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Business Letter Writing: Placing Orders
By Kenneth Beare, About.com Guide
The following letters place product orders.
Useful Key Phrases
- Would you please send ...
- According to your website / magazine / leaflet, ...
- COD (cash on delivery)
- NOTE: The initials at the bottom of the letter indicate who the letter is from followed by who typed the letter - for example: from Ken Beare typed by Ron Easton = KB/re
Example Letters
May 23, 1999
Mr. Jack Brown,
Director
Used Books Online
Dear Mr. Brown:
Would you please send me the following used books via COD? According to your Web site, orders need to include the title, author, and publisher.
Title: "Driving Home"
Author: Peter Lawford
Publisher: Jackson and Co.
Title: "Landscaping for Fun"
Author: Janet Patterson
Publisher: Nature Ltd.
Title: "Christmas Myth"
Author: Margaret Smith
Publisher: Smoothers
Thank you very much,
(signature here)
Fred Finkleham,
Professor, OUS