Gordon makes sense to me... he is saying not to sit in the broker's office
and go back and forth on the price.

This reminds me of my last visit to a used car dealership... and that was
years ago.

First; I look at car.
Second; take the car for ride with used car dealer in car.
Third; we get back and go into the used car dealer's office. I make an
offer.
Forth; the used car salesman says "wait, while I go talk to the boss".
Five: I tell him if he must talk to the boss, why am I wasting my time
talking to him and then I get up and walk in the boss's office and ask why
the dealership is wasting my time.

The boss gets all defensive, the salesman acts like a moron and I tell them
both to go F off.


That was my last visit to a car dealership; ever.

And I have bought and sold lots of cars and trucks sense then.



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"Dave" wrote in message
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On Sat, 25 Feb 2006 13:43:31 -0800, "Gordon" said:

I talked to a friend who owned a brokerage for 15 years. He says the
best
by far method of buying is to give a written offer you want to pay
contingent on a survey and with a set time limit (10 days) and walk out
the
door. No haggling, no b.s.
If the owner is anxious, he'll think it over a few days and either accept
or make a counter offer. If you get a counter offer, wait several days
(make
him sweat) and either counter the counter or walk.

I trust readers realize that your first paragraph and your second totally
contradict one another.