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This is TERRIBLE UNETHICAL business practice 1) Determine a fair price 2) If they insist on being AS ridiculous like cutting off YOUR API access... - Prepare
by mingyeow 17y ago
This is TERRIBLE UNETHICAL business practice
1) Determine a fair price
2) If they insist on being AS ridiculous like cutting off YOUR API access...
- Prepare a Twitter / Blog campaign (#zillowfail)
- Get the NYtimes reporter aware of this. They will listen to you if your email subject is "Unethical, unfair behavior from Zillow"
3) Negotiate further.
The HN hacker/Twitter community will help out. This is ridiculous
- tjic 17y ago> Determine a fair price That term has no definition. Instead "determine a price that you can live with and they would rather pay than go with their second best plan".
- axod 17y agoHe's using their brand without permission :/ I agree that is a Terrible unethical business practice.
- flipbrad 17y agoOh come on - why seek to hurt/destroy a viable business in these dark days just because you personally don't like how you're treated? Determine a fair value for your work and negotiate. It's a shame they opened with a low-ball offer backed by a threat (if this is truly how this all unfolded), but be the bigger man here and forge some cooperation! Maybe then they can learn a lesson about dealing with API devs without first seeing them scared off by a personal vendetta campaign
- sketerpot 17y agoAll that scorched-earth stuff is a backup plan, so the power in the negotiations isn't completely one-sided. It's good to have leverage.