Deal Negotiation Ace Pillows

'I wish I could accept your offer but I really wanted to sell the whole car.'

"That's Paul, he's our head of partnerships..."

'I went into that meeting with a hidden agenda and then forgot where I put it.'

'As my solicitor I think you could have negotiated that better.'

Do you want to win the game or my business?

'Maybe we should sign him before the MVP award is announced.'

A Quiet Rebuke.

"Okay, I'll renew your contract and raise you five sick days."

"O.K., if you put it that way."

"Nice work on that German contract. You've made your mark, Ashworth."

"Ok, ok, we'll travel back to dinnertime one more time, but then it's my turn to choose."

'First, the Rules of Engagement for this meeting ...'

'It's okay if don't want to give us control of your company. We're perfectly capable of living with incredible disappointment.'

'The contracts look good. Why don't you have your disgusting pests call my disgusting pests.'

'You may have three mergers.'

The contract was not worth the paper it was written on, which considering the paper was not a good sign.

Overdraft limit.

'In conclusion; our major contract expires tomorrow, we have no idea what we want, and no knowledge of the market, It is time to pass this across to the Procurement Team...'

"A Japanese company will deliver them to us for �6.75 a thousand."

"Can you believe those guys? We tell them absolutely, positively no further negotiations, and they stop negotiating!"

'It must be a risky proposal... legal is running it by their lawyers.'

"My loophole out-loopholes your loophole."

"Well now that you all have put in your 2p, I'd like to put in my 52%"

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'He's out massaging,manipulating and monopolising.'

"It's a dog-eat-dog economy. And I'm the Doberman."

"You should hire me now, before my skills completely deteriorate."

"What happened to the good old days when people just breached contracts?'

"It sounds good so far, are there any strings attached?"

'I may be an incurable optimist, but I think I can get a raise out of ol' J.P.'

"You sure know how to talk to sales clerks!"

"That's your best advice? Play nice!"