F2F Class Notes (Nick) [S]

Vocabulary

Brand vs. Company – the first is for products, the second for either the producers or a service provided (construction, installation)

Distributor – the company that sells your products

To be at a disadvantage – to have some condition that makes doing something harder for you than for others
e.g. I am at a disadvantage in basketball, because I am not tall enough.
e.g. He has a disadvantage as an English teacher, because he isn’t a native speaker.

Quality – how good or bad something is
e.g. Mark’s company sells high-quality products.

Laboratory – a place for performing scientific experiments
e.g. In the laboratory we can produce test reports for our products.

Grammar

For – used for exchange
e.g. I gave him three dollars for the coffee.
e.g. I gave him a bag of rice for a bottle of whiskey.

It’s too low [the price]. Without the profit. But it’s better than nothing. This project is in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province. I hate this kind of project. Our competitor is a local brand. They offered a very low price, we had to meet it. The price competition is our disadvantage, because our product is imported, so the price is higher than local brands. I think our products is better than local products, but just a little. The special is we provide our proposal, our calculation, so the end-user feel safe when they use our product because we have proposal, we have calculation, we have approve, or test reports. But some end-users don’t care about the proposal, just the price.

It’s too low. It will earn very little profit, but it’s better than nothing. This project is in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province. I hate this kind of project. Our competitor is a local brand. They offered a very low price, We had to meet it. We are at a disadvantage in price competition, because our product is imported, so the price is higher than for local brands. I think our product is better than the local product, but just a little. Our advantage is that we provide a proposal. This includes three things: approval concerning the general quality of products, production processes, and installation recommendations, our calculations for installation recommendations, and test reports for the specific product provided, so that the end-users feel safe when they use our product. But some end-users don’t care about the proposal, just the price.

Calculations for product placement (installation recommendation)
Test reports to guarantee quality
Approval is for all of the products (materials, production process, proper product use)