Risks of responding to group text rate inquiries in professional work

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2013Legal / Business Practices forum

13 years old. Gear and prices may have changed since.

Responding via text to a group rate inquiry exposes your pricing to all recipients of the message, not just the person asking.
Direct phone calls are preferable to text-based rate discussions to maintain confidentiality and allow for context-specific pricing based on job details.
Job specifications like equipment type, location, and shoot duration significantly affect appropriate rates, so discussing rates without understanding the work parameters is inefficient.

This discussion centers on iPhone group text behavior and may apply differently to other platforms.
The original concern assumes users would inadvertently reply to the group rather than the individual, which depends on user behavior and phone settings.