Negotiating: You're doing it wrong

[Sixxxxer]

I'm the same way, I've walked out plenty of places if I didnt get the price I wanted...Sometimes They stop me sometimes they dont.

[racedoll]

Took me a month to buy my car years ago because I knew how much I wanted to pay, where the payments needed to be, etc. Eventually the dealership caved and I got what I wanted.
The Subie also took about a month and eventually got to a price that I knew wasn't going to go much lower.

Erik is a pussy when it comes to negotiating anything. I try not to insult but if I can't get it for what I want, I walk away.

[OneSickPsycho]

Originally Posted by Leon

I insult right off the bat, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. I did pick up a '07 zx6r that needed a little work for $1200 using my method.

I'm not afraid of insulting... someone else will be selling the same or similar shit tomorrow anyway... It really all depends on how much I want/need the item. I'm not afraid to pay actual worth or sometimes a bit more if it's something I really want/need and may be hard to find. I always try to negotiate, but I don't ALWAYS have to be getting the most amazing deal in the world. However, it's quite rare that I cannot talk someone down from the asking price...

[G-Rex]

I hate negotiating. It's just not my game.

List what you are selling for a price. If I think it is fair, I'll take it. If it's not, I'll keep looking until I find what I want.

[azoomm]

Originally Posted by OneSickPsycho

It really all depends on how much I want/need the item.

That's the trick, though. Isn't it? I mean, I've had people get all butt-hurt with me when I'm selling an item and I don't like their lowball offer.

[z06boy]

Originally Posted by CasterTroy

BINGO

If you don't ask.....is key

Use too...when I'd list something on Craigslist I listed it for what I needed to have....then I'd get 100 calls wanting it for 20% less than what I listed it for.

Use to piss me off...now, I just play the game List it 20% high so people feel like they WON something when they talk you down 20%

If I'm going to buy I ask "is that your bottom dollar?" If they don't budge and it's a deal....I'll still buy it. But if it's not...I'll thank them and walk away. 9 times out of 10 if they were bluffing they'll stop me, and tell me to make an offer.

Yep that's been pretty much my experience as well. Advertise a car for .50 cents and I swear someone will ask..."would you take a quarter for it ?"

I just roll with it and have the amount that I'll buy or sale something for already in my head.

[Dave]

Originally Posted by G-Rex

I hate negotiating. It's just not my game.

List what you are selling for a price. If I think it is fair, I'll take it. If it's not, I'll keep looking until I find what I want.

Yep. Its counter productive for me since I always want specific (and usually rare) things. I just look around until I find a deal I can accept.

Selling though ill play the game a bit.

[Dave]

Originally Posted by z06boy

Yep that's been pretty much my experience as well. Advertise a car for .50 cents and I swear someone will ask..."would you take a quarter for it ?"

I just roll with it and have the amount that I'll buy or sale something for already in my head.

I've taken to adding that I'm not in the least bit desperate in my ads

[Homeslice]

For Craigslist, I usually set a fair price and sit on it until someone wises up and accepts it. And that usually doesn't take very long. I don't even respond to "will you take less" or "how low will you go" type of emails.

And when someone tells me they're coming by, I tell them they need to be prepared to pay what is listed in the ad.

[goof2]

Originally Posted by Dave

I've taken to adding that I'm not in the least bit desperate in my ads

It seems I see this more often in ads people post. Something like "If I don't get the right offer I'll just keep it" or "Don't need to sell, just testing the market". It can get funny when a couple months pass and desperation starts setting in to the posts from those who didn't really mean it.