so… the negotiator lowered the price to 300k, and it appraised at 330k and you are pissed off?
As far as recourse, this stuff is happening all the time. The whole process is a joke.
If you are stuck at the 290 price, offer that and be done with it. The whole “just between you and me, I’ll have her write it up at 290” doesn’t hold any ground
