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Which is correct please?$4000 for a photographer is not in/within our budget. We only have a budget of $2000. Thanks

CalifJim · Accepted Answer

AnonymousWhich is correct please?

Both. I have no preference on this one.

'in our budget' suggests that we failed to budget for it. It's not on the list of things we've agreed on.
'within our budget' suggests that we are still trying to budget it, but we don't have enough money to include it.

In spite of the suggestions noted above, either one can mean either thing, so you may as well throw dice.

CJ

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Thank you CJ,

Could you tell me which is correct please?

What is your budget to date/now? Hasn't your budget increased since we last spoke?

How would you phrase this please?
Though the quote you were sent is way off your budget, I don't think we can revise/lower it since as it stands the quote is already very low. I can't do another 20% off.

Thank you

CalifJim · Answer

AnonymousWhat is your budget to date/now? Hasn't your budget increased since we last spoke?

Those are fine. I'd probably say 'now', not 'to date', but both are correct.

AnonymousHow would you phrase this please?Though the quote you were sent is way off your budget, I don't think we can revise/lower it since as it stands the quote is already very low. I can't do another 20% off.

Fine as it stands. I would say 'lower', not 'revise'. Here's my version:

Though the quote we sent you is not within your budget, I'm sorry to say that we can't lower it. We feel that it is already very low as it stands, so we won't be able to take off another 20%.

CJ

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