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  • Get rid of that fee! Three strategies for negotiating without power

    “Fee.” The very word strikes fear, especially when we see it popping up on our own credit card, bank, or cell phone bill. Is there any hope of eliminating a fee once it appears? It’s negotiable more often than it seems. But since the party imposing a fee holds all of the cards, making it…

  • Friday night fights: Choosing negotiation instead of persuasion

    Where to go? What to do? Where to eat? At least once a weekend, most of us discuss at least one of these questions with someone else—a friend, a significant other, a spouse. But what happens when we disagree? It’s difficult, but negotiable. To make it negotiable, however, is to understand the difference between negotiation…

  • Three traps to avoid in every home repair negotiation

    We’ve all been there: We’ve seen something BIG—and I mean BIG—start to break in the house. A roof, a furnace, a major piece of plumbing: the feeling of dread is the same. So is the need to get several bids, lest you expose yourself to outrageous bids from unscrupulous repairmen. But what to do with…