People were wildly jacking the fantasy prices up to five figures until the other pics showed the cabinet and back glass damage. So, which flaw devalued it the most?

For me, the biggest disappointment is the flaky back glass while the cab doesn't seem like that big of deal.

Or is there some valuable historical significance that a Viper cab was employed for the prototype and value is lost if the Viper cab was replaced a Flight 2000 cab?

That's the way I would do something of this pedigree. Leave as is.

Sort of like Corvette Museum in Kentucky: Make an exhibit of the crushed Corvettes. Everybody knows the story and everybody will understand.

The lesson to be learned here: Whenever the buyer/prospect give out some flaky idea about the possibility of price adjustments based on conditions it is best to get all the money now and make refunds, if needed.

Actually, it kind of sounds like the guy never planned to pay in the first place.

Talk about a marked pinball machine. If the guy ever takes it to a show or tries to display it in any way, the nice story about the LL prototype will be tainted by all the whispers of the sour deal that is sure to travel with it. Doubtful this pin will ever see the light of day.

What he is talking about is nothing new. Negotiation is all about having your cup running over with things that mean little to you that you can throw away. Your opponent, if he is smart, is going to have some throw away items, as well. Like, I don't really care about items A and B but item C is damn well going to stay. My opponent can't stand Item C buy really wants item A. We haggle. We bluff. We keep our cards in close. Eventually, A and C stay and B goes away. We talk A and C. We talk up B with no A and no C. We trade B be away and start pushing for C. blah-blah-blah. We did not compromise. You want this? You are going to have to give me this. Have a bucket full of items you can throw away.

Unions and companies do this all the time. Ask for the moon and negotiate to get two extra days of vacation each year.

This is a rather simplistic explanation, but don't give up anything unless you get something in return.

In this guy's example of the brown shoe-black shoe compromise. Don't compromise; Tell the old lady you will wear the black shoes if you get laid two or three extra times this coming week and see how much she wants you to wear those black shoes
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In a like vein, when in business, the legal community will tell you to never apologize. No matter how minor or egregious your fault or mistake is---never apologize. Screw up in business and the lawyers will come. If you have apologized, then you have admitted wrong doing on your part and you are going to get hit with a lawsuit and the apology has weakened your position.

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Small Claims court is not the be-all end-all.

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