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<blockquote data-quote="Charlie Zureki" data-source="post: 16466" data-attributes="member: 153">Re: Working for Cheap&nbsp; &nbsp; Nothing has changed...&nbsp; People that work in the Entertainment field are some of the hardest working, driving, drinking, gambling, swearing, and womanizing people out there. They are also some of the kindest, most helpful and conscientious people too. &nbsp; They are hard to beat down, and even harder to hold down. They take a lot of crap from Promoters, Band Managers, Musicians, Venue Managers and Owners... but, they still enjoy their work and most often, put their heart and soul into providing their services....even for a-holes. &nbsp; Now, I&#039;m not in any way suggesting that anyone scheme to a plan for price fixing. After all, price fixing is illegal. But, many industries, Food Industry, Medical, Dental, Auto repair, Heating &amp; Cooling (HVAC), Plumbing, Insurance, Public Utilities, all seem to have a baseline, minimal charge for specific services. (They call it an &#039;&#039;Industry pricing guideline&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;Industry standard pricing&#039;&#039;) &nbsp; I think it&#039;s way past the time for our Industry to establish an informal, Industry pricing guideline.&nbsp; These other Industries &#039;&#039;Industry standard pricing guidelines&#039;&#039; are/were not meant to keep any ankle-biters at bay, but to RAISE the overall STANDARDS of their respective Industries. &nbsp;&nbsp; Please comment..&nbsp; Hammer</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Charlie Zureki, post: 16466, member: 153"] Re: Working for Cheap Nothing has changed... People that work in the Entertainment field are some of the hardest working, driving, drinking, gambling, swearing, and womanizing people out there. They are also some of the kindest, most helpful and conscientious people too. They are hard to beat down, and even harder to hold down. They take a lot of crap from Promoters, Band Managers, Musicians, Venue Managers and Owners... but, they still enjoy their work and most often, put their heart and soul into providing their services....even for a-holes. Now, I'm not in any way suggesting that anyone scheme to a plan for price fixing. After all, price fixing is illegal. But, many industries, Food Industry, Medical, Dental, Auto repair, Heating & Cooling (HVAC), Plumbing, Insurance, Public Utilities, all seem to have a baseline, minimal charge for specific services. (They call it an ''Industry pricing guideline'' or ''Industry standard pricing'') I think it's way past the time for our Industry to establish an informal, Industry pricing guideline. These other Industries ''Industry standard pricing guidelines'' are/were not meant to keep any ankle-biters at bay, but to RAISE the overall STANDARDS of their respective Industries. Please comment.. Hammer [/QUOTE]

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