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Re:Tell: Got 50% bump for faking a counter offer by jqm on Thursday October 30, 2014 @08:30PM (#8536669)
So what if they had told they had someone who would do the job for 60K and so you should feel lucky?

Or what if they had told you "Congratulations! you are moving on to bigger and better things. Have your desk cleaned out within half an hour"?

Sometimes bluffs work, sometimes they don't.

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Re:Tell: Got 50% bump for faking a counter offer by fakeusername on Friday October 31, 2014 @02:50PM (#8540429)
No, I would have asked them to go with that person. I knew current market value and asked that. I would not have accepted on original terms. Negotiation without counter offer is impossible to get that jump which I needed to accept the offer.
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