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Re:When negotiating a price, never bid with a round number (... by TedDoesntTalk on Friday May 06, 2022 @12:21PM (#31286980)
Although your answer may be closer to the truth, this paper suggests using a fixed number not divisible by 1 or 5. So, for example, 6 minutes and 23 seconds.
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Re:When negotiating a price, never bid with a round number (... by Eduard on Friday May 06, 2022 @12:50PM (#31287311)
The paper doesn't make any claims regarding interval or ranges whatsoever, only single values.
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Re:When negotiating a price, never bid with a round number (... by cwmoore on Friday May 06, 2022 @12:47PM (#31287286)
To replace that with saying 383.512 seconds would signal confidence in the time of a future event, but not in a speaker who is scheduling a meeting with another human.
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Re:When negotiating a price, never bid with a round number (... by grogenaut on Friday May 06, 2022 @08:06PM (#31290884)
383.512 is divisible by one, the answer is 383.512 ... :)
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