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Unit3 Counter-offer
目录/Content
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Professional Preparation
Professional Conversation
Reading
Grammar
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Writing
Culture Extension
Unit Objectives
After studying this unit, you are able to:
learn ways of counter-offering
learn useful expressions about counter-offer
practice writing business fax
Unit 3 Counter-offer
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Professional Preparation
Price Negotiation
Mr. Jackson: Mr. Zhang, your price for washing machine is so expensive.
Mr. Zhang: Well, Mr. Jackson, I don’t think so, because we offered you
CIF London.
Mr. Jackson: Your price is not competitive at all actually, compared
with that in the international market.
Mr. Zhang: Well, our prices mainly depend on the size of your order.
Could you tell me how much you would like to order?
Mr. Jackson: Six thousand.
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Mr. Zhang: We can give you a 15 percent discount.
Mr. Jackson: Compared with the discount we get from other suppliers,
yours is too low rate , I’m afraid.
Mr. Zhang: What’s your counter-off then?
Mr. Jackson: In order to have this business concluded, you need to lower your
price at least to 25 percent, I believe.
Mr. Zhang: All right. Then, we meet half away. What about 20 percent?
Mr. Jackson: Great. Let’s call it deal.
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★Practical Scene Sentences Patterns
*We hope you will consider our counter-off carefully and give your reply
at your earliest convenience.
我方希望贵方能认真考虑我们的还盘,并尽快告知回复。
*If you insist on your initial offer, it will reduce our profit substantially.
如果贵方坚持初始报价,我方的利润将大幅减少。
*Your price should be base on the actual situation of our customers.
贵方的报价应该基于我方客户的实际情况。
*We cannot accept your offer because we have another supplier offering
similar quality products at 10% discount.
我方无法接受贵方报盘,因为我们有另外一家供应商提供类似质量的产品,是10%的折扣。
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*I am so sorry to say t