Comments on: Let's Make a Deal

Let's Make a Deal

gottabefunky — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:35:58 -0800

Slate's Negotiation Academy: a series of podcasts that teach you how to haggle with (among others) jerks & liars, the opposite sex, real estate agents and kids.

By: filthy light thief

filthy light thief — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:53:12 -0800

Related: How to Haggle for Anything (J.J. Colao for Forbes, October 28, 2011) How to Haggle for Anything (Nydia Han for WPVI/ABC, November 14, 2008) Haggling for Hot Dogs (Tom Chiarella for Esquire, January 31, 2005)

By: Artw

Artw — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:33:40 -0800

kids That;s the big leagues. Clearly I'm going to have to listen to the others to work my way up to that one.

By: Foci for Analysis

Foci for Analysis — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:50:45 -0800

These are great. Thanks, gottabefunky. I've read a couple of negotiation books so I'm glad that the key concepts were mentioned here.

By: Eyebrows McGee

Eyebrows McGee — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:57:26 -0800

"kids -- That;s the big leagues" My father, a lawyer for 30+ years with killer negotiating skills, took my 25-month-old for a hike. My toddler kept wriggling out of his grasp and attempting to race off into the woods. My father said, "You must hold hands!" My toddler looked up at him and said, "But grandpa! No cars here!" Grandpa had no response for that. And thus was the expert lawyer defeated by the rhetorical skills of a two-year-old.

By: The Hyacinth Girl

The Hyacinth Girl — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 20:39:21 -0800

I learned very quickly in my first year of teaching not to attempt negotiations with my students. As "War Games" reminded us, sometimes the only winning move is not to play.

By: bystander

bystander — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 04:46:21 -0800

A little disappointed the opening lines were deprecating and how it is super basics. How about some more advanced stuff? There is research/citations, it exists.