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Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 12:01 pm Post subject: What a scam.

First drag racing event of the year, and one of the photographers happened to get a great shot of my car. I really like the photo, but I'm not sure if it's worth the $20 to get a copy of it. Sad

http://www.racingperspectives.com/cgi-bin/store/imageFolio.cgi?action=view&link=Bret_Kepner_Photos/Sport_Compacts/GIR_2008-04-04_Friday_Midnight_Madness&image=BKS8-04-04_040.jpg&img=&tt=&tfile=tn_BKS8-04-04_040.jpg

Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 12:33 pm Post subject:

Why is it a scam?

Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 12:39 pm Post subject:

$10 for a low res picture, $20 for a medium, and $40 for a high res? Its just expensive. I wouldn't have a problem paying $10 for a high res at all, and its not like I'm even getting a print of it, I just get it emailed to me. Oh, and if you want the high res on a cd its $80.

Every other person I know that races says the photographers that come to the track for them only charge like $10 for a high res digital copy.

Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 12:40 pm Post subject:

Why is it a scam? It's what the guy does for a living.

If you don't want to pay for his services, take a picture yourself.

Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 1:02 pm Post subject:

Don't you think he would be more successful and make more money by selling more pictures if he charged less?

Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 1:02 pm Post subject:

Haggle with him if you think it's too high.

EEps · Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 2:02 pm Post subject:

I'm sure if you really want it...you'll pony up some cash... Wink Smile

Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 2:52 pm Post subject:

the merchandise is worth what the market will pay. If he is charging those prices then either people are willingly paying that much or else you won't be seeing him around much longer (in which case you can happily buy the cheaper print that you don't like from the photographer who isn't good enough to take a decent pic of your car but is willing to sell you a crappy pic for a lowball price).

EEps · Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 3:21 pm Post subject:

You know you can shoot the same angle in a parking lot. Wink Smile

That's why they make digital cameras...delete the ones you don't like... Big Smile

Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 7:25 pm Post subject:

smokinAMD wrote:
Don't you think he would be more successful and make more money by selling more pictures if he charged less?

Not necessarily. His market is not your standard economic model of supply and demand. He has to rely on your illogical, emotional attachment to an inanimate object (your car).

I could not guess what would make him more successful without knowing how successful he already is.

I counted 64 pics (from, what, 3 different angles?) for that event. He has several years' worth of archives, so he may have sold a few.

If he makes a name for himself, his copyrighted images could earn far more, exponentially, over time. But he probably does it because he loves to do it.

Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 7:53 am Post subject:

$20? Or $40 for high res?

Damn, that's cheap. Try becoming a runner some time. Photos cost easily $80-$100 for a digital copy.