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Our roof got flagged and we asked about money off and were told to jog on. Ultimately we probably paid too much at the time and should have negotiated more keenly at the start.
Easy to think this, but nobody knows how to negotiate, and even if you do, as a buyer your position is usually pretty weak, and there is a layer of idiots between you and the seller.
Howard-
The bottom line is when you are buying and selling an asset that someone has, that you want, whilst you can try and negotiate over various aspects of the deal, you can jump up and down and shout and swear at everyone involved in the process, but the bottom line is and always had been this.
you need to be prepared to walk away.
If you are not prepared to walk away from the deal, then you are ultimately negotiating with an empty hand. And most sellers know it.
princeperch
Yes. But tone is hard to communicate and there were a series of comments in quick succession that someone might feel are attacking them. It's one of the problems you get when a whole load of people reply on the same point - they can all come at once in response to your post rather than in a consecutive convo format.
Also they may have a lot on and realise that posting questions here wasn't helping them actually move forward and make decisions.
Our roof got flagged and we asked about money off and were told to jog on. Ultimately we probably paid too much at the time and should have negotiated more keenly at the start.