***sigh*** and I just posted a response over there. Time to go hide in the
bunker. Why the hell am I a glutton for punishement? Seriously, I think I
bring up some good points, but that whole thread is so full of "Amen!" "I'm
in!" "You go girl!"and "Me too" posts that I am afraid mine will not be well
received.
--
Kandice Seeber
Air & Earth Designs
http://www.lampwork.net
I have mixed feelings about that whole thread. On the one hand, the
intentions are good, I am sure. The people are mostly nice, hardworking
and
well-intentioned. On the other hand, price fixing is illegal and annoying.
I agree about pricing your things in such a way that it mirrors value and
hard work. However, I don't agree with a huge group governing that, or
trying to control things. But I am pretty anti-government, so maybe it's
just that. Or maybe it's because I haven't had my coffee yet today,
and
I am cranky.
--
Kandice Seeber
Air & Earth Designs
http://www.lampwork.net
Rita says:
"....when 1/2 of the market is undercutting themselves it has not only a
trickle down effect but a landslide."
This is what I've always said. It's true, it affects all our sister and
brother
beadmakers, jewelrymakers --- and artists as a whole population.
The way I said it recently was deemed unacceptable by some -- but I've
been
fighting for this for a long, long, long time. People just don't listen
when
you say "Increase your prices, because it affects us all." I wanted to
be
dramatic because the message doesn't get through people's heads, as is
evidenced by this thread on Wet Canvas. "The Beadmakers' Liberation
Front"?
Drama. You have to paint in bright colors for people to GET IT.
~~
Sooz
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"Those in the cheaper seats clap. The rest of you rattle your jewelry."
John
Lennon (1940 - 1980) Royal Varieties Performance
~ Dr. Sooz's Bead Links
http://airandearth.netfirms.com/soozlinkslist.html