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Article Index
Negotiating a Purchase
Know What You Want
Understand the Seller
Your Negotiating Strategy
Controlling the Negotiation
Looking for Trade-offs
Lowering the Price
Building a Relationship
Contract Issues

Negotiating a Purchase

Negotiating a purchase can often be more critical than negotiating an individual sale. Apart from price, you may need to secure strategic essentials such as component quality and continuity of supply.

Good preparation, clear objectives and an awareness of common pitfalls are all you need. They will remove the need for inspiration or dazzling technique and provide the basis for purposeful, successful negotiation.

This briefing covers:

  • Setting your objectives.
  • Understanding the seller.
  • Making concessions.
  • Getting the right price.
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