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I am writing this letter to let you know that I failed to get the benefit of discount due to wrong publishing of last date of sale.

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Dear Sir, I am writing
this
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 letter to let you know that I failed to get the benefit of discount due to the wrong publishing of the
last
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 date of
sale
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. A few days ago, after reading the advertisement
on
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in
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the
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local newspaper about a discount on all kinds of electronics products up to 22nd Jan, I made a plan to visit the Croma shop yesterday which is near
the
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Stanford Bridge, London. I wanted to purchase a TV and a music player as their prices were quite low due to
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sale
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sales
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.
However
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, I got stunned to know that
sale
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 was ended one day before the
last
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 date. I chose to visit yesterday because of the ad in the newspaper which clearly mentioned its
last
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 date of 22nd Jan. If I had known in advance that
sale
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 is not up to yesterday, I would have purchased earlier. As I was unable to avail the benefit of
sale
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 due to the wrong advertisement, I want some compensation on electronics items which I want to buy. Apart from
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, If you agree to give me some discount, I will purchase a new microwave as well. Hoping to get a positive reply. Yours sincerely, Alex Mathew

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The Greeting

Depending on the style and aim of the letter, you will need to adapt your greeting.

Always start an informal letter in the ways:

  • Dear + name
  • Hi / Hello + name

‘Dear...’ is more appropriate, so stick with this.

For a formal letter there are two options for the greeting:

  • Use Dear Sir or Madam if you don’t know the name of the person you are writing to.
  • Use Dear + surname if you do know their name, e.g. Dear Mr Smith or Dear Mrs Jones.

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