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Here is a dilemma:

I got an e-mail from Dreamstime and some buyer requested a RAW of one of my images.

What do you guys do? Is it worth it? Or you never should let go of the Raws? I remember that some person uploaded the raw and then she got 30c for a subscription download.

Another problem is that the image is a picture of a city buildings with some logos on them (they were removed from the Jpeg but I can't remove them from the RAW).

Opinions? Comments?

After my jpg file is approved, I upload the raw file as Additional Format
Yes I did have some .30 cent sales but 4.00 sales out weight my sub sales.
 

 ichiro17  cheerup it's not that bad

I'm the one who got the .30 for the raw file. I will never do it again, unless they guarantee a larger sum.

i have to agree, ignore them.

I ignore them too.  Not only because of the money, but because my RAWs are the best way to prove ownership of the photo. 

Great I can make all the big raw bucks 

You can't wait for a request buyers want it now

I've been asked for RAW before, I contacted DT to make sure I wasn't seeing things and offered a TIFF but aparently they only want RAW, so naturally I ignored it, I'd initially presumed a RAW would attract a much larger sale fee and I was gobsmacked when I saw what people actually get is the same as a normal sale, so why would anybody supply a RAW file, what a stupid system.

I recently had that and in my case the image had just been bought for credits, so I guess the request had come from this buyer.  I didn't have the RAW (it was shot in JPEG), and the closest I would be able to offer would be the original (unedited) saved as TIFF. 

Indeed selling the RAW has some issues mentioned here, I wouldn't have thought of it (but such files should never be sold in subs).

I wished however there was some way to reply to the buyer.  It sounds rude not to say anything.

Regards,
Adelaide