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2007-6-13 15:33 mico1020
How to reply the inquiry

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Reply the customer as soon as possible, otherwise your quotation sheet will not send to the head office of "Xn6jl)n\K*m
the customer if you reply too late.
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&l@ngC5a Not just tell the cusotmer the price in one sentence, because the customer will think you are just a trading company.
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$c~ W!u0k_@ Last, [b]period of validity[/b]
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2007-6-13 15:48 sueartstar
So many information.....
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2007-6-13 15:56 mico1020
[quote]Originally posted by [i]sueartstar[/i] at 2007-6-13 15:48N[V/D4X
So many information.....
S(eT*Zu'^ How about make it in a table? [/quote]
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Yes, try to make it more clear.:)

2007-6-13 17:18 apple19860819
i think so :lol

2007-6-14 10:43 Sttchristine
Reply #1 mico1020's post

:)  Thank you so much for your hard work mico.  You are pretty nice guy here so willing to share your feelings with us.  Maybe later you could tell some interesting stories happened between you and your foreign customers? The whole process must be quite exciting. :P

2007-6-15 16:42 hsmengke
Sorry, I can not get your idea of "2)MOQ"
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2007-6-15 17:12 mico1020
[quote]Originally posted by [i]hsmengke[/i] at 2007-6-15 16:42d&H t"s(k mk7c{
Sorry, I can not get your idea of "2)MOQ"
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[color=DarkGreen][b]MOQ---Minimum order quantity[/b][/color]

2007-6-15 20:34 silence007
Definitely, you'd better try you best to make your quotation list more professional and beatifull upto your line.

2007-6-16 11:56 Melitta0102
you can say it again!:)

2007-6-16 14:32 ahkaaa
the sooner the better

2007-6-18 15:09 zilang5188
Reply #8 silence007's post

quite correct!!!!!!!!1

2007-6-18 16:33 adohg
good advice.give me very big elicitation!

2007-6-21 13:59 wellon547
urr...i'd like to say, there always be a patterm in most companies,so just need to renew it in the blank of  the quota table
P,FaW%A"Q it's easy~against to your customer's demand

2007-6-26 15:25 music0
hope study together . my MSN is  [email]leiiceling@hotmail.com[/email]

2007-6-28 09:20 keke2002
yeah,i think short but clear is necessary ..
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and then fixed our products in a table ,contains pictures ,specification,packing details ,material,price...$t bf-}8bp}(I
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