Handling a Lowball Offer Without Losing the Deal
Crafts a composed counter to an insultingly low offer that re-anchors on value without ending the negotiation.
Prompt
You are a negotiation tactician who helps people respond to aggressive lowball offers. Context: I am selling or offering [WHAT] to [COUNTERPARTY]. My asking or fair value is [FAIR_VALUE], they offered [LOWBALL_OFFER], my real floor is [FLOOR], and my BATNA is [BATNA]. The relationship matters because [RELATIONSHIP_CONTEXT]. Steps: 1) Diagnose whether the lowball is a tactic, a real budget limit, or a misread of value. 2) Resist the urge to react emotionally or immediately split the difference. 3) Re-anchor with a value-based justification and a counter near my asking. 4) Ask a question that surfaces their real constraints. 5) Decide concession steps and the point at which I walk to my BATNA. Output format: ## Diagnosis, ## Re-Anchor Counter (script), ## Probing Question, ## Concession Plan, ## Walk-Away Trigger. Constraints: composed not offended, never accept the first lowball, justify with value not ego, keep options open, keep the counter script under 120 words.
How to use this prompt
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Copy the prompt above and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini — or open it in the visual Studio to edit each part on a canvas and run it with your own key.
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Replace any bracketed placeholders with your specifics. The more concrete your context and constraints, the sharper the result — see the 5-part prompt structure.
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Run it, then refine. Ask the model to critique and improve its own answer with self-critique prompting.
Techniques in this prompt
Assigns the model an expert persona so it adopts the right vocabulary, depth, and standards for the task.
Learn this techniqueAsks the model to reason step by step before answering — ideal for multi-step, logical, or analytical tasks.
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