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<blockquote data-quote="Sunseeker" data-source="post: 6832615">What you're suggesting is absurd.&nbsp; The implication is that any potential seller should do market-wide research for their product, and while that applies to large companies, it certainly does NOT apply to small-time sales in places like the DMGs.&nbsp; It's not even remotely feisable.&nbsp; If this is some kind of argument that every product should start at $0.01 and go up until it finds equilibrium, that's even more absurd, nobody does business like that.That aside, you are factually wrong.&nbsp; I can name whatever price I want for my product.&nbsp; Does that mean people will buy it?&nbsp; Of course not.&nbsp; But there's nothing stopping me from deciding how much my time and effort is worth.&nbsp; &quot;the market&quot; won't stop me.&nbsp; I just won't sell anything (or sell very little).&nbsp; Sorry, I work with my wife to help her manage her art business.&nbsp; People who get things for free or extremely cheap, people who get &quot;deals&quot; will get pissy and act like you are purposefully against them when you demand fair rates.&nbsp; They then stop doing business with you because you're not giving them what they want and/or throw a massive fit over it.People who pay a reasonable market price for a product respect it more and that's just flat out experience talking.So I guess if demanding fair pay for my time and energy is &quot;elitist&quot; then yeah, I'm elitist and not one bit ashamed of it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sunseeker, post: 6832615"] What you're suggesting is absurd. The implication is that any potential seller should do market-wide research for their product, and while that applies to large companies, it certainly does NOT apply to small-time sales in places like the DMGs. It's not even remotely feisable. If this is some kind of argument that every product should start at $0.01 and go up until it finds equilibrium, that's even more absurd, nobody does business like that. That aside, you are factually wrong. I can name whatever price I want for my product. Does that mean people will buy it? Of course not. But there's nothing stopping me from deciding how much my time and effort is worth. "the market" won't stop me. I just won't sell anything (or sell very little). Sorry, I work with my wife to help her manage her art business. People who get things for free or extremely cheap, people who get "deals" will get pissy and act like you are purposefully against them when you demand fair rates. They then stop doing business with you because you're not giving them what they want and/or throw a massive fit over it. People who pay a reasonable market price for a product respect it more and that's just flat out experience talking. So I guess if demanding fair pay for my time and energy is "elitist" then yeah, I'm elitist and not one bit ashamed of it. [/QUOTE]

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