stores conduct promotions, and popular products were quickly sold out. If you still want to buy it, Chinese merchants will definitely say: If you sell it out, you will sell it out, and I have nothing to do.
But the US regulations are very interesting. It doesn’t matter if the special products are sold out. You can go to the clerk to get a raincheck. After they restock (maybe after the promotion period), you can still use raincheck to buy your favorite products. Isn’t such a rule very considerate?
The so-called raincheck original meaning means that if the game is postponed due to rain, fans can exchange the ticket for raincheck, that is, the right to this ticket is reserved so that they can be revisited in the future.
raincheck can also extend the meaning of "against another day". For example, if a colleague asks you for dinner, you can't go with other arrangements. You can say:
I'm afraid I can't go, but can I take a raincheck?
Using this phrase so cleverly can avoid the embarrassment of directly rejecting the good intentions of the party!
Today we will talk about the common English conversation sentence patterns when buying things:
01 charge or debit? (Credit or debit?)
Use a credit card or withdrawal card?
Charge (Credit) refers to what we generally call credit cards. Credit cards are very convenient to use, but if you don’t have income and social security cards, it is difficult to apply for a credit card. Our withdrawal card (ATM card) is a debit, which will directly deduct money from your check account. Generally speaking, if you go to a place where you swipe your card, you will be asked this question. If you use a "credit card", you will say charge, and if you use a "debit card", you will answer the debit.
02 Cash back?
Do you want to get cash back?
The handling fee for interbank withdrawals in the United States is $1.5, which is scary enough, right? But the United States is so big, how easy it is to find the ATM of the same bank as the issuing bank? Does this mean that you have to bear a high handling fee every time you withdraw cash?
In fact, as long as you make good use of the cash back function, the situation will be completely different. cash back means: Suppose you buy something that costs 10 yuan, but when you swipe the card, you can swipe 30 yuan, and he will use 20 yuan in cash to find you. In this way, you don’t have to bring a lot of cash when you go out, nor have you have to bear the high withdrawal fees. The only disadvantage is that there is a limit on the amount. Some stores can cash back up to $50, while some stores can cash back only $20.
In addition, in general, only debit cards can cash back, but ordinary credit cards cannot.
03 How are you going to pay?
How do you pay?
The sentence is very similar to the sentence Charge or debit. It asks how you want to pay, such as credit card withdrawal card or cash to pay. The sentence
has appeared in the movie " Electronic Love Letter ". When the hero goes to the heroine's bookstore to buy something, the clerk asks the hero "How are you going to pay?"
Tom Hanks and answers: cash, which means "pay money".
04 refund
Refund
The United States is a country that attaches great importance to consumer rights, so almost every merchant must have a special customer service counter. If you have any questions, they will most likely give you a satisfactory answer. As long as you find any problems with the receipt, you can take the receipt to the customer service to request a refund (refund).
Bring your receipt to the customer service, and they will refund you.
Give your receipt to the customer service department and they will refund you.
05 The price will go down.
This price will be reduced.
personal experience, go down and go up are very useful, one means "decline" and the other means "rise". For example, when the concentration increases during the experiment, you can say the "rise" here, but you can also say, "The concentration goes up." Doesn't it sound good?
In addition, similar oral speech, you can use rise and drop to represent go up and go down. For example, "The price will drop."
06 a clearance sale
Clearance sale is considered a fixed usage, which is the so-called clearance sale.
In addition, if we go to the store to find these sale items, we can ask the clerk, "Where can I find the clearance items?"
The so-called clearance item means "clearance goods, zero-code goods", or "odd sizes" also means a similar meaning.
07 invoice
Invoice
I often hear people asking how to say the word "invoice" in English? It's actually invoice! However, in the United States, people usually only give "receipts" to buy things.
They will only give you what is called an invoice when buying big things, such as car insurance.
08 coupon
coupon
coupon is a "discount coupon" used to enjoy certain special offers or discounts. You still need to pay when obtaining goods or services, or meet some other consumption requirements.
voucher refers to the certificate of obtaining goods or services for free through "prepayment" or "paid by others", which can be regarded as a "redeem voucher".
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(Source: WeChat public account "Kan English" Editor: yaning)
