Quote Originally Posted by Pat Vegas View Post
This is new to me but quite fun. The seller said he won’t go under £5k under the asking price. But I I want to go £10k he said no. Meet in the middle? I can afford the asking price to be fair.

How do you know he said no if you haven't offered £10k under.

I made a 'derisory' offer to start (it's just a starting point in a negotiation). Meant that when we did 'meet in the middle' it was less than I'd have paid had I made a more reasonable first offer.