In the video industry it’s common to see backyard operators doing jobs for ridiculously low prices. One guy I know does rl weddings for $A200. Given the amount of time he takes that’s well below the minimum hourly rate. But he gets work because most of his clients don’t care about the quality. For some customers price is the only thing that counts. They just want a video.

Same thing can apply in sl. Some people just want a building…any building…as long as it doesn’t look bad it’s fine.

Of course in the case that Bret mentioned I know the people involved and the clients wanted more than they could afford. They have pretentions and very little else.

In the video industry it’s common to see backyard operators doing jobs for ridiculously low prices. One guy I know does rl weddings for $A200. Given the amount of time he takes that’s well below the minimum hourly rate. But he gets work because most of his clients don’t care about the quality. For some customers price is the only thing that counts. They just want a video.

Same thing can apply in sl. Some people just want a building…any building…as long as it doesn’t look bad it’s fine.

Of course in the case that Bret mentioned I know the people involved and the clients wanted more than they could afford. They have pretentions and very little else.

Thanks to you both for your follow-up comments. The anecdote about the $50 000 to $1000 comparison is a good one from viewpoint of naivete on part of the customer i.e. why would you think you’d get a good product at such an enormous reduction.

Good luck with it all.

I’m the voice on the machinima. Re the $40,000; it represents what we would charge, not the cheapest possible cost. We recently quoted someone US$50,000 for a build and they found someone else to do it for $1,000! Was it a quality build? Erm, it’s not finished and the builder has walked off following disputes.

I can do a web page for no cost. Is that what a reputable business will want? Probably they would like experienced advice, quality graphics and a solid back end. The same price/quality matrix exists in Second Life as in other areas.

We are at the quality end and use top talent. We also work on the strategic side; if your approach is “I know what I want”, you might just want a range of builders to quote. If you want some quality input on how to proceed, that’s another story and we do charge money for that.

In world I can be contacted as Biscuit Carroll.

Ta for the kudos.

Thanks to you both for your follow-up comments. The anecdote about the $50 000 to $1000 comparison is a good one from viewpoint of naivete on part of the customer i.e. why would you think you’d get a good product at such an enormous reduction.

Good luck with it all.

I’m the voice on the machinima. Re the $40,000; it represents what we would charge, not the cheapest possible cost. We recently quoted someone US$50,000 for a build and they found someone else to do it for $1,000! Was it a quality build? Erm, it’s not finished and the builder has walked off following disputes.

I can do a web page for no cost. Is that what a reputable business will want? Probably they would like experienced advice, quality graphics and a solid back end. The same price/quality matrix exists in Second Life as in other areas.

We are at the quality end and use top talent. We also work on the strategic side; if your approach is “I know what I want”, you might just want a range of builders to quote. If you want some quality input on how to proceed, that’s another story and we do charge money for that.

In world I can be contacted as Biscuit Carroll.

Ta for the kudos.