# Doing Something for No Fee?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doing-something-for-no-fee/436324>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 5, 2008, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doing-something-for-no-fee/436324 "2008-02-05T01:22:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doing-something-for-no-fee/436324/1 "2008-02-05T01:22:05Z")

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I worked on a project for a division of my company that did the work for zero fee. What does that mean? …They did it gratis? Hard to believe.

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**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doing-something-for-no-fee/436324/2 "2008-02-05T01:24:59Z")

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That’s how I would understand it.

If there’s a possibility of a bigger (paying) project down the line, this wouldn’t surprise me.

GT