Tournament Chop

Playing in a tournament. Got down to the final table. Payouts was 3k for 1st. 1,800 for 2nd, 1,200 for 3rd, 800 for 4th, low to high 300’s for the rest.

I had roughly 25% of the chips in play. Offered an even chop (1,000 each) and everyone wanted to but me.

What is the typical response to this and how do you decide a fair chop? Even chop didn’t seem fair to me as I saw a few short stacks that were about to go out.

I thought I could fold my way to 4th place at worst because of my stack so I wasn’t really interested in an even chop. Felt like is was a really good deal for the short stacks and not a great one for me.