So the engineer knows his game theory instincts: offer me a price I will accept or no deal, no matter how much you increase your offer later on. In this case, i

So the engineer knows his game theory instincts: offer me a price I will accept or no deal, no matter how much you increase your offer later on. In this case, it was particularly easy/insulting, because they already knew a reasonable price he would have accepted. That IP is gone.