Help with negotiation

Electric-Shadow said:

hawkeye has it spot on with regards to not disclosing the purchase price. You could alternatively say something like "I'm not in a position to disclose that information..."

However when someone directly asks how much you have one of two options;

1: Give them a ballpark figure "I'm looking for around low $xxx"
or
2: Give them a flat, realistic price, but leave room for them to negotiate you down without being stupid with your price. Say you want $150, asking $200-250 wouldn't look out of place when you get the final price.

Don't do the whole, back-and-forth make an offer mating call thing, that'll just piss people off. If they ask for a price don't waste their time.

I should warn you not to get your hopes up though, a lot of 'how much' type replies won't lead to anything as they'll often vanish without replying back to you. Happened to me quite frequently as of late. Good luck!

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