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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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Actually...
The house one, my friend just bought a house something where the listing price was something like $250k and he offered $150k and they settled on $180k.
A girl I dated was in negotiations for salary, she wanted $380k so she was asking for 420 and they were offering 340. I think she lost that one and settled on 355 or something like that. And that was in a recession.