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2007-5-28 11:15 mico1020
Useful Expressions for Offer and Counter-Offer

[color=Blue][b]Offer:[/b][/color]
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We're pleased to make you an offer/a quotation for our products2osf`N3v&b `@
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We take pleasure in giving you an offer/a quotation for...
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We can offer you the following items.F8B8]7UA$[

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We take the liberty of making an offer for....2N-S1l M'h%B
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Our quotation always come in line with the world market.-pO^qBp3V

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#j8s0hN2{yh Our offer is open until the end of this week.~7g|&g]z+_#X[3j
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Our offer remains firm(open/valid/effective)until....(date)
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We'll keep/hold our offer open for 2 weeks

2007-5-28 11:19 mico1020
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Your price apperas unworkable/unfavorable.
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Your price is rather out of line.
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Your price is much high than your last offer

2007-5-28 11:36 mico1020
[color=Blue][b]About Offer and counter offer[/b][/color][Y_ Sr b"uum
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Offer is a most important step in negotiating an export transaction. It is a proposal of terms and conditions
#owj9y4F%]"M] presented in a potential contract by one party, called the offeror, to another party, called the offeree.u'CDX/rA
The offer made by the seller is customerily called "selling offer", while the offer made by the buyer is commonly6G!XW-U[1f
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#s }"Yi!Yg&gJ8? There is two kinds of offer. One is firm offer or offer with engagement. A satisfactory offer should be clear,z"^j'l ~7s
complete and final in its wording. It should include the name of the goods, quality and specifications, quantity,
3n2E;O`!p#]"X4l%R8A detail of price, packing conditions, time of shipment and delivery, terms of payment. A firm offer mostly provides^s1A;_LkF
a period of validity. It remains valid until the validity ends. The acceptance made by the offeree before validity expires
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binding on the offeror. Such as "reference price", "subject to our final confirmation" and " subject to goods being unsold"oLcT:P
are offen used.%i#Dg*eA3U

#E(V q;J(Y&p/H A counter-offer, in fact, is a rejection of the offer. If a buyer doesn't agree with any or some the transaction terms of l&Xj3G\,x
a quotation or a frim offer, he makes a counter-offer. In a counter-offer, a new price as well as other new terms is suggested.d |Ev+R3M]
Hence, it is a new offer, at the same time, the original offer lapes, no matter how slight the alterations might be. The original
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own. This process can go on for many rounds till business is finalized.

2007-5-28 11:51 sueartstar
It is really helpfull, but my question is I am always thinking a long long time for my first Email.:)

2007-5-28 13:45 hlylovej
thanks for your kindly share.
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i hope we can make progress together.
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2007-5-28 14:11 zhongjuan0803
very useful !v:dP*rX"s
i will collect them  !
)o Z#`%K[mMf Ose j \ j tks dear Mico !!

2007-5-28 14:19 zhongjuan0803
we have learned them in my university,but not in english.\ c@N-w~U i `
:victory: :victory:

2007-5-28 14:44 melody168
To be frank.that's very important for a business man to know.
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k8tY7?OY5PG U are so Kind,Mico.

2007-5-30 15:06 zlouis
image like xueyou;P

2007-5-30 15:42 Jenny2725
yea,the same of #7,your english is wonderful.
|n)J*i+H,v And you're so kind to share these experience!

2007-7-16 20:34 veratang
good! It give me a lot! Thanks ! If you have time ,please let's share more good articles together!
oUL$f+U-M.VE8T U Best wishes to you!

2007-7-18 11:39 hykitchenware
Thank you for sharing ur experience with us!

2007-7-19 13:55 Melitta0102
long long ago, there was a man called ice prince, but in fact, he is a kind man just like mico;P/z0wz T.\;PyX
he is always ready to help us more ,and more...

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