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Eight Hundred Brochures, Not Five
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Carla: Good morning, Greenfield Print, Carla speaking.
Henry: Morning Carla, it's Henry from Pedal Anatolia. I'm calling about the brochure order we placed on Monday.
Carla: Of course. That's five hundred copies on matt paper, delivery next Monday, if I remember rightly.
Henry: That's it, but I've had second thoughts. My business partner pointed out that we could really do with more, since there's a travel fair in Ankara in two weeks. Would eight hundred be possible?
Carla: It should be, though it would push the delivery back. With five hundred we could manage Monday, but with eight hundred I'd say Wednesday at the earliest.
Henry: Wednesday's fine, as long as it arrives before the fair on the twentieth.
Carla: It would, comfortably. Now, the price per copy drops once you go over seven hundred, so eight hundred wouldn't cost as much extra as you might think. I'll email you the new figure within the hour.
Henry: Great. One more thing. Could we switch to recycled paper? I assumed it would be a lot dearer.
Carla: It's only slightly more, about three percent. Plenty of clients are asking for it now.
Henry: Then let's do that. I'd better double-check with my partner, but I'm almost sure she'll agree.
Carla: No problem. Just confirm by email and I'll start printing this afternoon.
1. Why does Henry want to change his order?
2. What effect will the larger order have on delivery?
3. What does Carla say about recycled paper?
4. What must Henry do before printing can begin?
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