I don’t get mad because Of our family business we’d deal with " negotiators" on a regular basis. There is though a difference between negotiating and chewing you down. To ask for a price drop from 17$ is ridiculous. And usually people who do that , will keep chewing you down on other things.
I had an inquiry recently for Christmas weekend where a guy was offering me literally half of the listing price. This is what I call silly games.
He knows very well that it’s not going to happen, he is just wasting my time. I hit decline without thinking twice.
Then there are negotiators that always asking for 5$ less a night. Why?? What difference does it make to them to knock off 20$ of their 4 days vacation?
There is really no difference, it’s just they want to win.
Then there are negotiators who negotiate after they already were given a good discount and agreed to it. Those I completely don’t understand. You don’t ask after the deal. If you didn’t like it the first time you need to further negotiate, but once you agreed, it’s silly to “change your mind”, and still try to lower the price.