Originally Posted by
GunshipGuy
I'm fully prepared to be underwhelmed and told "This is best that we can get; it's humanely impossible to do better. Take it now; TVM; RA's too smart to give in if we turn it down and we'll only get less if we do."
Not trying to start anything, but would you ever expect your agent to come back saying anything other than that he's done the best he can? What else do you expect them to say?
Those of us who were here for C2K may remember that committee saying something about having tried for more but settling for what they felt was the most they could get. As I recall, they too used the TVM argument.