Re: Opinion, please

Call me weird, but I've developed a policy of not working for free.  They
want a mockup they pay standard rates for it.  They never do because they
can always find somebody to work free, but I'm not among them.

-- Dave

At 01:13 PM 6/24/00 -0700, Daphne Garrison wrote:
>
>I need everyone's opinion on something.
>
>I just received a proposal request from a guy I've never worked for.
>Basically, he gets the clients and outsources the work to other designers,
>which is okay with me.  Anyway, this request bothers me:  he wants me to
>create a mockup of what I think the homepage should look like and send him
>the HTML.  He would then show the mockup to a client, along with my bid, and
>the client would pick one.
>
>Call me paranoid, but I'm concerned he could take these mockups, pick the
>one he thinks is best, tell that designer that "the job has been filled,"
>create the site using that mockup, and get all the credit (and money) for
>it.  Plus, the idea of taking my time to create a home page, the hardest
>page to create, without guaranteed money, is disheartening.  It would be a
>little different if he just asked for a .gif mockup, but not much: he would
>still have my design ideas, and he could take those and run.
>
>Am I being weird?
>
>Thanks in advance for your input...
>
>Daphne
>
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>Daphne Garrison
>Garrison Grafixx ~~~~ Graphic & Website Design
>http://www.garrison-grafixx.com ~ daphne(at)garrison-grafixx.com
>AOL Instant Messenger: Daph1234 ~ ICQ: 33258076
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