Re: The dreaded phone call
On 10/12/2016 11:07 AM, Theodore Beilby wrote: Was at home yesterday and got a phone call we all hate. Can we use one of your photos? I asked how much they were willing to pay for it? Response, we are doing it for a promotion, not paying for photos. I responded, "I don't give my work away." Basically that was the end of the call. Few hours pass and the phone rings again. Same voice on the other end, "How Much?" Long story short, they bought a one time use for my price. I was very much nicer on the second call. Ted "The eye of the viewer becomes the eye of the Photographer." Albert Maysles Well done. You must have a good camera. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: The dreaded phone call
On 12/10/16, Theodore Beilby, discombobulated, unleashed: >Was at home yesterday and got a phone call we all hate. Can we use one >of your photos? I asked how much they were willing to pay for it? >Response, we are doing it for a promotion, not paying for photos. I >responded, "I don't give my work away." Basically that was the end of >the call. Few hours pass and the phone rings again. Same voice on the >other end, "How Much?" Long story short, they bought a one time use for >my price. I was very much nicer on the second call. Rockin it my friend ;-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production -- _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: The dreaded phone call
At least they called and asked in the first place. There's some honesty in that. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: The dreaded phone call
Ted, well done! You had the strength to "stand your ground", and it paid off. (And that is probably even more important than the actual money you've got.) No reason to dread the next call! :) This initial attitude of the caller once again reminded me this, previously circulated on PDML comic strip: http://www.whattheduck.net/post/140034124998/wtd-835-free-is-the-new-paid-2009-aaron But then, as a convict serving the life sentence that just attempted to escape says in a TV serial: "You can't blame me for trying". You can't blame these guys for trying to get it for free. ;-) Cheers, Igor Theodore Beilby Wed, 12 Oct 2016 10:08:38 -0700 wrote: Was at home yesterday and got a phone call we all hate. Can we use one of your photos? I asked how much they were willing to pay for it? Response, we are doing it for a promotion, not paying for photos. I responded, "I don't give my work away." Basically that was the end of the call. Few hours pass and the phone rings again. Same voice on the other end, "How Much?" Long story short, they bought a one time use for my price. I was very much nicer on the second call. Ted -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: The dreaded phone call
Good for you, Ted! J Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 12, 2016, at 10:07 AM, Theodore Beilby wrote: > > Was at home yesterday and got a phone call we all hate. Can we use one of > your photos? I asked how much they were willing to pay for it? Response, we > are doing it for a promotion, not paying for photos. I responded, "I don't > give my work away." Basically that was the end of the call. Few hours pass > and the phone rings again. Same voice on the other end, "How Much?" Long > story short, they bought a one time use for my price. I was very much nicer > on the second call. > Ted > "The eye of the viewer becomes the eye of the Photographer." Albert Maysles > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: The dreaded phone call
Good show, ted! ann On 10/12/2016 1:07 PM, Theodore Beilby wrote: Was at home yesterday and got a phone call we all hate. Can we use one of your photos? I asked how much they were willing to pay for it? Response, we are doing it for a promotion, not paying for photos. I responded, "I don't give my work away." Basically that was the end of the call. Few hours pass and the phone rings again. Same voice on the other end, "How Much?" Long story short, they bought a one time use for my price. I was very much nicer on the second call. Ted "The eye of the viewer becomes the eye of the Photographer." Albert Maysles -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: The dreaded phone call
That's a great story, Ted. Best of all: with a happy ending. :) Congratulations! On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 1:07 PM, Theodore Beilby wrote: > Was at home yesterday and got a phone call we all hate. Can we use one of > your photos? I asked how much they were willing to pay for it? Response, we > are doing it for a promotion, not paying for photos. I responded, "I don't > give my work away." Basically that was the end of the call. Few hours pass > and the phone rings again. Same voice on the other end, "How Much?" Long > story short, they bought a one time use for my price. I was very much nicer > on the second call. > Ted > "The eye of the viewer becomes the eye of the Photographer." Albert Maysles > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
The dreaded phone call
Was at home yesterday and got a phone call we all hate. Can we use one of your photos? I asked how much they were willing to pay for it? Response, we are doing it for a promotion, not paying for photos. I responded, "I don't give my work away." Basically that was the end of the call. Few hours pass and the phone rings again. Same voice on the other end, "How Much?" Long story short, they bought a one time use for my price. I was very much nicer on the second call. Ted "The eye of the viewer becomes the eye of the Photographer." Albert Maysles -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
