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<p>[QUOTE="Jeff Drum, post: 382835, member: 6444"]Hey Doc, I really didn't understand your question at first which is why I didn't respond. I think I now understand that you were asking what I would do if I saw another person negotiating to purchase something that I liked and thought was worth the asking price even though that person was trying to talk the seller down.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have been in that position, and I don't think I have ever stepped in with a higher offer, tempting though it may be. I wait to see if the negotiation concludes, and only if it doesn't and the buyer steps away will I step in. I think it would be similar (thought clearly to a lesser degree) to grabbing something out of someone else's hand who is holding it in a thrift store. You can't buy everything, and there is always more stuff out there to buy, so let the early bird get his worm, and you'll be in that position yourself someday.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jeff Drum, post: 382835, member: 6444"]Hey Doc, I really didn't understand your question at first which is why I didn't respond. I think I now understand that you were asking what I would do if I saw another person negotiating to purchase something that I liked and thought was worth the asking price even though that person was trying to talk the seller down. I have been in that position, and I don't think I have ever stepped in with a higher offer, tempting though it may be. I wait to see if the negotiation concludes, and only if it doesn't and the buyer steps away will I step in. I think it would be similar (thought clearly to a lesser degree) to grabbing something out of someone else's hand who is holding it in a thrift store. You can't buy everything, and there is always more stuff out there to buy, so let the early bird get his worm, and you'll be in that position yourself someday.[/QUOTE]
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