and you break their unwritten 'don't ever say THAT' rule and have them jump all over you?
I did.
i'm on an glass artist site and i mentioned that I went to a show on saturday and lowered my prices at the last minute. I CLEARLY stated that my overhead was very little, so lowering my prices didn't hurt me, but i did well in sales and wouldn't have had i not lowered the prices. I also clearly said that my first set of prices was purely a guess, but when i saw the other artists prices (and the quality of their work), i re-thought mine.
well. you'd think i murdered someone.
one woman said I devalued my self.
another basically said that I ruined it for the rest of them (they aren't even all in the US and none are from my area) and someone else said that *I* am what is wrong with artistry today.
fucking idiots.