It's real life, Jim, but not as we know it
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dealer received this letter — the second in a short series — from one of the truck manufacturer's purchasing managers:
Objectives 'Following my letter requesting your support with the above I note, with disappointment, your failure to respond.
Recognising the possibility you may still be considering your position I have set a date by which time your response, in the affirmative or percentage thereof or total rejection, would be appreciated.
I would, however, take this final opportunity to facilitate your decision making and advise that my buyers are directing their energies towards responding suppliers to establish avenues for capacity and turnover increases and maximise agreed rebate structures.'
The letter continues with similar clarity for another paragraph. [think we should be told what it's all about — preferably in plain English. crossing illegally into Turkey, makes rogue operators in the UK seem like law abiding angels by comparison.