Nexus: what to write The wording of the messages a buyer has to compose

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Published as supplied. Nothing here is monitored, so this is not a claim that any of them opens right now.

Asking what is in stock

The answer to this question starts decaying the moment it is written, so the wording should aim at something that survives a few days rather than at a snapshot.

What you want out of it

Not a catalogue. You want a yes or a no on one thing, plus a rough sense of whether that yes will still hold when you have funded the order. Those are two different questions and asking only the first is why people end up funding an order for something that went out of stock while they were waiting for a deposit to confirm.

What the vendor sees

A request to write out their own listings by hand. Open ended stock questions are the least popular message a vendor gets, because answering properly means retyping information that is already on the page and will be wrong next week.

Weak versionexample written for this site
Quoting: the version most people send

what do you have available right now? send me a list of everything in stock and prices, im interested in a few different things

Strong versionexample written for this site
Quoting: the version that works better

Is listing 4417 available today, and is it likely to still be there in two or three days once a deposit has confirmed. If not I will look at something else rather than order and wait.

The weak one asks for work. The strong one asks for a yes or a no plus one prediction, and it tells the vendor why the prediction matters, which is the part that makes it worth answering. It also gives them an easy way to say no, and a vendor who is given an easy no is far more likely to give you an honest one.

What to leave out

  • Requests for a full list. If it is not on their pages it is not on offer.
  • Quantities you are not going to order. Asking about ten to buy one is transparent and it costs you the goodwill you were building.
  • Anything that reads as a bulk enquiry unless you mean it. See turning down a bigger order.

What happens next

A one word answer, often. Treat it as true for a few days and no longer. If the deposit takes longer than you expected, ask once more before you place the order rather than assuming, because a stale yes is the most common reason an order arrives as something you did not choose.

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