Dan! Great advice!
That's exactly how I bought 84G, and wound up becoming friends with her previous owner. He was "asking" $18,500 in TAP, knowing most buyers like to haggle. He included enough details that I realized this was too high for "old paint", but I was still interested in the solid airplane, so I called him and told him I don't haggle. I asked him point blank what the bottom line was, and told him I'd either still be interested and we'd talk more, or I'd forget it and quit wasting his and my time. He agreed with my approach, and $14,500 later, I owned the bird!
