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'''Flying Dutchman:''' Four.
'''Patrick:''' Three, take it or leave it.
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Negotiating is an art and science that, if done well, can stop wars, ensure bargain prices at auctions, and make all kinds of deals in general go in your favor.
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* A car commercial advertising that stated they were selling their cars at a non-negotiable price had a customer that was this. His starting offer was the price that the dealership was offering, and seemed to be willing to negotiate, the salesman probably could have worked him up higher than what the advertised price was. To make it even worse he was proud of himself of how well he did.
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* Played with in ''[[Erfworld]]'' Book 3, where Don King [http://archives.erfworld.com/Book+3/147 tries his hardball negotiation tactics] against the well known idiot Overlord Stanley, when negotiating {{spoiler|[[Prisoner Exchange|the return]] of Parson, Maggie, and Jack to Gobwin Knob}}. Don goes through the whole spiel to get Stanley irritated, and ends it by demanding what he believes is Gobwin Knob's entire treasury. And then Stanley instantly agrees to the astronomical price, and calls Don "a real jerk" for not getting to the point and offers to teach him how to negotiate. It is at this point that Don King first realizes Transylvito is not even playing in the same league as GK and Charlescomm. Here, the numbskull approach was devastatingly effective.
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== [[Real Life]] ==
* [[Invoked Trope|Purposely invoked]] by the Polk administration before the Mexican-American War. Polk sent someone to give the Mexicans a negotiation offer they'd clearly refuse, gave the diplomat in question a fancy title when they were of little importance, and they basically botched the job that had little chance of succeeding anyway since Mexico's current leader had little interest in negotiating anything, especially after the Alamo. Of course, [[Batman Gambit|this was part of Polk's goal of provoking the Mexicans into giving the U.S. an excuse to go to war with them]].
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