Hello all, I spent many years as a photographer prior to sound. I remember I used to get bothered, to myself, no one else, about the people that didn't hire me. Then one day I realized that I didn't care about the clients that didn't hire me based on cost, because they were not hiring me. In other words, why care what someone thought who was not hiring me. One day I told the lady that I worked for, lets raise the rates 10 percent. She was panicky and said what if we get less work. I explained that even if business dropped off by 10 percent, we still made more money, because we would get the same revenue, but spend less time on film, gas, wear and tear, etc. So we did it, and business didn't drop off any. So, I really don't care what people who AREN'T hiring me think.