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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cherd, post: 1473494, member: 24754&quot;]It&#039;s not that, I just hate pointless inefficiencies in any aspect of life. If the situation ends up where each party was expecting to begin with, then all the haggling in between is a waste of time and effort. Not only that, but it introduces the possibility of inadvertent insult. Why bother?</p><p><br /></p><p>This became a bit of an issue with my realtor when I was trying to buy my first house. I was looking at houses and turning them down because they were too expensive. He would say, &quot;You need to make an offer, they do not expect to get the asking price&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>I eventually accepted this fact as an unfortunate reality, so I said to my realtor, &quot;Tell them I will pay $X for the house&quot;. A couple days later my realtor says, &quot;They counter offered at .....&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>I then explained to my realtor that when I say that I will pay $X, that means that I will pay $X. I&#039;m not interested in counteroffers, if they want $X then I&#039;ll buy it, if not then I won&#039;t. He then explained to me that my offer had to be made with some wiggleroom, and if I held-fast to my offer then the seller would feel insulted. How exactly am I insulting anyone? I state my number and that&#039;s it, it&#039;s honest, and it&#039;s efficient!</p><p><br /></p><p>Needless to say, I eventually had to give my realtor my number and let him handle all of the go between.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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