You recently purchased a kitchen appliance, but it was delivered late and damaged. Write a letter to the store manager to complain about the issue. In your letter: - describe what item and problems - explain how the late and damaged delivery affected you, - state what you would like the store to do to resolve the problem.

Dear Sir or Madam, I would like to explain my dissatisfaction with your service and with the quality of the item that I bought ten days ago from your shop. First of all, I would like to express the issues one by one. The first is that I bought it five days ago on 5th May,
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, your staff delivered it yesterday. It is highly late, since when I asked you pertaining to delivering, you said that you would deliver it the next day.
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, the item was damaged and you brought me another colour. I bought a cooker, model M6S5 in white colour, which cost 10000$,
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, your staff brought me another model M6G5 in black colour.
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it was different from my choices, I allowed your staff to put it in my kitchen. To recover the problem I would appreciate it if you could either replace the item with the original model or return 100% of the payment I hope that my letter will not offend you, but I have no chance
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of writing to you. I look forward to from hearing you as soon as possible. You can write me a letter or call me. Number: 99 909 99 99 Yours faithfully, Susana Gener

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coherence and cohesion
Try to ensure that the letter has a clear and logical flow. Consider using paragraphs to separate distinct issues, which can help in presenting your complaints more clearly.
task achievement
Make sure to maintain a formal tone throughout the letter, especially in your closing statements. Avoid phrases that might come across as confrontational.
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You clearly identified the main issues with the delivery and the item, which shows you understood the task well.
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Your request for resolution is straightforward and clearly stated, making it easy for the manager to understand what you want.

Use cohesive linking words accurately and appropriately

Linking words are very important in your essay.

To score effectively on your IELTS exam, you should make an effort to implement short concise sentences coupled with linking words.

Almost every sentence in your essay should have a linking word of some sort.

In fact, the only sentences that can omit linking words are your background sentence and thesis.

Linking word examples:

  • firstly
  • secondly
  • thirdly
  • in additional
  • moreover
  • also
  • for example
  • for instance
  • therefore
  • however
  • although
  • even though
  • despite
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