Monday, November 07, 2005

The Art of Negotiation

The 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..."

3 comments:

Bob Schmuck said...

That was great tyler was that on the phone or email?

Tyler said...

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..

Unknown said...

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 :)