"Anchoring.
When you’re negotiating something like price, always ask for more than what you want. Like say you want to sell something for $10. If someone wants to buy it offer to sell it for $20 instead. You might get lucky and they buy it for the larger amount, but if they hesitate you can follow up with
“Well, I suppose I could let it go for 15, or maybe 10”.
They’ll be more likely to buy because to them it feels like they’re getting a deal and being savvy by talking you down. This works for anything quantifiable, basically. Buying a car priced at 10,000 that you want to buy for 9000? Offer 8000 first."
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Nole 2 year s ago
Normally I find lists like this to be quite useless but almost all of these were good.
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Deborah 2 year s ago
Nole,
You are very smart to understand that!
Btw, could I borrow a pen?
And I might have a ... small request later for you.
You are very smart to understand that!
Btw, could I borrow a pen?
And I might have a ... small request later for you.
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Carl 2 year s ago
I would reply "Your Jedi mind tricks don't work on me boy."
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Lucas 2 year s ago
Carl,
I like the way you responded to that.
I like the way you responded to that.
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Nole 2 year s ago
Lucas, it’s amazing how the human brain can understand intent
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Valentina 2 year s ago
In other words, "how to lie and cheat to get what you want".
You are very smart to understand that!
Btw, could I borrow a pen?
And I might have a ... small request later for you.
I like the way you responded to that.