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<blockquote data-quote="Will Doyle" data-source="post: 7695158" data-attributes="member: 6682161"><p>Yes, you're right. I guess that's my stance too. </p><p></p><p>Another anecdote. My fiancee is a freelance artist, generally taking commissions from small businesses (she's probably why I spoke up in the first place). She charges professional rates. Clients often approach her for work that is underpaid, or ask her to work for exposure. She soon learned to turn down such clients, and rarely undercuts her daily rate.</p><p></p><p>Last year she got chatting to a woman in our local town who was struggling to set up her own business. My fiancee offered to help out by providing a logo for her letterheads. In return, she agreed to be paid in cake. That woman has since got her business off the ground, and recently came back to my fiancee with a proper, paid commission. Now, you could argue that this woman a) shouldn't have tried to set up a business without funding to pay for letterheads, or b) paying artists in cake sets a precedent for other small businesses to pay in cake too. </p><p></p><p>I think the reality is that many cottage industries rely on a bit of charity to get off the ground, and during that phase they can only offer what they have, or promise something for the future. If they carry on paying cake when they're turning a profit, that's a different story.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Will Doyle, post: 7695158, member: 6682161"] Yes, you're right. I guess that's my stance too. Another anecdote. My fiancee is a freelance artist, generally taking commissions from small businesses (she's probably why I spoke up in the first place). She charges professional rates. Clients often approach her for work that is underpaid, or ask her to work for exposure. She soon learned to turn down such clients, and rarely undercuts her daily rate. Last year she got chatting to a woman in our local town who was struggling to set up her own business. My fiancee offered to help out by providing a logo for her letterheads. In return, she agreed to be paid in cake. That woman has since got her business off the ground, and recently came back to my fiancee with a proper, paid commission. Now, you could argue that this woman a) shouldn't have tried to set up a business without funding to pay for letterheads, or b) paying artists in cake sets a precedent for other small businesses to pay in cake too. I think the reality is that many cottage industries rely on a bit of charity to get off the ground, and during that phase they can only offer what they have, or promise something for the future. If they carry on paying cake when they're turning a profit, that's a different story. [/QUOTE]
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