I totally agree with your first step (say no). Like you say though, with the range idea I suppose you have to balance the likelihood of getting low offers. Per

I totally agree with your first step (say no). Like you say though, with the range idea I suppose you have to balance the likelihood of getting low offers. Personally, giving a range like this just gives them a range to make their offers in, which will result in a lower offer than my current salary every time (as my salary has always increased, so the current is always the peak). If I'm going to give a range, I'd rather give a range from current+x% - current+y% Of course, that suffers from the same problem as most other ideas, which is they may have been prepared to offer far more, but reduce because they know you'll accept current+x%.