In a negotiation, two parties take turns making offers. I made my first offer when I listed the item. Don't ask me to make another offer until you've made your first. I generally tell people who ask for a best price to buzz off.
^This.
And a reminder to all the 'cultural negotiators': this is America!
“Make men large and strong and tyranny will bankrupt itself in making shackles for them.” – Rev. Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) US Abolitionist Preacher