用英语对付价格(2)

　　6、对价格作出让步

Thank you for your letter of 29 December 1995. We are disappointed to hear that our price for Flame cigarette lighters is too high for you to work on. You mention that Japanese goods are being offered to you at a price approximately 10% lower than that quoted by us .We accept what you say, but we are of the opinion that the qualityof the other makes does not measure up to that of our products.Although we are keen to do business with you, we regret that wecannot accept your counter offer or even meet you half way.The best we can do is to reduce our previous quotation by 2%. We trust that this will meet with your approval.We look forward to hearing from you.

1995年12月29日来函收到，不胜感激。得知贵公司认为火焰牌打火机价格过高，无利可图，本公司极感遗憾。来函又提及日本同类货品报价较其低近10%。本公司认同来函的说法，然而，其他厂商的产品质量绝对不能与本公司的相提并论。虽然亟望与贵公司交易，但该还价较本公司报价相差极大，故未能接受贵公司定单。特此调整报价，降价2%，祈盼贵公司满意。

谨候佳音。

7、加价前作出优惠

Due to the rise in the world price ofpaper, from 1 April of next year, prices for our products are due to increase by 10% across the board.Since you are a valued customer of long standing. we wish to give you the opportunity to beat the price increases by ordering now at the current prices.In addition, we are willing to give youa discount of 5% on all orders of more than GB￡20，000.We are aware that you do not have sufficient warehousing for large quantities of reserve stock. In the circumstances. we would be prepared to hold paper for you to be delivered at your convenience.There will be no charge for warehousing at this end.We believe that you will see the advantages of this arrangement, which will save you at least 15% on paper purchases in the coming year.We look forward to your early reply.

鉴于全球的纸张价格上升，自明年4月11日起，本公司中的货品价格将全面提升10%。本公司中万分感激贵公司长期以来的支持，特此建议在价格调整前提早订购货品。凡订购金额超过20，0000英镑，更可获得九五折优若未能腾出地方存放纸张，本公司中乐意免费提供存货服务，直至贵公司有所安排。此次减价特别优惠顾客，提早订购可减少来年购买纸张至少15%的支出。