doing business deals with khmers
Pretty sure he referred not to the recommended translation companies but to your original problem.
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The scam issue would be pretty universal because few people want to get ripped off, so paying after delivery is one way to protect oneself.
I am finding that distrust in financial arrangements is a universal feature of business at least at the SME level in SEA.
There must be in every culture a way to finesse things so that each side feels safe.
I am finding that distrust in financial arrangements is a universal feature of business at least at the SME level in SEA.
There must be in every culture a way to finesse things so that each side feels safe.
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Nope, I think it's just a case of cheat or be cheated.
K440 : Lucky cheese for the gentry; poultry and death for the peasants.
"Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman. Believing what he read made him mad."
"Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman. Believing what he read made him mad."
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Not on my side.SCC wrote:Nope, I think it's just a case of cheat or be cheated.
And khmers must be doing living up to their committments because things do get done in cambo: deliveries are made, workers stay on their jobs...
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sometimes the carrot works better than the stick...
for a small piece of work,
offer a 25% down payment up front, with full payment on delivery, if they can get it done quickly then offer to through in a bonus for prompt service...
for a small piece of work,
offer a 25% down payment up front, with full payment on delivery, if they can get it done quickly then offer to through in a bonus for prompt service...
Well, family piety and poverty has a LOT to do with that I think. Not sure if it applies for the private businessmen.Timeslot Enigmatic wrote:Not on my side.SCC wrote:Nope, I think it's just a case of cheat or be cheated.
And khmers must be doing living up to their committments because things do get done in cambo: deliveries are made, workers stay on their jobs...
My point is perhaps illustrated by a concern I have had recently with Khmer dealings. Ok, not exactly buying/trading example but ...
Imagine 3 plots of land adjacent to each other each measuring 20mx40m .
1,2,3.
1 gets bought, guy raises his land and builds.
2 gets bought , guy also raises his land , but now raises it higher than 1's. 1's now gets flooded.
3 gets bought , guy raises land above 2 and 1's . 2's now gets flooded.
The whole thing could be sorted out by negotiation or standard practice, but in the end it's left to A) who you know and B)how corrupt you are.
A) Need to know to good services, no reg bodies so trial and error and /or luck.
B) Everyone is corrupt to some level, but you really need to know who is in a posistion to fuck you over and get away with it.
I think lot of the time in Cambodia , a lot of Cambodian's ( and others) use A to hook you (glossy advertising, bullshit etc and B to eat you . Culturally accepted?
K440 : Lucky cheese for the gentry; poultry and death for the peasants.
"Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman. Believing what he read made him mad."
"Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman. Believing what he read made him mad."
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