Tried this years ago on a new car purchase: Wrote down exactly what I wanted on a sheet of paper and made several copies. Went to competing car dealers and had them write their best and final quote on the paper and put it in a envelope. Did not open the envelope or discuss the price while at the dealer, letting them know that I would be doing the same at their competition. When I got all the quotes together, I opened them and went with the low bidder. There was a least a thousand dollar difference between the lowest and highest quote. "Sales skills" never came into play. They had one shot to make the deal.
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