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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gboulton, post: 1479801, member: 27043&quot;]Excellent stuff, Charmy!&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I must &quot;agree&quot; with CoinGeezer however...EVERYTHING is negotiable.</p><p><br /></p><p>IMO (and I think this topic has come up before) I think it&#039;s a function of how one goes about it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t believe you, or any other dealer (at least, not one worth their salt) has any problem with me setting a price I&#039;m willing to pay for a coin, and hoping to purchase the coin at or below that price.</p><p><br /></p><p>And I certainly don&#039;t have a problem with a dealer setting a price he or she is willing to accept for a coin, and hoping to sell it at or above that price.</p><p><br /></p><p>To me...negotiation is simply the process of us determining if those two prices meet somewhere.&nbsp; If it&#039;s done politely, and from a position of informed consent on both parts, I don&#039;t think it&#039;s disrespectful at all for me to suggest a price I&#039;d like to pay, and you to suggest one you&#039;d like to get.&nbsp; If my top price is significantly below your bottom one, then one of us feels considerably differently about the coin than the other, and there&#039;s no sense in beating on each other over it.&nbsp; I&#039;ll politely say &quot;Ok, thanks for your time.&quot; and move on. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Hopefully that sort of engagement...an honest, polite, and respectful process...doesn&#039;t &quot;cost me the opportunity&quot; to do business with you in the future. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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