Well, I know that the best deal I get in life is when I put sellers against each other. Example is price match. I would get a price from Best Buy, bring it to Circuit City and say can you beat the price, they usually do beat it by a few percent. Same with my internet bill, I call up, tell my cable company I’m considering switching to DSL because of the price, but I like the Cable’s speed and service. I ask them if they can beat it, they did, and I end up paying less than I would have w/ DSL for fast speed. I can go on with more examples, but you get my point.
sdrealtor, your job analogy is not really what would happen in real life. However, in real life, company would tell you they narrow it down to 2-4 people and you’re one of them. You can then either tell them why you think they should pick you or move on. On the reverse of that, you can go out and have 2-4 interviews and 2-4 offers. Then you pick one that you like the best, tell them you would really like to work for them but you have a better offer, and ask them if they can do something about the salary. That usually work and they either match the salary or give you more stock option or bonus.
Bottom line is, I don’t see why you have to settle for just one offer when you have so many choices. When you say pick what I like best, well, like I said, what if those 3 are exact same floor plan w/ the exact same upgrades from the builder. What do you do then?
