9th April 2009, 03:40 PM
Quote:quote:Originally posted by drpeterwardle
Redearth said:
"it's a bit crappy to undercut someone who has gone to the effort of acquiring overheads ..... Or am I still being mean?
If you have a problem report it to the right people
http://www.asa.org.uk/asa/
"The ASA is here to make sure all advertising, wherever it appears, meets the high standards laid down in the advertising codes. Our website will tell you more about the rules for advertising, let you complain online, and explain how the ASA is working to keep UK advertising standards as high as possible."
Why waste the IFAs time on something like this.
There is nothing wrong with washing finds in the kitchen or using a bowl in the garden. I did just that the other day. Keeping your overheads down is a key part of being a successful business
As I said before send the link to me and I will have a look at it and give a view. I am sick and tired about the biased comments about people working from home and being a small business. I am also sick and tired of the notion that we have to look professional, rather than be professional, to be paid well.
Dr Peter Wardle
My concern all along has been for the archaeology not being dealt with properly by people making claims about the size of their organisation. Hence the potential interest that the IfA might take in the matter.
Again, keeping your overheads down is indeed part of a successful business, but how far can you push it in archaeology, where things such as finds and archives are supposed to be dealt with appropriately. This stands whatever the size of the organisation.
I brought this whole issue up because of concerns about looking professional, rather than being professional. That is surely the entire problem with having a website that makes grand claims that would seem to overstate the facts.
For the record, and once again in case no-one is paying attention, I work for a very small company, our overheads are already about as low as they can be (without laying everyone off or cutting wages), I have nothing against 'sole traders', I have nothing against a degree of amateurishness (or some less offensive term) in professional archaeology, and I would like to see work that actually is professional rather than just appearing to be. I object to a website and other media that give what I consider to be misleading information about a contractor who is busily undercutting everyone in the area. It would appear that I have touched a few raw nerves and that doing more or less anything to cut your overheads is acceptable practice.