RE: Some galleries who want to charge per submission.

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RE:
Some galleries who want to charge per submission.
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I'm an E6 socio-economic bracket artist.
And I get sick of being asked to pay fees just to submit.
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Small Fees and commission IF I am selected, I am OK with.
But a charge per mere application is Bull Shit.
These lot are Not the RCA!!
We have no guarantee that you don't just harvest the application money like a Hoover and not even bother to look at the submissions.
You are asking for a level of trust that you would need to be a gullible dumb arse to give.
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You should know your market and be able to make money from a 405 to 50% commission on sales.
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With maybe a 40£ to 50£ handling fee per work to offset expense risks of 'no sale', against some of the running costs.
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And these numbers should be MUCH lower if you are Not a top-rated gallery!
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If you cannot survive on that model
Then maybe you are not competent enough run run a gallery.
And you should become an art teacher instead?!
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Asking for money per submission is just asking for, to paraphrase the band "Dire Straits"
"Money for nothing and chicks for free"
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And due to these "offers" happening so often,
I am using this as a cut-and-paste response to save time in future.
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