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Write a clear customer reply

Make a reply useful, friendly and honest about what you know.

Free to read and copy. Prepared exercise; not yet tested against a named AI tool.

Try the fictional example

A customer asks when an order will arrive. The delivery date has not been confirmed.

Paste the prompt into a tool your workplace permits. Type your replies; voice is optional if your tool offers it. This page does not record audio or send your text to AI.

Your practice prompt

Draft a short friendly reply to this fictional customer. Explain that the delivery date is not confirmed. Do not promise a date, refund or follow-up time. Leave a placeholder for the sender’s name.

What a useful result could look like

Authored teaching example · not an AI result

Thanks for checking in. We don’t have a confirmed delivery date yet. [Add an approved next step, if you have one.]

Make it your own

Try changing one detail: your audience, available time or desired outcome. Use fictional or approved information when practising.

Review what you got

  • Is the delivery date still unconfirmed?
  • Did the reply invent a policy or promise?
  • Would you use this tone with the customer?