Unit 2 Establishing Business Relations 1、 We learn from your letter of April 1 that you are interested in establishing business relations with us for the purchase of our tools. 2、 Having had your name and address from the Commercial Counsellor’s Office of our Embassy in the U.K., we avail ourselves of this opportunity to write to you and see if we can establish business relations with you. 3、 Through the courtesy of Mr. Freemen, we are given to understand that you are one of the leading importers of electric goods in your area and wish to enter into business relations with us. 4、 We have come to know the name of your corporation and have the pleasure of writing this letter to you in the hope of establishing business relations with you. 5、 Your desire to establish direct business relations with us coincides with ours. 6、 We are willing to enter into business relations with your firm on the basis of equality and mutual benefit. 7、 The Chase Bank has informed us that you are one of the leading importers of tools and instruments and that you are interested in trading with us in these lines. For your selection, we are sending you a list of the items which might be suitable to your market requirements. 8、 Your company has been introduced to us by R.G. Nelson &Co., Ltd. as prospective buyers of Chinese s***g machines. As we deal in s***g machines, we shall be please to enter into direct business relations with you. 9、 We write to introduce ourselves as one of the leading exporters of a wide range of electric fans and air conditioners. 10、 To acquaint you with the light industrial goods we handle, we are sending you, by separate airmail, several pamphlets for your reference. 11、 Specializing in the export of Chinese foodstuffs, we wish to express our desire to trade with you in this line. 12、 Your letter expressing the hope of entering into business connection with us has been received with thanks. Unit 3 Status Enquiries 1、 Will you please be so kind as to furnish us with details, as exact as possible, as to the credit which may be safely allowed to the firm whose name is given on the attached slip. 2、 Messrs. Schneider & Kern have given us your name as a reference respecting their financial standing. Will you please inform us , in confidence, of the extend of their resources and also as to their reputation. 3、 We should be obliged if you would inform us, in confidence, whether your business relations with Messrs. J. A. Hussain & Co. during the past would lead you to advise us to allow them 3 months’ credit, without security, to the amount of US $ 6,000.00. 4、 Any information you can furnish as to their capital and reputation would be greatly valued and treated in confidence by us. 5、 We should be glad to know: a) whether they are in the wholesale trade. b) If their financial position is considered strong; c) If they are among leading wholesale firms in your city; d) Whether they the reputation of paying promptly; e) Whether they have the reputation of keeping their engagements promptly and fully; f) What credit it would be safe to allow them; g) Whether their credit is at all doubtful; h) Whether they appear to have suffered very much from the strike in your district. 6、 This is a case in which caution is necessary and we suggest that you make additional enquiries through an agency. We accept your assurance that the information we have given will be treated in strict confidence and regret that we cannot be more helpful. 7、 In reply to your enquiry dated 30th October 19… concerning Messrs. Willing & Co., Sheffield, we are pleased to say that we have every confidence in the uprightness of this firm.
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