>>212191316 (OP)
No, Southern Europe doesn't have great business ethnics. Though Italians are better than Spanigs, Hellenigs, and Balkanoids. The worst are Portuguese.
>>212191316 (OP)
We have to dump about half of the olive oil we import from Italy every year because it's either bad quality, tainted, or diluted with other oils. It's a whole scam industry they have.
>>212191458
Rectius: depends on a person you chose as your business partner.
In general Italians are ok doing business with, but every nation on earth has scammers (especially online) so I hope you used all the due diligence in finding out who your counterpart was.
Caveat emptor.