[icky]

> It wasn't clear if the poster was recommending a "bluff" which is not a good idea at all.

It can be, if you don't need the job. ;-)

[edw519]

In the long run, a "bluff" is a real bad idea. What right will you ever have expecting open honest communication from someone else if one of the first things you ever did to them WASN'T?

[icky]

For something like "expected salary", you want to be optimistic. ;-)