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Thanks all, lots of good info. The guy that I'm dealing with said I could call or email with any questions/concerns. I told him I had a couple of minor things that I wanted to talk about and asked if he preferred an email or call and when would a call be convenient. He said email was fine. I have a family vacation planned for the week after they want me to start, so I opened with that. I had a couple of small questions about benefits and then addressed that because of the benefits that the salary was close, but not quite and asked if there were any thing we could do to work out a specific amount over the number that had been mentioned previously. I mentioned that provisions besides a straight salary increase may be possible and gave him an example from my current job.