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Deadlock

The point where both sides stop moving and each waits for the other. Kestrow held at £125 a van a month and Polgarrow at £115. Two new points, payment in 14 days and a minimum fleet, broke it at £120. December call notes (internal) · Chapter 9 · see Minimum fleet

Explained in Chapter 9, How to Break a Deadlock in Negotiation: New Variables, of Negotiation Skills.

How it comes up, in Chapter 9
A deadlock is the point where both sides stop moving and each waits for the other. By December, the two sides were £10 a van a month apart. More talk about price would not close that gap.
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