Import and Export - Responding request
Workplace English Conversation
Salesperson:I'm not sure if a discount of 20% is workable for us. Our profit margin is quite low already. We're not making a lot of money out of this product. You know, everything is so expensive now. We’re paying a high price for raw materials. Our costs have increased by 20% in the last quarter, and this is really affecting our business.Customer:So, you won't be able to give us a 20% discount because of your low profit margin and high raw material costs.
Salesperson:Yes, but if you buy more from us, say, about 20% more than the initial number, we can give you a 10% discount.
Customer:20% more is 5,000 units and we can get a 10% discount. Okay, thanks.
售貨員：我不肯定八折對我們是否可行。我們的利潤率本來已經很低。我們沒有在這款產品中賺很多錢。你也明白，現在百物騰貴。我們是以高價購買原材料的。我們的成本在上一季度上升了20％，而這確實影響了我們的業務。
顧客：所以，因為你們的利潤很低以及原材料的成本很高，你無法給我們打八折。
售貨員：對，但如果你再多買一些，假設比原本的數量增加20％，我們可以給你額外的10％折扣。
顧客：增加20％即是5,000件，那樣我們就可以享有額外的10％折扣？好的，謝謝。
