RE: Here's A Story

Date: 2012-06-08, 11:16PM PDT

YES - This is true. Believe it! AND THE SAME GOES FOR YOU GEAR RENTAL VENDORS!!!

As a vendor I KNOW that the same goes for your gear -- especially when it is a new client and not a repeat client asking for a discount after they have paid full price or a reasonable price, if you give it up they will ALWAYS expect that same low price from now on - and if you don't do it they will go to another vendor and pay full price for the same gear. THE WILL NOT COME BACK TO YOU! So STOP SELLING YOUR SELF CHEAP! You are bringing down the business we have worked so hard to get into.

Realize that in order to climb above you must climb above. Or you will never break out of the less than minimum wage prison you are creating for ALL of us. Giving deals to repeat clients once and awhile or to a friend is one thing, but to set a standard that de-values the entire industry has got to stop.

YOU ARE THE FUTURE YOU CREATE!

Here's A Story (All of L.A.)

Date: 2012-06-08, 10:25PM PDT

Heres a story: I was on a set working for pennies ( less than $200 TOTAL for 3 12 hour days). When another producer (a friend of the producer I was working for) came up and said " I love how on point you are! ______ highly recommended you. would you be interested in working on my film next month?" I asked for more details and the budget. I said I only work for a minimun of X amount of $ per day. And of course he shoots back " oh well its very low budget we can only offer X amount a day." Which conveniently was the exact amount I was working for on the current film. My point is that producers TALK TO EACHOTHER... The producer I was working for told the guy how much he was paying me so the other guy thought I would work for the same amount. I didnt take the job. It doesnt get better! They end up building their ports and reels and when they get bigger better things bigger people take over with their own teams and you will not recieve a phone call.

Respect yourselves and they will respect you. Don't let them make you feel like if you don't work for free you aren't passionate about your job. There is a reason these RE: are getting flagged.... its because the cheap asses don't want you to smarten up. :)

Location: LA

Compensation: IT IS WHAT YOU SET FOR YOUR SELF WORTH