This missive, and some of the author's follow on comments, are a little economically illiterate. All parties to a transaction boil down to two categories - HAS the box of money, and WANTS the box of money. You're the person who WANTS the box of money in this, and since, unless you can, say, produce cold fusion, cash is always the most versatile commodity, you're the supplicant here. In the end, it's arrogant to assume that you're such a demigod of your profession that you can expect the consideration you're demanding.