The first number on the table pulls the final price toward it
The anchoring effect, one of the most replicated results in psychology: whatever number is mentioned first, even an arbitrary one, drags every later estimate toward it. In a negotiation the opening offer sets the frame both sides bargain within. Name your price first, name it with a reason, and you shape the range.
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