Great Wall Textiles Corporation
Mr Ahmed Se m Ahmed
Trading 60 Zaid Street
Manama Bahrain
Dear Mr Selim,
Thank you for your letter of 1 September suggesting
that we grant you a sole agency for our household linens.
I regret to say that, at this stage such an
arrangement would be rather premature.
We would, however, be willing to engage in a trial
collaboration with your company to see how the arrangement works
It would be necessary for you to test the market for
our products at your end. You would also have to build up a much larger
turnover to justify a sole agency.
We enclose price lists covering all the products you
are interested in and look forward to hearing from you soon.
Yours sincerely,
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Useful phrases
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I regret to say that.
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We would, however be
willing to engage in a trial collaboration.
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It would be necessary
for you to
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We enclose price lists
covering
Notes
Para. 1
Acknowledge the
request.
Para. 2
Reject the request.
Para. 3
Offer an intermediate
arrangement.
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Comments
The letter politely
rejects the full proposal. It does, however, offer an intermediate stage of
collaboration on a trial basis. The supplier is being cautious in not
committing himself at this stage.
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Alternative Phrases
Line 1 in
which you suggest that
Line 3 I am
sorry to say that it is too soon to enter into such an arrangement.
Line 5 We
are prepared, however to offer
Line 7 You
would have to test
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