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CHAPTER 2
Selling Goods and Services

R Patel

132 Anglian Way, Norwich, NR3 6FG

PURCHASE ORDER

Dawson Supplies
43 Scartho Road
Immingham
DN20 6NP

Invoice Address: 132 Anglian Way Delivery Address: 27 High Street
Norwich Norwich
NR3 6FG NR1 3ZT

Purchase Order No: 5379

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Order Date: 21 August 2017

Part Total
Code Qty Description Unit Price Price

50 Rolls Blue Cotton Dress Material £75.00 £3,750.00

Purchase Order Total: £3,750.00

R Patel 21/08/2017
Authorised : Date

All orders are raised subject to our Terms and Conditions of trade. A full copy is available on request. E&OE. All
prices exclude VAT.

A purchase order is a legal document. Once the purchase order has been accepted by the
seller then a contract exists between the buyer and seller. The seller is deemed to have
accepted the purchase order 48 hours after issue.

You will learn more about the legal side of buying and selling later in your studies.

If the delivery is not immediate (maybe the supplier has to wait for their own delivery, or it
may be that the buyer doesn’t want the goods immediately) an advice note may be issued.
This confirms that the purchase has been accepted and it also lets the customer know when
the goods will be delivered or that the goods are on their way.

So let us now suppose that the goods are ready for delivery. The supplier will send a
delivery note with the goods. When the goods reach their destination the buyer will check
the delivery to ensure that the correct goods and quantity of goods have been delivered. If
the receiver is happy then he or she will sign the delivery note. There are usually at least

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