Negotiating

There are few things in life that I truly detest and negotiating is one of them.  I am of the opinion that we just say what we mean and not play games.  With that said a few days ago we had to decide what offer to put on the house you now see we have purchased.  We weighed our options and decided just to offer what we really wanted to buy the house for.  We didn't low ball we didn't go just a few thousand lower than we meant, we just chose what we wanted and offered it.  And to our great relief they accepted the offer as is.  It proved to me that it is possible to avoid the horrible negotiating game that so many choose to play.  Silly people!  :)