On Tue, 17 Nov 1998 13:41:07 GMT, bob@bobshell.com wrote:
>> >From: d_ruether@hotmail.com (Neuman-Ruether)
>> >Date: 11/16/98 8:57 PM EST

>> >Hmmm, should I jump into the fray and point out the treatment
>> >Shutterbug et al. gave me when I wrote a requested article
>> >for the mag., delivered it, had it accepted, and was then
>> >refused the payment I had been led to believe (before writing
>> >the article) would be forthcoming?

>Do we REALLY need to go through this again???????????

Umm, since writing the above, I received an e-mail from someone
who had the same thing happen to him: he inquired about payment
amount for an article for Shutterbug, he was given a figure, he
wrote the article (which was published), and he was paid 1/2 of
what he had been led to expect... Gosh, do you suppose there is
a pattern becoming evident here...? ;-) (I also found it
interesting that his offer was also well above the maximum amount
you insisted was the top payment anyone received for writing
a first-time article in Shutterbug... Also, gosh - I wonder if
a practice of offering one amount before the work is done, then
another upon completion, constitutes a form of "bait-and-switch",
fraud, breach of contract, or any other such thing...? ;-)
Anyone else with a similar experience with Shutterbug?