12-07-2017, 01:37 PM | #41 |
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I used to have this view, but over the years it became tough to clearly define "scalper".
What if a "scalper" wants to get an exclusive item for someone else...who pays for the con tickets? The food? The hotel? The gas? How does the scalper value his time? Should the scalper get any money for his time? Should a tip be involved if the item is particularly in-demand? What if the item is listed on ebay at cost? Does any of this matter in the eyes of the distributer? All rhetorical questions with the ultimate point being that it's impossible to define what exactly makes a scalper a scalper...the definition is different from person to person. Add in the fact that scalping happens in just about every hobby there is. Concert tickets, sporting events, convention exclusives, hot seasonal toys; the list is endless. It's impossible to get away from and it can get depressing when you see it happen in a hobby you appreciate. I've learned to accept it as an inescapable annoyance. I've found doing so keeps my stress levels down and my enjoyment levels up. So while I don't love it, I don't think everyone who engages in it is scum. Scalpers who brag, on the other hand... Humility never goes out of style. |
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Just interesting thank you. I mean I understand my profession and how things are done but just wanted some info regarding this topic as I very unfamiliar with it . Thanks again
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Artists should be compensated for their work, it's a skill and a job. You don't expect surgeons to operate for free or plumbers to work for "exposure" If they're fans they should respect the artists prices, and save up for something that is a luxury item like everyone else, or buy their prints or comics to support the artist. The fans support the artist not the other way around. Quote:
I'd suggest rather to look for artists that have a artblock and are up for requests, which is not the same as a commission, but there's a bigger chance to get your idea drawn by someone else on paper for free. Quote:
I'm not sure what you're getting at with this. The artist isn't the one flipping an artwork, what the commission client does with the artwork is their business for the most part. or are you implying a $600 artwork should have been done for $40 instead? |
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I hope none of you are ever in a situation where you are practically disabled but choose to do something like this for an income rather than just draw social security disability, and then get trashed on discussion boards and Facebook for it.
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12-07-2017, 02:58 PM | #46 |
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I digress. This is not what this forum is about and I shouldn't ask things like that forgive me
Moving on
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12-07-2017, 03:10 PM | #47 | |
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Like I can't wrap my head around it. Unless you're a huge store with hundreds of products a week, there's just no way one person can make much on second hand toys. |
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12-07-2017, 03:15 PM | #48 | |
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12-07-2017, 03:17 PM | #49 |
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Candy's 100% right on this. Nobody outside of the art collecting community respects artists when it comes down to the $ side of it. Sad.
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Just need some education Like when I look at ur deviant art site, I can't even fathom the talent u have Artistic talent is something I lack
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12-07-2017, 03:47 PM | #51 |
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Kind of true of everything, really. I'm a computer engineer. If I somehow ended up in your home and you were having a computer problem and you thought I could help you, you'd probably get pretty offended when you asked me to look at it "real quick" and I told you my time spent looking at computer problems was worth at least $50/hour, please pay up front.
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Oh man I know ur not knocking me I was just trying to throw some mad respect ur way
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12-07-2017, 04:26 PM | #54 |
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Yeah I think a lot of professions have that thing where consumers have sticker shock. And then the professional has to explain (or not) why the product/service is worth what it is worth. Though for some reason you never hear the phrase “starving carpenter” or “starving car salesmen.” I imagine artists have a lot of tough times while they’re trying to make a name for themselves.
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Someone has put one on eBay. They have it in hand already.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Variant-Exc...MAAOSwWHBaKc-V
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Claiming you're an innocent victim in all this means you're either massively socially unaware or you relish the attention you get by being the "bad guy". Given that my advice to you a while back went in one ear and out the other, I suspect it's the latter. What you're doing isn't illegal. TONS of people do what you do. Keep doing it if you need to. Just don't gloat and insult people and then try to play the sympathy card when there's backlash. |
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12-08-2017, 08:15 AM | #58 |
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Anybody in the UK looking for a remarque? Message me.
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12-08-2017, 09:21 AM | #59 | |
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I will be offering a Remarque for sale as well.
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12-08-2017, 12:15 PM | #60 |
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I got the comic book I ordered on the same day (to prep my account info) yesterday, so I'm wondering if my figure may be waiting for me at home today!
//EDIT: Never mind...I see in my spam mail that while I got a "your order is complete" email about the comic 4 days ago I didn't get one of those yet for the figure. Last edited by DonnieLaForge; 12-08-2017 at 01:15 PM. |
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