Example reviews
Example case studies without naming real suppliers.
Composites, written to show the shape of a finding rather than to advertise an outcome. They do not describe real clients or real suppliers.
- The payee was not the company
A buyer had agreed terms and was two days from a 40% deposit. The proforma named an offshore entity as beneficiary; the contract and the licence named the manufacturer. Finding: a gap, with the two entity names written out side by side. What the buyer did: asked for a letter confirming the relationship, received one, and paid.
- Certificate covered a different model
The certificate supplied was current and genuine. It covered a product one specification step away from the one quoted. Finding: a gap, naming the model number on the certificate against the model number on the quotation. What the buyer did: asked the supplier to certify the quoted model before production started.
- Too little to assess
A single licence arrived, photographed at an angle, with the registration number unreadable. Finding: status Too little to assess — not a negative result, and explicitly not a warning about the supplier. What the buyer did: asked for the PDF the supplier had originally emailed, and the review completed the next day.
- Nothing to show for past shipments
Everything checkable matched. Two bills of lading were requested and none arrived. Finding: reported as missing, with an explicit note that no inference was drawn in either direction. What the buyer did: placed a smaller first order than planned.
- The quote was fine and the packing was not
Price, lead time and terms all held up. The quotation gave no carton dimensions or gross weight. Finding: a gap, with the note that container fill could not be checked. What the buyer did: requested a packing list and found the order filled two-thirds of the container being paid for.
Your review will read like these.
A finding, its source, and the thing to ask for. No score without the working, and no conclusion without the document it came from.