as per thread title.
i'm more concerned about CS becoming the place to source for free/cheap photography services. anyway from posts in other forums and members' sentiments, it is the place to look for free/cheap services.
let me illustrate how easily the current system can be exploited.
Company A looks for low costing services.
An employee from Company A comes into CS, register a nick 'Mr1' and looks for cheap/free services.
Staff1's thread get publicised on CS, attracting lots of unsuspecting members.
Some CS members see the thread and decide to voice against the thread.
Staff1's aim has been fulfilled and stop posting in CS no matter how much flames have been fired.
When the need arise again, the employee comes into CS, register a new nick 'Mr2' and looks for cheap/free services.
The employee goes on to tell all his friends and colleagues about how convenient it is to make use of CS to look for freebies.
my concern is not how Company A conduct their business, my concern is how people who are like that employee time and again exploit this website to get free/cheap services.
we need specific posting guidelines with respect to looking for photography services in this website so that we can 'officially' get rid of the loophole.
together with that, we need those with the industry experience to share so that newcomers have access to knowledge about their rights, and the traps.
Why Should CS and participating members care?
simple, this forum is about photography; with majority of the members in Singapore, this forum is very much about photography in Singapore. we have people with the professional knowledge about industry practices, why should we allow exploitation of this website to continue? the only possible reason is that we are all too selfish to bother about things not right around us, if that is the case might as well not have the services section in here, at least we don't see the problems happening.
wow, why so mad... i've done a peanut job before and it literally does not pay nor does it really get you the kind of contacts or network you may be looking for. if a few other people made comments, so can i correct? calm down buddy. anyways no worries this was obviously a misunderstanding.
what i meant was instead of only making a list have you considered flushing out companies that exploit CSers? perhaps name the companies that pay cheap so CSers know who to look out for. or even maybe have CSers give their experiences, good or bad working with various companies or organizations? When i said no action regarding what good this list will do yeah i guess that was a bit harsh and i apologise. but what i meant is that if people or organizations are exposed by our comments then if they come here for a second go around, either Csers can look up their history or hopefully the company, business, or organization will be too embarrassed to ask again
anyways you have a good day !!!
i'm more concerned about CS becoming the place to source for free/cheap photography services. anyway from posts in other forums and members' sentiments, it is the place to look for free/cheap services.
let me illustrate how easily the current system can be exploited.
Company A looks for low costing services.
An employee from Company A comes into CS, register a nick 'Mr1' and looks for cheap/free services.
Staff1's thread get publicised on CS, attracting lots of unsuspecting members.
Some CS members see the thread and decide to voice against the thread.
Staff1's aim has been fulfilled and stop posting in CS no matter how much flames have been fired.
When the need arise again, the employee comes into CS, register a new nick 'Mr2' and looks for cheap/free services.
The employee goes on to tell all his friends and colleagues about how convenient it is to make use of CS to look for freebies.
my concern is not how Company A conduct their business, my concern is how people who are like that employee time and again exploit this website to get free/cheap services.
we need specific posting guidelines with respect to looking for photography services in this website so that we can 'officially' get rid of the loophole.
together with that, we need those with the industry experience to share so that newcomers have access to knowledge about their rights, and the traps.
Why Should CS and participating members care?
simple, this forum is about photography; with majority of the members in Singapore, this forum is very much about photography in Singapore. we have people with the professional knowledge about industry practices, why should we allow exploitation of this website to continue? the only possible reason is that we are all too selfish to bother about things not right around us, if that is the case might as well not have the services section in here, at least we don't see the problems happening.