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A friend (small business owner) had this excellent retort when confronted by some particularly aggressive faux-sympathy-mongering:

> Oh, really, you're a small business owner too? Then you should know better.

There are people who ALWAYS want to negotiate. It's a reality that sellers/buyers have to accept. I usually stop after one "No" because I'm very bad at haggling, but I know a lot of examples that people get what they want even after multiple "No"s. Some people are good at this.

“No soup for you. Come back, one year.”