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Originally Posted by Rerun
To all those who think its perfectly acceptable to make low ball / cheap offers, did you do that when you bought your house (assuming you own one)?
What about when you went on a job interview?
I can see it all now. A house is advertised at $400,000 which is a fair market value given the condition and the size of the house as well as the area in which its located.
You tell the real estate agent to submit an offer for $180,000. Against his better judgement, he does. The seller probably tells the buyer to go f himself. I feel sorry for your agent. He has a tough job with you as a client.
I can see it all now. You go on a job interview. The job sounds great. You're qualified to do the job. The interviewer asks what kind of salary you are looking for. You say $100,000 per year when you know, that if you got the job, you would be quite happy to start at $40,000 per year (the going rate for the position). The interviewer says thank you and goodbye.
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Those are two completely incompatible examples.
Anyone who offers the asked for pricing on a house is foolish there is always flex, especially in a bad real estate market. On a large purchase like that tho its unlikely that your going to get that low. But for selling cars and personal items on line its an entirely different market and entirely different personalities.
On the job market I would hope that you research the role that your applying to and your own personal net worth to that job before you go into an interview and don't just spitball it.
I'm entirely successful in asking for a lot more money in an interview because I know what I bring to the role I know what the role pays on average in the market and I can justify it. If your not confident in your role and your not willing to negotiate for your salary and build your business model I'm probably not interested in hiring you.
And again entirely different from selling stuff on line.