{"title":"Get It Checked","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eA second pair of eyes on your goods before you pay, from a $100 photo review to an inspection at the factory. Global Economic Bridge works with the industry leaders in manufacturing, consumer goods and logistics. The same standard checks your goods here.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"photo-and-video-review","title":"Photo and Video Review","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Photo and Video Review checks photos and videos of your sample or finished goods against what was promised, and flags what looks wrong.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe supplier has sent you eight photos and a short video. Something about the stitching, the colour or the finish is bothering you, and the balance payment is due. You have no way to tell whether you are being careful or paranoid.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAsking the supplier whether the sample is right only tells you what the supplier wants to be true. Posting the photos in a buyers group gets you ten opinions from people who have never read your spec. We look at what you send against the written specification and tell you what does not match, what needs a closer look, and what a photograph simply cannot show. Honest, even when it costs the supplier the order.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrice:\u003c\/strong\u003e $100 — fixed price. \u003cstrong\u003eTurnaround:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2 working days.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe verdict you get:\u003c\/strong\u003e Closes with a clear GEB verdict — proceed, adjust or stop — plus the single thing we would not accept if it were our order. 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It is not a physical inspection, not lab testing and not an accredited certification audit, and it is no guarantee that the goods will pass a buyer's or a regulator's inspection. For hands-on checking, step up to the Sample Check.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNatural next step: Sample Check.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFrequently asked questions\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWhat should I send?\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eClear, well-lit photos of the whole item and its details, plus video of anything that moves, opens or switches on. 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Next comes an order for thousands of units. If something is out by two millimetres, or the material is not what was agreed, you find out after the container lands and the money has gone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe supplier's own quality report grades the supplier's own work, and eyeballing the sample on a kitchen table catches only what you already know to look for. We work through the sample point by point against your written spec — dimensions, materials, finish, function, packaging — photograph every fault, and give you a fix list to send back before the run starts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrice:\u003c\/strong\u003e $500 — fixed price. \u003cstrong\u003eTurnaround:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5–7 working days from the sample arriving.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe verdict you get:\u003c\/strong\u003e Closes with a clear GEB verdict — proceed, adjust or stop — plus the one fault that would cost you most if it repeated across the whole run. 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One named GEB reviewer spends a full day inside the factory, looks at how the place actually controls its own work, and writes down a judgement — with their name on it, and nothing sold to the factory afterwards.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrice:\u003c\/strong\u003e $3,500 — fixed price. \u003cstrong\u003eTurnaround:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2 weeks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe verdict you get:\u003c\/strong\u003e Closes with a clear GEB verdict — keep, fix or replace this supplier — plus the one weakness most likely to cause your next defect. 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It is not an accredited certification audit. For accredited audits such as ISO or BSCI, use SGS, Bureau Veritas or Intertek. It is an opinion, not a guarantee that this factory's goods will pass a buyer's or a regulator's inspection. Available in China and South America only.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNatural next step: Full Sourcing Pack.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFrequently asked questions\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWhy does this cost more than a day of inspection?\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause you are buying judgement, not attendance. One reviewer, named, independent of the factory, writing what they would do if the supplier were theirs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eHow fast is it?\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo weeks from the visit being agreed with the factory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eDoes the factory see the report?\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnly if you choose to share it. 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