David Kersten

David Kersten commented on the blog post Negotiating Vs. Haggling Vs. The Payment Policy   3 months, 1 week ago

No offense taken, my friend. I’m prone to have my ideas snowball and my writing along with them just so long as my fingers keep dancing across this keyboard. I try to be concise and only wind up being obtuse or obscure. But when I ramble I can become muddled and confusing. [...]

David Kersten commented on the blog post Negotiating Vs. Haggling Vs. The Payment Policy   3 months, 1 week ago

One more thing…

What truly lies at the heart of this is that most agents and production houses, and practically all clients, just can’t come to terms with the kind of money we get paid for what, to them, seems to be such little effort.

So there is an element of jealousy and resentment as [...]

David Kersten commented on the blog post Negotiating Vs. Haggling Vs. The Payment Policy   3 months, 1 week ago

Hey Taji

Sorry to chew your ear off. I promise not to carry on this time. Being able to type quickly makes such rants easier very likely to happen.

Everyone has strengths as a VO. Anyone who doesn’t better do something else or are just going to have to make do with peanuts [...]

David Kersten commented on the blog post Negotiating Vs. Haggling Vs. The Payment Policy   3 months, 1 week ago

Hey Taji

There is a counter argument to using the economic crisis as an excuse to delay payment, and that is to insist on earlier payment as you don’t even know if they’ll still be in business next week or the week after! The last thing you want to do is take in number and [...]