3.2 Inquiry and replies
Via such a letter, one owner can get in touch with another owner, to get
details about the prospective customers. In other words, such a letter is also
known as business status inquiry letter. This type of the letter is written, in order to
collect the information about nature of the business deal, a level of honesty, goodwill,
financial capability etc. Getting answer to such an inquiry letter can allow you to
decide whether you should carry out a particular business transaction or not.
The response to such a letter, may or may not work in your favour.
How to Write an Inquiry Letter?
Here are few things you need to take into consideration while writing an inquiry letter:
It is important for you to write such a letter in a courteous manner. Why? It is mainly
because you are asking a reader to impose some time and resources, in order to give
an answer to your inquiry.
Adequately, explain the things that you want to inquire about but this does not mean
that you will exaggerate each and every point. Write such a letter to the point, without
wasting the time of a reader.
How can you make things easy for the third party to respond to your request? It can be
done by mentioning in the letter, that you will make the payment related to the mailing
cost or photocopies if required. In order to make things easy for a reader, you can also
provide questionnaires or related documents.