A&C Trading Ltd.Harbour View Tower 35 Nguyen Hue Street, District 1, HCMC, Vietnam.. Harbour View Tower35 Nguyen Hue Street District 1, HCMC, Vietnam Dear Mr A, We are pleased to receiv
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THƯƠNG MẠI
NEGOTIATION BY BUSINESS LETTERS
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impression of the company
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– Clarity and Accuracy.
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* Tell your supplier what sort of firm you are.
Our company is a subsidiary of Universal
Business Machines and we are specialize in….
We are one of the main producers of industrial chemicals in Vietnam, and we are interested
in
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of payment, discounts, delivery, etc.,
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possibility of orders.
If the price quoted are competitive, and the
quality up to standard, we will order on regular basis
Trang 10A&C Trading Ltd.
Harbour View Tower
35 Nguyen Hue Street, District 1, HCMC, Vietnam
We are a large chain of retailers and are looking for a manufacturer who could supply us with a wide range
of sweaters for teenage market.
As we usually place very large orders, we would expect a quantity discount 20%, and our terms of
payment are normally 30-day bill of exchange, documents against acceptance.
If these conditions interest you, and you can meet order of over 1,000 garments at one time, please send
us your current catalogue and price-list We hope to hear from you soon.
Your faithfully,
Nguyen Van A
Sales Manager
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Encourage further enquiry: ex hope to hear from you again
Trang 12Harbour View Tower
35 Nguyen Hue Street
District 1, HCMC, Vietnam
Dear Mr A,
We are pleased to receive your inquiry, and hear that you like our range of sweaters.
There would certainly be no trouble in supplying you from our wide selection of garments which we make for all age groups.
We can offer you the quantity discount you asked for which would be 15% off net prices for orders over USD4,000, and we always deal on payment by sight draft, cash against documents However, we would be prepared to review this once we have established a firm trading association with you.
Enclosed you will find our summer catalogue and price-list quoting prices CIF Saigon We hope that
we can reach an agreement on terms quoted.
Thank you for your interest, we look forward to hearing from you soon.
Your sincerely,
D.Causio
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** OFFER ACTIVELY
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Trang 16A&C Trading Ltd.
Harbour View Tower
35 Nguyen Hue Street, District 1, HCMC, Vietnam.
Ref: 26/OrJ Date: 24 June, 20
Would you please send the shipping documents and your draft to VCB, HCM City branch?
We would appreciate delivery within the next six weeks, and look forward to your acknowledgement Your sincerely,
Nguyen Van A
Sales Manager
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Confirmation: is to confirm the details of terms and
conditions agreed by both parties
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• We would like to inform you
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Trang 20A&C Trading Ltd.
Harbour View Tower
35 Nguyen Hue Street, District 1, HCMC, Vietnam
As the sale was on CIF basis and the forwarding company was your agents, we suggest you contact them with regard to compensation.
You will find a list of the damaged and missing articles attached, and the consignment will be put
to one side until we receive your instructions
Your sincerely,
Nguyen Van A
Sales Manager
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• Thank you for your letter dated informing us that
• We are replying to your letter of 12 December in which you told us that
• @ Explaining the mistakes
• We would like to apologize for the inconvenience.
• Finally, may we say that this was an exceptional mistake and is unlikely to occur again Please accept our apologies for the inconvenience.
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Trang 22Harbour View Tower
35 Nguyen Hue Street
District 1, HCMC , Vietnam
Dear Mr A,
Thank you for informing us about the damage to our consignment ( Invoice No 2345).
From previous transactions you will realize that this sort of problem is quite unusual, nevertheless we are sorry about the inconvenience it has caused you.
Please would you return the whole consignment to us, postage and packing forward, and we will ask the shipping company to come and inspect the damage so that they can arrange compensation.
If you want us to send you another shipment as per your order No DR 316, please let us know We have the garments in stock and it would be no trouble to send them within next fortnight.
Your sincerely,
D.Causio