From: "Tim" 
Newsgroups: uk.finance
Subject: Re: VAT not identified
Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 15:31:11 +0100
Bytes: 2130

>>>>"Alex Heney" wrote
>>>>> ... I do not believe that hat you had was legally
>>>>> a "quote", so they do not have to stick to it.
>>>>
>>> "Tim" wrote:
>>>>If it wasn't a quote, what was it?
>>>
>>"Alex Heney" wrote
>>> It was a letter.
>>
> "Tim" wrote:
>>Yes, it was a letter with rates in it.  If it didn't
>>"quote" those rates, what *did* it do with them?
>>
> Writing the rates in answer to questions is not a quote.
>
"Alan Ferris" wrote
> You could ask a builder to explain how he arrives at the
> costs to build a 10' wall.   His answer would not be a quote.

Than what do you think makes a "quote", into a "quote"?