Part V　Useful Expressions

1. We have received your letter of May 1 inquiring about our silk carpets.

2. Thank you for your interest in our range of computers. We shall be glad to supply your requirements.

3. While appreciating the quality of your bicycles, we find your price is too high to be acceptable.

4. The price of raw material has dropped considerably and the retail price of your bicycle here has also fallen by 5%.

5. Your competitors are offering considerably lower prices and unless you can reduce your quotations, we shall have to buy elsewhere.

6. To accept your present quotation would mean a heavy loss to us, not to speak of profit.

7. We can only switch our requirements to other suppliers.

8. Taking the quality into consideration, I think the price is reasonable.

9. This is our rock-bottom price. We wouldn’t make any further concessions.

10. Let’s meet each other half way and reduce the price by 2%.

11. Although we are keen to do business with you, we regret that we can not accept your counter-offer. However, we would like to take this opportunity to offer you some substitutes.

12. We are prepared to make 2% reduction if your order is big enough.

13. If we had not thought of our long term business relationship, we wouldn’t have made you a firm offer at this price.

14. To a certain extent our price depends on how large your order is.

15. Please reply as soon as possible because we don’t have sufficient stocks.

16. Please reply ASAP since supplies are limited.