""Is that your best price?"" I've done a fair amount of negotiating (on both sides) and to me saying that telegraphs "I'm going to buy but please throw me a bo

""Is that your best price?"" I've done a fair amount of negotiating (on both sides) and to me saying that telegraphs "I'm going to buy but please throw me a bone so I can keep my pride". I use the same technique in reverse to get a few extra bucks out of a buyer sometimes so as to not screw an already good deal (when looking a gift horse in the mouth). Say someone is willing to pay $5000 for something and I would gladly accept. I don't want to loose the deal so I say "do you think you can do $5500??". If in their mind they have money on the table they will normally do the deal but it gives me the ability to accept the initial or latest offer if they won't. It's like a Rorschach test in a way interpreted differently depending on the mindset of the other party.