The Art of Negotiation
November 7, 2005 Posted by Tyler CruzThe Art of NegotiationBy Tyler Cruz
Me:
“Well to start, I could get my site reviewer to review your site and have it up on our review page. You would need to deposit $100 into her account so she can play and review the site.
Let me know if you’re interested…”
Him:
“I just talked to my boss and he said that we can transfer $20 into her account>ASAP… If she needs another $20, fine. Whatever it takes…”
Me:
“Sorry, I’m not interested. The $100 is not negotiable – it is our price to have it reviewed for several days and have it reviewed and published on our website…”
Him:
“I just looked at your review page and am fairly impressed with the detail andfair perspective. The $100 is non-negotiable. I will go get approval,because I do not want to miss out on your site. I like it. I always have…”
That was great tyler was that on the phone or email?
e-mail.. I don’t like the phone.. I’d much rather talk in person than the phone.. don’t like talking on the phone at all..
Looks like he was just trying to save himself around $60 and was sort of blushing, it’s good that you showed him you were serious and so you got the $100 🙂