Day 58: Haggling Over a Demo E-Bike
In a bicycle shop in Münster, Valentin (A), a young customer, tries to talk Beate Niehues (B), a saleswoman, down on the price of an e-bike that has been used for test rides.
How to study this lesson 3 steps
- Read the situation under the title. It says who is talking and how they know each other, which decides how politely they speak.
- Read the dialogue line by line with its translation, until every line makes sense. Point at (or tap) a German word to see what it means.
- Spend at least 30 minutes listening to native German, for example from the Resources page. It doesn't matter if you don't understand it yet.
Dialogue
Audio recordings are on the way. For now, each lesson is the dialogue with its English translation.
Keys: E hide English · ← → previous / next day · point at a word to see its meaning
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A
Guten Tag, es geht um das Vorführrad im Schaufenster. Auf dem ist halb Münster schon Probe gefahren: Stünde bei 3.299 Euro noch was drin?
Hello, it's about the demo bike in the window. Half of Münster has already had a test ride on it: is there any room to move on the 3,299 euros?
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B
Neu kostet es 3.899, Sie sparen also schon 600 Euro. Für eine Leeze mit Mittelmotor ist das mehr als fair.
New, it costs 3,899, so you're already saving 600 euros. For a mid-drive Leeze, as we call a bike round here, that's more than fair.
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A
Das sehe ich anders, zumal jede Probefahrt Ladezyklen kostet. Und hier testet doch jeder zuerst den Turbo.
I see it differently, especially since every test ride costs charge cycles. And surely everyone here tries the turbo mode first.
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B
Der Akku hat elf Ladezyklen hinter sich, das merken Sie in zehn Jahren nicht. Im Turbo kommt keiner über die Promenade hinaus.
The battery has eleven charge cycles behind it; you won't notice that even in ten years. And in turbo, nobody gets any further than the Promenade.
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A
Mal ehrlich: Empföhlen Sie mir das Rad auch ohne Provision? An der Hammer Straße gibt's dasselbe Modell als Vorführrad für 3.100.
Honestly, though: would you still recommend this bike to me if you weren't on commission? On Hammer Straße there's the same model as a demo bike for 3,100.
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B
Provision kriegen wir hier keine. Kaufen Sie ruhig dort, wenngleich Sie dann wochenlang auf einen Werkstatttermin warten.
We don't get commission here. Feel free to buy it there, although you'll then be waiting weeks for a workshop appointment.
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A
Moment, was ist das hier am Unterrohr? Ein Kratzer bis aufs Aluminium, und das nennen Sie mehr als fair?
Hang on, what's this on the down tube? A scratch right down to the aluminium, and you call that more than fair?
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B
Oh, der ist wohl beim Umdekorieren passiert. Am Preis ändere ich nichts, aber sofern Sie heute kaufen, ist die erste Inspektion gratis.
Oh, that must have happened when we redid the window. I'm not changing the price, but provided you buy today, the first service is free.
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A
Inspektion statt Rabatt: Diplomatie wie 1648 im Friedenssaal. Mit einem Lackstift dazu hätten wir den Westfälischen Frieden.
A service instead of a discount: diplomacy like 1648 in the Hall of Peace. With a touch-up pen thrown in, we'd have the Peace of Westphalia.
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B
Der Lackstift geht aufs Haus. Das Regencape für 39 Euro empfehle ich aber dringend, denn in Münster gilt: Entweder es regnet, oder die Glocken läuten.
The touch-up pen is on the house. But I'd strongly recommend the rain cape for 39 euros, because in Münster it's either raining or the bells are ringing.
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