Either the bids were too low, or if they met his asking price, he felt it was worth a lot more.
8 seconds sound clip from the The Notebook (2004) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:58:56 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- I'm prepared to offer you this much.
- He had a number of interested buyers, but he always found a reason not to sell it to them.
- No.
- Either the bids were too low, or if they met his asking price, he felt it was worth a lot more.
- It's a lot of money, but I'll take it.
- $50,000.
- That's more than my asking price.
- That's right. It's a great deal more.
- He worked out his frustration with life on the creek every morning.
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