Count-inv
North America,#2Consumer Comment
Fri, May 27, 2011
It is a sad story though, a couple Mark Snider and Kristal W.Snider from plymouth, who were basically selling flowers from their Diane's Duxbury home came into this business starting in a dingy room at 19R Main street Plymouth, MI. Later moved to Florida in 2006.This couple is so greedy they left no table unturned whatever gave them money without doing much work. Kristal Snider started with Nurse work, later shifted to over dozen businesses along with her husband, right from printing fliers, business cards, selling cargo insurances, web designing, and so on. Basically they had no technical background to be in electronic component industry.
Now coming to her venture ERAI, which is basically a membership organisation of brokers across the world, but its main objective was to help network American brokers and Chinese brokers where chunk of business comes from. Brokers not having access to many parts in open market often resorted to Chinese made fake/counterfeit and pirated parts including military and aviation grade parts. This networking helped her bring millions of dollars in membership. She and her husband also carried out multi million escrow processes between Chinese flea market suppliers and American buyers, knowing that 99% parts sold in open chinese market are pirated and hence counterfeits. She kept on networking counterfeits to boost her revenue, while to attract more and more international members other than china, she harped on her love for anti-counterfeiting theory. She developed few ways to improvise counterfeits which is been taught to Chinese suppliers so that the components do not get intercepted by layman or even border officials. Thanks to Kristal snider who has made America a biggest buyer of pirated electronic components. America consumes over 75% of pirated components made in China, which no other industrially developed countries like Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea, Japan or India would buy.
It is often the greed of fat margin of Americans brokers and their lavish lifestyle , encouraged Chinese to produce more and more counterfeits. Networking power, improvising visual aspects and escrow services by ERAI helped this trade rocket to its peak level. No wonder there are big brokers who openly bought and./or sold tonnes of counterfeits:
Few big names are:
MVP MICRO,
TYTRONIX, ( EPIC INTERNAIONAL)
USBID,
V&C TECHNOLOGIES INC,
AMERICAN ELECTRONIC RESOURCE,
GLOBAL SOLUTIONS ELECTRONICS ( NOLEADTIME.COM),
KIMTRONICS,
CARLIN SYSTEMS
VISIONTECH ( SHANNON WREN),
OXYGEN ELECTRONICS,
BIGAPPLE, FORESIGHT,
FOUNDATION TECHNOLOGIES
HYPER IC FLORIDA ( CHIP ROUX - CLOSE ASSOCIATE OF SNIDER FAMILY)
and many more.
part from these ,there were nearly 500 known flea market vendors in China, joined ERAI network changed their names after selling counterfeits, came back with different names. ERAI happily entertained them , as long as they got their kickbacks in the form of membership and escrow fees. She conducted many booze parties for brokers to market her membership network.
Among these many of these companies even used ISO and ANAB certifications besides using networking power of IDEA and ERAI.
No wonder today most American military organizations like NASA, PENTAGON, BAE and other companies including aviation companies are struggling with insurge of pirated components in their equipments.
Still if someone wants to trust Kristal Snider, Mark A. snider and her close associate Terry M. lively then it is upto you. We can judge who are those people working behind the screen to link billion dollar piracy network which operates between China and USA. Many American companies in-turn sell those military counterfeits to other countries with their American lables and American advantages along with ERAI, IDEA tags. Companies like USBID, V&C Technologies, AERI are still churning millions with the sound support of Kristal snider.
Decide for yourself who is working behind the show besides greedy brokers. This has become epidemic in last 5 to 6 years. Something which could have been at very minor had ERAI not ventured into this illegal trade to pump out money. Yes there are major B2B sites like EBAY, THE BROKERFORUM, NETCOMPONENTS, HKINVENTORY.COM who provided platform to market pirated products.
(FYI 90% of ERAI members , associates, affiliates are involved in distribution of pirated/counterfeit commercial and military components)
Request to readers : Call Kristal W.snider, Mark Snider on 239-261-6268 or 239-348-3530 and ask them to stop spreading terror in USA and rest of world.,
Ripped Customer
INDIA,#3Consumer Comment
Wed, August 05, 2009
I was robbed for 8000 usd by kristal snider. Beware of eraiescrow and erai. Don;t deal with them, very risky and dangerous people to deal with.
Tellthetruth
Naples, FLORIDA,#4Author of original report
Tue, May 05, 2009
The American military faces a growing threat of potentially fatal equipment failureand even foreign espionagebecause of counterfeit components used in warplanes, ships, and communication networks. Fake microchips flow from rural China to dubious kitchen-table brokers in the U.S. and into complex weapons. There are many ERAI and IDOFEA.ORG networked brokers openly trade counterfeits with no control whatsoever as long as these parts pass visual tests. These brokers import improvised counterfeits with the support and guidance of ERAI.COM & IDOFEA.ORG
John
Califon,#5Consumer Comment
Fri, May 01, 2009
You are losing these 'contracts' to other companies so you feel you need to come here and slander them trying to get them to lose customers and money and hoping that you gain them. As you said 'if this is the business model you feel is correct..'
Tellthetruth
Naples, FLORIDA,#6Consumer Comment
Fri, May 01, 2009
Fake CPU's, PIRATED softwares... fake perfume, fake rolex watches.... This is what American brokers are selling for survival..... They don;t mind trading fake chips for Pentagon and NASA..... If this is what American greed is all about ... then Chinese are doing wonderful job....Keep it up... send all those pirated military chips from Florida to Pentagon and NASA which are originated from China in official manner, if this is the business model you feel is correct..
John
Califon,#7Consumer Comment
Thu, April 30, 2009
Nothing illegal about it. Turning a profit is what being in business is all about. Perhaps this is why you are failing.
Tellthetruth
Naples, FLORIDA,#8Author of original report
Thu, April 30, 2009
Due to stiff competition and need of fat profit most Independent brokers have turned Chinese agents. There are hardly few exceptions who do not buy from chinese flea markets. All that you get in America are improvised counterfeits/ pirated and or substandard parts packed with American label and topped with IDEA and ERAI certification ( privately held affiliations who promote chinese piracy network for a fee, who also provide escrow services or networking, linking suppliers) . No wonder Pentagon has spotted many counterfeits in their fighter jets and Nasa also discovered counterfeit chips in their space ship. There are over 2000 packages arrive from Chinese flea markets to America everyday addressed to those greedy independent brokers of America who look for fat profit. they will not buy genuine products which gives them very little margin. CBP has started tracing those packages but not successful because they do not get technical support from original manufacturers and also due to time frame restrictions. Due to this many fake MILITARY DSP, CPUs, ROUTERS, and other CHIPS are entering in USA. Many of those inturn sold out to other countries. It is pure illegal business which is carried out in white collared styel.
John
Califon,#9Consumer Comment
Thu, April 30, 2009
Your business is not going to pick up just because you slander your competitors. http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/0/447/RipOff0447353.htm http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/0/447/RipOff0447628.htm http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/0/447/RipOff0447341.htm