When I am buying…
I can buy:
- On credit
- On hire purchase (or HP at the American English)
- On installment plan (important know how the installments are: monthly installments? Fixed installments? It is necessary to do a down payment?)
- You can ask if the installments can be “paid in easy installments”.
- Don’t forget to know if the installments are interest free.
Exercise
Complete the dialogue
Complete the dialogue with a logical sentence.
Situation: You are in a store and want to buy a new TV. You liked a model and ask to the seller about the TV.
You: Good evening. I liked this TV. Do you have it in stock?
Seller: I will see. One minute, please.
You: Ok.
Five minutes later.
Seller: Sorry, we don’t have. But you can buy the TV exposed.
You:
Seller: We can do a better price.
You:
Seller: No, I can’t do this. 5% is the limit.
You:
Seller: I can give you a gift instead.
You:
Seller: Your best gift is a poof. Do you want a poof?
You:
Seller: Ok, Sir. Thank you very much.