A phone call from a customer

A phone call from a customer

Listen to the phone call from a customer to practise and improve your listening skills.

Do the preparation task first. Then listen to the audio and do the exercises.

Preparation

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Junko: Hello, Junko Mori speaking. How can I help you?

Andrea: Hi, Junko, it's Andrea here from Red Band. I'm calling about our latest order.

Junko: Everything arrived OK, right? We got the delivery confirmation at our end.

Andrea: Yes, everything's fine with the order. I'm calling about the invoice and the payment terms. I need a favour.

Junko: A favour? What do you need?

Andrea: This is a little, er ... difficult, but I need an extension on the payment terms. I know they're usually 30 days, but we're having some cash flow problems. You'd really be helping us out if you could extend it to 60 days.

Junko: I'm not sure if I can do that, Andrea. We've got regulations at our end, and also have to manage our own cash flow.

Andrea: I promise this won't become the norm, Junko. Actually, I also want to place another new order. The same size order as last time. It's for an important customer and they pay on delivery.

Junko: I see. So your cash flow problem will be solved after this new order is delivered.

Andrea: Exactly.

Junko: That sounds good. Hold on, Andrea. Let me see what I can do. Yes, I think we can make an exception this time.

Andrea: That's great, Junko. I appreciate your help.

Junko: And we appreciate your business, Andrea. It works both ways.

Andrea: Thanks again, Junko. Can you send me a quick email confirmation of the payment terms extension?

Junko: Sure, no problem. We're happy to help you.

Andrea: Great. And I'll email you the new order.

Junko: Thanks. I'll keep an eye out for it. Talk to you soon.

Andrea: You too. Goodbye.

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Submitted by isaacgamma on Thu, 11/01/2024 - 00:44

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When i worked on sells i usually deal with a few clients like this, but in my case the rules are very strict so i have to say that the order doesn't arrive on time until they make the payment.

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Submitted by Nguyễn Bảo Ngọ… on Sun, 07/01/2024 - 14:11

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Yes, I do. Because I work in an accountancy service company and our clients usually delay their payment. In the economic conditions, we need to keep loyal clients.

Submitted by Ben Huang on Thu, 21/12/2023 - 08:13

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No, I don't need to do that. Actually I'm a buyer. I often negotiate the amount and payment terms with supplier. Of course I will also concern about delivery status. Furthermore, our company only accepts the payment term Net60 of each purchase order, so I need to ask our supplier to make exceptions for us.

Submitted by Fezzani Hosna on Thu, 14/12/2023 - 11:19

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no, i don't because i don't work as a supplier before

Submitted by Toan3002 on Fri, 08/12/2023 - 07:32

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Yes, of course, it's my pleasure if I can do a favor.

Submitted by biel_martinzz on Tue, 05/12/2023 - 18:28

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Sometimes I do, but I do this exception one time because If let it happens often I will scrood up my business