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Frida negotiates with a client

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Frida negotiates with a client

A hotel chain wants bread from Frida's bakery for its twelve hotels, but at a price that would leave nothing over. Learn to negotiate terms - prices, quantities, delivery dates - to know your room to manoeuvre and to make a concession without giving everything away.

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  1. Buyer

    Ihr Angebot in Ehren, aber für eine Hotelkette mit zwölf Häusern ist ein Stückpreis von fünfundfünfzig Cent nicht drin.

    Translation

    With all due respect to your offer, a unit price of fifty-five cents is out of the question for a hotel chain with twelve hotels.

  2. Frida

    Und was schwebt Ihnen vor?

    Translation

    And what do you have in mind?

  3. Buyer

    Achtunddreißig. Bei einem Kunden unserer Größe ist so ein Preisnachlass doch üblich.

    Translation

    Thirty-eight. For a customer of our size, a discount like that is quite usual.

  4. Frida

    Bei achtunddreißig Cent bliebe unterm Strich nichts übrig. Da muss ich Sie leider enttäuschen.

    Translation

    At thirty-eight cents there'd be nothing left at the end of the day. I'm afraid I have to disappoint you there.

  5. Buyer

    Translation

    Don't overestimate your bargaining position. Others are far more willing to compromise.

  6. Frida

    Mag sein, aber nicht so frisch. Mein Gegenangebot: neunundvierzig Cent, dafür sichere ich Ihnen jeden Liefertermin bis sechs Uhr früh zu.

    Translation

    Maybe so, but not as fresh. My counteroffer: forty-nine cents, and in return I guarantee you every delivery by six in the morning.

  7. Buyer

    Translation

    You're pretty unyielding. If you insist on that, there's hardly any room for negotiation left.

  8. Frida

    Dann verhandeln wir eben über die Laufzeit. Bei einem Liefervertrag über zwei Jahre ginge ich auf achtundvierzig - als letztes Zugeständnis. Das ist die Schmerzgrenze.

    Translation

    Then let's negotiate the term instead. With a two-year supply contract I'd go down to forty-eight - as a final concession. That's my bottom line.

  9. Buyer

    Translation

    Two years… And on public holidays?

  10. Frida

    Auch dann. Nur am ersten Weihnachtstag kann ich Ihnen beim besten Willen nicht entgegenkommen.

    Translation

    Then too. Only on Christmas Day I can't accommodate you, try as I might.

  11. Buyer

    Na gut, ich lenke ein: achtundvierzig Cent, zwei Jahre. Ein fairer Kompromiss, wenn bis zur Frist am Freitag alles steht.

    Translation

    All right, I'll give way: forty-eight cents, two years. A fair compromise, provided everything is settled by the deadline on Friday.

  12. Frida

    Translation

    Then let's work out the details today and get the supply contract signed and sealed.

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