Hmmm...there is a lot of advice on here. I agree that my friend's (she's actually my former boss and is now my friend) experiences may be vastly different from mine, and that I shouldn't take everything she says word for word. She was just trying to help me by telling me her experience.

I'm not sure I agree with the letting them name a number first. I'm expecting to be low balled, and I'm expecting for them to name a number that's below what I'm making now. I'd hate for them to do that and then have to work my way up from there. I'd rather start high, ask them for 10% more than I'm making now (which I don't think is unreasonable for changing jobs) and have them knock the number down. If they laugh at the number I tell them, it's up to them to give me a reasonable number and I can work the situation from there.

I'm not desperate for a job, I actually still kinda like the job I'm in now, it's just that the one I'm interviewing for offers me new oppurtunities. So that gives me an upper hand in this situation and from what I they told me, they want to get someone in there 'fast' so it seems they are somewhat desperate to hire someone, which gives me an even higher upper hand. This is business and I'm not going to be walked all over in this situation.