Cunning tips to make a seller accept your offer ?!!

[mousemole]

So we saw THE dream house yesterday. First day on the market, we were the third viewers and the 2 previous viewers put in offers of the asking price. Like us they have property to sell so my question is - what do we do now ? No point offering the asking price, so we could go a bit above but what I am after is getting them to accept the offer and stop viewings as I reckon in a weeks time there will be another ten offers ! Anyone had a similar scenario ? The sellers were away on holiday so we didnt meet them - so got no vibes on whether they are keen to sell etc etc although the estate agent said they are happy to go into rented for a while.
I want that house - help !

omg - good luck,I hav everything crossed for you this week....

Not sure I agree about the EA being the best person to show your house. I happened to be in the house during a showing recently, shamelessly eavesdropping on the hapless agent, who was about to wind up the viewing not having been out into the (massive) garden or had any idea that there was a large self-contained studio workshop at the bottom of the garden! , which she hadn't therefore shown either.
And we went to view a house once where the agent couldn't unlock the front door, so we had to go back another day, and another one where they couldn't explain why there was no fridge in the kitchen - nor space for one. She had to phone vendor who said it was kept in the garage - through 2 locked doors and across the patio!! Nice for a cup of tea in bed on a wintry morning!