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Permalink Reply by Caroleeena of Circles of Joy on March 16, 2010 at 9:23pm

Pefection! The only thing they forgot was the, "We want you to donate your time because it would be good publicity for you" meme.

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Permalink Reply by Scunshine on March 17, 2010 at 3:11pm

ha ha I got that exact line while I was art school and a soon-to-be-open bank (my dad was dating the director) wanted a mural done on their building for the opening... of course for free. When I asked if supplies would at least be paid for I got the cold shoulder and "we're going to find someone else"...

Publicity is great, but not when you're shelling out hundreds of dollars for something that isn't even your idea in the first place.

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Permalink Reply by circularlogic on March 17, 2010 at 3:18pm

You'd think a bank would have a few bucks to spare! But really it's often the richest clients who have that sense of grandiose entitlement. And can't understand why we're not falling over ourselves to satisfy their whims. Urgh....

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Permalink Reply by circularlogic on March 16, 2010 at 9:39pm

Ha ha, this one made the rounds of graphic designers/illustrators awhile back, but I think it applies to any "arty" field... I'm not a hoop performer but oh boy can I relate.

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Permalink Reply by Caroleeena of Circles of Joy on March 16, 2010 at 9:39pm

It applies to hoop crafting also!

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Permalink Reply by Mrs. Skittles of Sparkle & Burn* on March 17, 2010 at 8:55am

I can def. relate to this... it seems that very few people are willing to invest in hoop dancers for their events, but we also are just getting started at a troupe this year. Ina couple of years I am hoping that things will be different.

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Permalink Reply by BABZ Robinson on March 17, 2010 at 10:03am

ha ha ha ha!!!! so funny! i hear that stuff all the time! It's nice to know there of thousands of other people in the same boat!

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Permalink Reply by Snowzilla of Flowlab.ca* on March 17, 2010 at 10:09am

Nice one! So, so true. In so many different situations, too.

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