B R O A D W A Y A U T O S
Radford, Virginia 24142
TELEFAX: 765542 TELEPHON: 0464 68823
Jacques Roget
Rex et Cie
34 rue du Professeur Nicolas
35009 Clermont Ferrand
France 7 August 2002
Dear Jacques,
I’m writing to you because we’ve been having a bit of trouble with one of our suppliers who makes the lightweight batteries we use to power our vehicles. I’m pretty sure you don’t have a local distributor of your products in this country, which is why I’m writing to you direct to se if you can help us out. I did try to call, but you weren’t available.
I’m sending some copies of our technical brochures to that you can see what we need. Here’s the specification:
Polymeric Batteries
Maximum Size: Height: 200mm Depth: 200mm Width: 300mm
Maximum Weight: 5kg
Output: 1000 watts @ 12 volts
Rechargeable life at full power: 8 hours
Labels:
Each unit should bear a label giving:
The output of the battery, its month and year of manufacture, your own company’s name and country, a product code number and a unique unit number
Quantity: 4,800 units
Delivery: by 15 September 2002
I’d appreciate it if you could quote us your best CIF price, giving a full specification of your product and shipping date. Of course our technical department would need to have some samples of the batteries to test in our laboratories before we could place a firm order.
We usually deal with new suppliers on the basis of payment in our currency by confirmed irrevocable Letter of Credit.
Assuming the laboratory tests go well, and you can quote us a competitive price, we’d certainly be able to place more substantial orders on a regular basis.
I’ll be out of the office for a couple of weeks from tomorrow. In the meantime, do get in touch with one of my assistants Mr. Cloud and Mrs. Lewis if you need any more information.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Giving my best regards to Jeanne and the kids.
Best wishes,
Fred
Fred A. North, Buying manager
