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Feb 25, 2018 09:13:31   #
Tom G Loc: Atlanta, GA
 
Peterff wrote:
Now that was a nasty response.

It was not professional, so I now know not to engage your services.


Peterff, your half full of yourself it seems.

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Feb 25, 2018 09:15:42   #
Tom G Loc: Atlanta, GA
 
armymsg wrote:
You got that right!


Left, Right, Left, Wrong

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Feb 25, 2018 09:16:38   #
Tom G Loc: Atlanta, GA
 
pesfls wrote:
Pretty rude.


And, why shouldn't it be?

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Feb 25, 2018 09:21:07   #
BHC Loc: Strawberry Valley, JF, USA
 
FreddB wrote:
That's not just rude, but total BS.
Give it to her is exactly what she was expecting from the git-go.

“This is the dawning of the age of entitlement......”

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Feb 25, 2018 09:21:19   #
Tom G Loc: Atlanta, GA
 
Peterff wrote:
Now that is an oxymoron. And the response in question had no positive value.



Maybe you are Half Empty, Peterff.


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Feb 25, 2018 09:24:16   #
Tom G Loc: Atlanta, GA
 
FreddB wrote:
That's not just rude, but total BS.
Give it to her is exactly what she was expecting from the git-go.


Git-Going Freddy

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Feb 25, 2018 09:24:55   #
Brent Rowlett Loc: Atlanta, GA
 
FreddB wrote:
That's not just rude, but total BS.
Give it to her is exactly what she was expecting from the git-go.


$15? Pfft! Don’t sweat the small stuff. You aren’t covering your hobby costs anyway. Give it to her and make a friend.

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Feb 25, 2018 09:44:18   #
LWW Loc: Banana Republic of America
 
Peterff wrote:
Now that is an oxymoron. And the response in question had no positive value.


Sure it did, just not to you.

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Feb 25, 2018 09:57:25   #
Tom G Loc: Atlanta, GA
 
Brent Rowlett wrote:
$15? Pfft! Don’t sweat the small stuff. You aren’t covering your hobby costs anyway. Give it to her and make a friend.


Easy for you to call it "small stuff" Brent, it didn't happen to you. I suggest you buy it, then give it to the stingy, self-center woman.

Remember: Nothing is impossible for he who doesn't have to do it.

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Feb 25, 2018 10:01:03   #
Jaackil Loc: Massachusetts
 
Brent Rowlett wrote:
$15? Pfft! Don’t sweat the small stuff. You aren’t covering your hobby costs anyway. Give it to her and make a friend.


Why shouldn’t she pay the $15 and make a friend?

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Feb 25, 2018 10:11:29   #
Brent Rowlett Loc: Atlanta, GA
 
Tom G wrote:
Easy for you to call it "small stuff" Brent, it didn't happen to you. I suggest you buy it, then give it to the stingy, self-center woman.

Remember: Nothing is impossible for he who doesn't have to do it.


Like I said, don't sweat the small stuff. Make a friend, get her on your mailing list, show her what you can do, and someday a family portrait opportunity will arise to make some real money. People are cheap, but they can be won over. I always say, if the photo was worth $15, she would have paid you. But by doing her a favor, one gets good word of mouth publicity to build future opportunity. You can choose to do business at the $15 level...others look at the big picture.

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Feb 25, 2018 10:14:41   #
LoneRangeFinder Loc: Left field
 
Jaackil wrote:
“Why should I have to pay for a picture of my own child?”
I take pictures of my sons hockey games. I have been doing it for many years now and I post all of the pictures on my website. I take pictures of all of the players. The low resolution watermarked images are free to download so the boys can post them to social media. If someone wants a full resolution image without a watermark it’s $15 for the digital file. Every year I do a shoot with just the seniors where we get creative and do something special for their Senior poster which gets put up in the rink in senior night. This year I did a low key shot of each senior stopping and spraying snow. The shoot involved renting a sheet of ice for $200 for an hour and about 2 hours total set up and shooting time. Post processing was about 1/2 hour per image. I also took 4 additional poses of each senior. The seniors will get a 24x36 poster of the “stopping” shot as well as an 8x10 of each additional pose. Those are my gift to the seniors. The stopping shots came out very good. One mother asked me to email her the picture so she could have it printed for friends and relatives. When I told her she could download the full resolution image from my website. Her respnse was “Why should I have to pay for a picture of my own child?” My initial inclination is to repond with sarcasm. How ever I am curious how others would repond tactfully.
“Why should I have to pay for a picture of my own ... (show quote)


“Thank you. I am a working photographer. Have a nice day.”

No need for snark.

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Feb 25, 2018 10:24:21   #
BebuLamar
 
Brent Rowlett wrote:
$15? Pfft! Don’t sweat the small stuff. You aren’t covering your hobby costs anyway. Give it to her and make a friend.


That's not away to make friend. Giving something away only after trying to sell it and the buyer didn't want to pay? That's a bad thing to do.

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Feb 25, 2018 10:32:52   #
jeweler53
 
enough of this. is there a way to stop receiving comments other than to add another post?

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Feb 25, 2018 10:36:32   #
LoneRangeFinder Loc: Left field
 
jeweler53 wrote:
enough of this. is there a way to stop receiving comments other than to add another post?


Just “unwatch”— and then resist opening it if you notice new comments.

It’s not like a train wreck where you have to look....

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