I agree with everything except revealing your identity. Often seen sellers hike prices when they know you can afford it/ you need it badly/ etc. when we were lo

I agree with everything except revealing your identity. Often seen sellers hike prices when they know you can afford it/ you need it badly/ etc. when we were looking at domains to buy in Microsoft, we were told to never access it from the corporate network since sellers had hiked prices dramatically when they knew it was Microsoft on the other end. Sad, but I totally see a case for hiding your identity or going through another entity - brokerage, low-cost lawyers, etc.