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Scam!!!!!! Karma will taks care of whoever is involved in this fraudulent scam from top to bottem!! They're excellent LIERS and take advantage of people. My wishes for them is that they burn in hell. 🖕🖕
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7 years ago (24-04-2018)
An absolute scam! Do not waste your time and money with this place. I wish I would have read the reviews before I wasted my time and money. We were stopped at the mall, I was with my beautiful 16 yr. old daughter who has always wanted to do some modeling on the side. I should have known from the start by the way they started to call my cell phone the day after we gave them our information. I actually set up the appointment just to have them stop harassing me on the phone. They even called on Easter Sunday at 8pm! Who does that?? When you first come in into this place, you will be greeted by someone in the front desk and I will not be surprised if you are overwhelmed by the number of people waiting to be interview by the “director.” We waited for over an hour just to be brought into a room where we were told we needed to purchase a monthly subscription to some online marketing program that supposedly it’s where agencies go to find potential prospects. luckily I declined that and was just moved on to meet with the “director” or scam artist who tries to explain everything very fast and shows you pictures of other kids who allegedly have been placed on add campaigns. He also shows you the different picture/makeup packages they have which can range from a few hundred dollars to thousands. After deciding which package to choose from he gave me a very lengthy contract to sign, which unfortunately I did not read thoroughly, but signed because it was late and I wanted to go home. Once I got home I read the “fine print in the contract” and oh boy, I realized this was a scam. Please, please read before you sign anything and give them any money. You have to terminate the contract with in three days of the signature date and you have to send them a certified letter from the postal office. I followed all steps to cancel the contract and here we are 3 months later and no reimbursement. I have called them on several occasions and they keep saying it will be mailed out within two weeks. I spent well over an hour today waiting for someone to come to the phone just to tell that she is not the right person to speak to, and that they are very backed up with reimbursing customers that all she can do is take a message and pass it to the supervisor. Very frustrating! I just hope this review helps at least one person avoid this scam. Good luck!
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11 years ago (05-08-2014)
This place is fraudulent. My wife just went there this evening after being approached by a woman in the mall. As a previous reviewer said, their main gambit is comp cards and head shots. They tried to sell her $2500 'materials' packages for each of our kids and were extremely aggressive.
I am sure they do place some people, but this is not the way talent agencies work and this place is obviously in the business of selling the printed material and services that go along with it. My wife has worked in the film/TV business for nearly 20 years AND is a professional photographer. She was kicking herself for not doing the research first and wasting an evening with two crazy kids in tow.
There are real, reputable talent agencies all over NJ and NYC that will not try to scam you out of 5 grand as soon as you walk in the door. If you're serious about getting your kids involved in print ads, commercials, etc., do the research and get them a manager that knows the pitfalls. And by the way, if you need comp cards and head shots, any photographer familiar with the business can probably hook you up well under $500.
If you don't believe me, check out rip off report. There's many many complaints there about this place as well as past class action law suits.
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12 years ago (31-08-2013)
I am a member of this company and i don't think they are a fraud. I got my photo shoot and yeah it was expensive but I've gotten a couple of calls for auditions and so far so good. Don't hate on this company because you find it expensive. Its expensive for a reason. Everyone gets in if you have the money but the opportunities you have depend on what you look like because an agent, a manager or a producer will never know what you can do by looking at a picture. You have to look good for them to want to work with you. I went to the one in New Brunswick and yeah it takes a while for them to call on you. You can't expect to be treated as the most important person in the world when they have so many other clients to attend to.If you look good and you go through the procedure you will most likely see results. This is why they DON'T guarantee any success.
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12 years ago (17-07-2013)
Pure scam. They make no money from placing talent and do not expend much effort to do so. They make money by selling you photo shoot/composite card packages from $1,000 - $3,000. They work on volume. Bring anybody and everybody in and if 10% buy the photo shoot, they get paid. They could care less about placing talent...or whether you have any.
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12 years ago (17-09-2013)