seal. The Wireless Association 4-step Verification Service can make you feel safe about doing business, worldwide.
Wireless Association’s Unlimited Bulk Email Service Lets Business Do Business
December 29, 2008
Unlimited Business-to-Business Email Solutions
Tired of bulk email services limiting how many emails you send each month? The Wireless Association Bulk Email Service breaks those barriers with limitless access to your audience. Whether you send 100 or 50,000 bulk emails, we won’t limit you. Wireless Association allows business to do business, without being hassled. (Lists may not contain spam emails.) Your cost depends on the size of your email list.
Features include: Unlimited Email Blasts, Top Industry Security, Easy Message Scheduling, Deliverability Statistics, Spam Filter Analysis, a Built-in HTML Content Builder, Media Rich Content Capability, and much more.
Paired with Wireless Association’s Verified Email Contact List, now providing access to nearly 8,000 verified wireless contacts including: distributors, carriers, and manufacturers, (or a list you have acquired from a legitimate third party) the bulk email service is sure to provide solid contacts to expand your distribution market.
The service is open to all business industries. Wireless Association members will recieve a 10% discount.
Let’s do business! Wireless Association Bulk Email Service Pricing
Let ReCellular AcCELLerate Your Inventory: ReCellular AcCELLerate Auction Program Offers Constant, Reliable Supplies
December 17, 2008
Looking for a magical, never-ending product stream to supply your wholesale business? Look no further than the mobile phone holy grail provided by recycling firm ReCellular, featured in a recent post by Cellular News. ReCellular is launching an expanded web-based auction platform to the wholesale community.
ReCellular’s current auction presents an average of 250,000 second-hand handsets. The expansion will open the floor to industry partners including wireless carriers and original equipment manufacturers, possibly boosting the offerings another 250,000 handsets. That’s 500,000 per month folks! This will make the auction one of the largest single sources for pre-owned wireless equipment in the world.
John Boone, ReCellular Product Strategy and Sales director, says, “By expanding our auction system to include additional offerings, we now offer companies a one-stop point of purchase to fulfill all of their pre-owned wireless demands. … ReCellular typically carries more than 250,000 wireless handsets in inventory, in addition to batteries, chargers and accessories. As a result, we can offer wireless retailers a consistent, reliable supply of handsets and components to meet virtually every business need.”
Auctions are posted every other Thursday with offers due within five days. Phones ship to winning bidders 48 hours after payment is received.
Now, where will you market your auction bounty? Look no further than Wireless Association’s Trading Floor, providing a global platform to buy and sell cellular products, components and accessories on the simplest trading floor in the industry. Join us at wassociation.com.
Verification = Trust
December 17, 2008
A boost in efficiency, an increase in effectiveness, a reduction in costs, higher revenue streams, profits and prosperity for your company; those are the benefits of trust and integrity you’ll find when you become a Wireless Association Verified Member.
Wholesale distribution is an industry based on reputation and customer loyalty. Reduce exposure to fraud for your company and customers with our 4-step verification process. Make the wireless industry a safer and more secure place to do business by displaying the Wireless Association Verified Seal. The Wireless Association 4-step Verification Service can make you feel safe about doing business, worldwide.
Here are what some of our members are saying about being a Wireless Association Verified Member:
“Being a Wireless Association Verified member has enabled our company
to reach additional resellers and increase the international visibility of our products.”
—Sam Hickson, TodaysCloseout.com, Brooklyn, NY, USA
The most valuable aspect of being a Wireless Association Verified Member is “how quick and easy it is to promote my products online…I have had good experiences with Wireless Association Members. I have made many new contacts and friends. We also spoke about many ways to improve business. It felt good talking and dealing with people that can be trusted because of their verification.”
—Niv Benz, Every Accessory, Brooklyn, NY, USA
RAZR Still Rules: RAZR V3 No. 2 Consumer Handset, Still a Staple and a Good Bet
December 9, 2008
A recent iPhone Alley post merrily announced the Q3 study by NPD Group revealing iPhone recently edged out Motorola’s RAZR for title of No. 1 mobile phone handset in the US. As recently as the October 2008 issue of RCR Wireless News reported Motorola Inc.’s reasonably priced, clamshell handset RAZR V3 as still reigning supreme.
Since 2005, the Motorola RAZR finished first as the top selling consumer handset in the US. Smartphone use has increased, but for the most part, they are still confined to the business market allowing the feature-packed RAZR to dominate, until now. Ross Rubin, NPD’s director of industry analysis said, “The displacement of the RAZR by iPhone 3G represents a watershed shift in handset design from fashion to fashionable functionality.”
Even with this revelation, the RAZR is still a staple of the everyday consumer and, according to Rubin maintains a “great mind-share” among consumers who still desire a voice-centric, slim-designed package. The RAZR has become the prime symbol of inexpensive to “free” handsets that attract subscribers.
Filling out the top-five list at No. 3 Reasearch In Motion Ltd.’s Blackberry Curve, No. 4 is LG Electronics Co. Ltd.’s Chocolate, followed by No. 5 RIM’s Pearl.
Search for top industry products or post your inventory to the Wireless Association Trading Floor, your gateway to the global market. Visit us at wassociation.com.
How do you Contact your Customers?
December 9, 2008
Real power exists in the ability to connect with your customers to promote your business. From publicizing sales events and product launches to cultivating a trusting relationship, profits bloom from good communication. We want to know…
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December 3, 2008
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Trust: Your Most Important Asset
December 3, 2008
Survival of the fittest has taken on a whole new meaning in the current economy. In the quest to forecast markets, increase efficiency, eliminate excess and create new revenue streams we all may just be forgetting that the most direct route to profit is trust.
An important article, Profiting From Trust, in the Boise Better Business Bureau Reporter reminds us that the ROI from trust-building with your customers is considerable. Profitting from the trust of your customers may sound blasphemous, but constructing an ethical marketplace is a win-win: Business benefits from customer loyalty and stellar reputations acquired by first-rate companies that react to customers’ needs; Customers recognize trustworthy businesses and buy with confidence.
The Reporter presents Stephen M.R. Covey’s book, The Speed of Trust, as a valuable resource in measuring your business growth. Covey writes, “Trust always affects two outcomes – speed and cost. When trust goes down, speed will also go down and costs go up. When trust goes up, speed will also go up and costs will go down.”
The Reporter suggests the following to raise your company’s trust score: Increase trust between your employees, vendors and customers. Trust dramatically increases speed and effectiveness of interactions creating higher efficiency and results in driving down costs.
What has a breach of trust cost your company? The possibilities are endless, among the most critical may be a shift away from innovation and growth.
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