Payment
Mariah: Well, we've settled the question of price, quality and quantity. Now what about the terms of payment ?
Austin: We accept payment by irrevocable letter of credit payable against shipping documents, prompt cash and spot cash. If it's OK with you, we would like payment prior to delivery, since this is your first order.
Mariah: I understand why you would like it that way, but we demand payment after delivery, because these goods are very expensive.
Austin: I know they are very expensive, but why does that mean you should get arrears before delivery?
Mariah: It's a large order. If we give an advance payment , we will have money trouble, because it will take several months to sell the goods and make a profit .
Austin: I understand, but we must pay to make the goods, and then must wait several months for you to pay, we will have money trouble, too.
Mariah: Let's make concession . We will pay in installments , with the first payment in half a month after delivery, then once a month after that.
付款
瑪利亞: 好吧,既然價(jià)格、質(zhì)量和數(shù)量問(wèn)題都已談妥,現(xiàn)在來(lái)談?wù)劯犊罘绞皆趺礃樱?/p>
奧斯汀: 我們只接受不可撤消的、憑裝運(yùn)單據(jù)付款的信用證,即時(shí)付款和即期付款。如果可以的話(huà),我們希望在交貨前收款,因?yàn)槭琴F公司第一次訂貨。
瑪利亞: 我明白你們希望這樣做的原因。但是我們要求交貨后再付款。因?yàn)檫@批貨并不便宜。
奧斯?。?我知道很貴。但為什么這樣你們就要在交貨后才付款呢?
瑪利亞: 因?yàn)檫@批貨為數(shù)不小。如果我們預(yù)先付款的話(huà),會(huì)有財(cái)務(wù)困難,而且賣(mài)這些貨需要三四個(gè)月才能開(kāi)始獲利。
奧斯汀: 我了解,可我們先花錢(qián)生產(chǎn)產(chǎn)品,又得等到幾個(gè)月才能拿到貨款,那我們也會(huì)有財(cái)務(wù)困難。
瑪利亞: 我們都讓一下步。我們就分期付款!交貨后半個(gè)月付首期款,以后則每個(gè)月付一次。