Model Business Letters, Emails and Other Business Documents, 7th Edition

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A typical business transaction (correspondence and documents)

Quotations

Letters of the kind considered in this chapter are handled in business every day. This chapter illustrates their use in a typical transaction in the home trade.

G Wood & Sons have recently opened an electrical goods store in Bristol, and they place an order with Electrical Supplies Ltd, Birmingham, for supplying goods on credit. The transaction opens with a request by G Wood & Sons for information regarding prices and terms for credit.

Request for quotation

G WOOD & SONS

36 Castle Street Bristol BS1 2BQ Telephone [phone]

GW/ST

15 November 201-

Mr Henry Thomas Electrical Supplies Ltd 29 – 31 Broad Street Birmingham B1 2HE

Dear Mr Thomas

Thanks for your time ...