Comments on: Tips On Negotiating To Get A Better Deal http://www.moneycrashers.com/tips-on-negotiating-to-get-a-better-deal/ Personal Finance Blog, Your Guide to Financial Fitness Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:29:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Erik Folgatehttp://www.moneycrashers.com/tips-on-negotiating-to-get-a-better-deal/#comment-8331 Erik Folgate Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:37:46 +0000 http://www.moneycrashers.com/?p=1259#comment-8331 Elizabeth, great recommendation, I'll have to check out that book, thanks! Elizabeth, great recommendation, I’ll have to check out that book, thanks!

]]> By: Elizabeth Ihttp://www.moneycrashers.com/tips-on-negotiating-to-get-a-better-deal/#comment-8328 Elizabeth I Wed, 20 Jan 2010 06:15:40 +0000 http://www.moneycrashers.com/?p=1259#comment-8328 Read negotiation books like Getting to Yes by Roger Fisher, William Ury, Bruce Patton. You often start thinking out of the box and coming up with ways to meet your needs in different ways. Negotiation is much more than just buying a given object. It is finding ways to meet needs within constraints. Say you want a new TV to watch the big game. However your wife likes to eat out every Saturday night. Perhaps you can suggest that instead of going out to eat every Saturday night, you rent romantic movies and watch them on the new TV. Maybe your wife is more interested in "couple time" than actually eating out and watching a movie would fill that need. In this case each person would win. Read negotiation books like Getting to Yes by Roger Fisher, William Ury, Bruce Patton. You often start thinking out of the box and coming up with ways to meet your needs in different ways.

Negotiation is much more than just buying a given object. It is finding ways to meet needs within constraints. Say you want a new TV to watch the big game. However your wife likes to eat out every Saturday night. Perhaps you can suggest that instead of going out to eat every Saturday night, you rent romantic movies and watch them on the new TV. Maybe your wife is more interested in “couple time” than actually eating out and watching a movie would fill that need. In this case each person would win.

]]> By: Craighttp://www.moneycrashers.com/tips-on-negotiating-to-get-a-better-deal/#comment-6860 Craig Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:38:48 +0000 http://www.moneycrashers.com/?p=1259#comment-6860 Always do your research and wait. The longer you wait and more patience you have, the more likely you can get the better deal. Always do your research and wait. The longer you wait and more patience you have, the more likely you can get the better deal.

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