I like the bargaining idea, but you have to be careful though because if the squirrels begin to expect the food they may never leave you alone. We used to throw out food sometimes like bread or old food that the animals around our yard would eat, mostly birds at first but then the squirrels took over and they would loiter around the deck constantly expecting there to be food. We had one fat bully that used to run all the other squirrels off the deck so that he could hog all the food, it was funny to watch but if you don't like loitering squirrels then I would suggest the other alternatives.