It sounds like maybe you feel the word “negotiate” implies that someone is asking you to to be willing to come down on your cheerful price based on their arguments, which (I would completely agree) fully defeats the purpose. If so, maybe you’d prefer if someone asked to “discuss” or “discover” your cheerful price? That’s the sense I’m getting from “negotiate” in this context. (Is that correct, AllAmericanBreakfast?)
It sounds like maybe you feel the word “negotiate” implies that someone is asking you to to be willing to come down on your cheerful price based on their arguments, which (I would completely agree) fully defeats the purpose. If so, maybe you’d prefer if someone asked to “discuss” or “discover” your cheerful price? That’s the sense I’m getting from “negotiate” in this context. (Is that correct, AllAmericanBreakfast?)