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Entertainment Personnel Services JR, J.R Driver opportunity SCAM!! Anaheim, California
You can find the company "Entertainment Personnel Services" on many adult type websites, but mainly on Backpage.com. There is a gentlemen by the name of J.R who claims to be able to get you 2-3 models a week who need drivers to take them back and forth to their appointments. He charges $290 which is to be given in cash at his office in Anaheim. He makes sure you understand that this is strictly for advertising you to the adult community as a driver.
The first lie is that he advertises anyway whether he gets a new naive customer to cough up the cash or not. Secondly he doesn't advertise specifically "you" who has paid him but rather more ads are placed for his company. You basically pay for some of his advertising costs than the rest he pockets. He only needs one person a month to cover most of his advertising costs.
After that every single person paying is straight profit. Not only did I not get the 2-3 jobs promised a week...I got not even 1 single person from him! I also called every single day to check (like he requested) even though I shouldn't have to because he knew I was looking for work at all times. He is a true scammer guy who when cornered or caught in his lies will double-talk, contradict himself, talk all over you not letting you speak, even getting flat-out rude and unprofessional because he wants you to believe everything BUT the truth!
At the very least he will have a million excuses as to why he did what he did (or the lack of) to by more time. To keep this anonymous I'm just giving the specifics of his character and business practices versus the actual situation as it was pretty messed up and draining. However I'll eat the loss if one person atleast is kept from signing on with this fraud service of a company. In the bogus contract that you sign, it states if with 3 months you don't what he promised you get 1/3 of the refund.
This is minus a pretty crappy 20 page manual about the adult entertainment driving business (that he calls a book..non-published mind you) that he charges $50 for. Now your at $240 and one third of that is $80 which I didn't even get that. Even after many promises and delays or excuses on how he needs another week (and he will ALWAYS need another week...trust me). Anything he says "except I'm a lier..and don't trust me" is nine out of ten times a FLAT LIE!! I actually no 3 ppl who have signed up and paid him the almost three hundred dollars with as of yet almost identical horror stories.
SO when he tells you "its slow right now" or I haven't been getting many calls...again LIE. What ever season it is...is the reason it's slow by the way..ie if it's summer..."yea the summer is always slow"...if it's winter "People don't like the cold so it's always slow in the winter"!! But than he will promise you that it's gonna pick up in the nearest season coming up...this is only to by more time. His hopes is that you will eventually give up and never press him about the refund.
Even if so he may give enough of your refund back to fill your gas tank (still far less than promised) to hope that you'll something over nothing and that will be the end. Just for reference too he is a older black man who prides himself on his voice that comes across like a white guy. Not that is matters but after taking the long drive to his office and meeting him you get a hustler, I-used-2b-a pimp vibe from him...that is not to be trusted.
BUT unless you live in Anaheim you will probably pay him the money hoping it is legit because otherwise you would have completed wasted your time AND gas money (which in either case you will loose from having called this man). I could continue on with so much more...but point and case "DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH THIS MAN"...atleast for this scam of a driver opportunity (that hardly exists.)
5 Updates & Rebuttals
John
Denver,Colorado,
United States of America
J.R. will help you. Just be patient.
#6UPDATE Employee
Thu, September 27, 2012
Hello, I am a professional driver. I was with other agencies who were just flat out sketch and then I found J.R.'s post on backpage.com and I contacted him and he said if I paid him 360.00. He could get me clients and would advertise for me so we agreed on a 90 dollar first payment. So I paid him 90 and within two days he got me a top notch model and I made my original investment back in the first night and then some!! I was Blown away!!! I cant believe the kind of capital I am making!! I was so excited I called him back after my first night and wanted to thank him and send him my second payment. When we discussed the second Payment he said " just send another 90 and we are square" He gave me a 50% discount on what we had originally agreed on! That is good business right there!
J.R. does genuinely care about his clients. He is always there to answer my questions and he coaches me on every aspect of this business. The 180 I paid him was the best investment I have ever made in my life!! I hear others say that if you have to pay for employment then its not a job. Thats bull. It takes money to make money. I paid and now I get paid. There are other companies out there but I will definitely stick with J.R. and Entertainment Personnel Services. This company is Legit and will keep you out of trouble. Other agencies I joined up with just cared about their money and would care less about your safety and how much you make but J.R. made sure that I got what I paid for. He is an incredibly intelligent human being and will have you making dough in no time. I highly recommend Entertainment Personnel Services. I will be with this company for the rest of my career life. I can see that early retirement can be a reality with this business.
TL
United States of AmericaSolid Professional & Customer Service Oriented
#6Consumer Suggestion
Thu, September 27, 2012
I've known JR for about a year now. I have come to know him as a very friendly, professional, honest, and conscientious business man. He is very concerned about making sure his clients are well taken care of. He also consistently emphasizes the importance of not only making sure his clients understand the conditions of their contractual relationship with his service, but also that they understand their own responsibilities under the terms of their contract with EPS. The author of the above post has evidently not followed his responsibility in keeping in regular contact with his service to insure a steady flow of driving referrals. I'm pretty sure that if the author would contact him directly, he would do everything he could within reason to help the poster (if he was or is an actual client) to successfully work within this industry.
J.R.
Vancouver,Washington,
USA
To the anonymous poster of this complaint
#6REBUTTAL Owner of company
Wed, September 19, 2012
To the author of the post, we value you as a client. We would like you to call J.R. so we may work together to resolve any issues that you may have. Call J.R. directly on his personal line at 310-491-8010.
Jack
Compton,California,
United States of America
Thrilled with the Opportunity!!
#6General Comment
Tue, September 18, 2012
I came across Entertainment Personnel Services from an add that was posted over the Internet and that they were hiring Drivers for Adult Entertainment Industry and at the same time I was looking for something that could help supplement my income and to support myself.
I told myself that I know I can drive and all they need was a reliable car, insurance and be at least 18 years an older. So, I said to myself 'what an opportunity' and this is a win win situation. I was impressed with the description of the add; brief and straight to the point and beautifully
narrated.
Fair enough when I called the number listed a gentleman answer the phone and he said "Entertainment Personnel...this is JR speaking" He was the owner of the company and he was very professional and articulate by nature so I am glad that I came to the best man in the business.
We set up an appointment to meet him at his office in Anaheim; Disneyland is just few minutes away so the location was strategic; and I told myself this has to be a good company. When I walked into the office, I was impressed with the whole set up and there is so much energy in the
place.
JR greeted me and said I'm glad you made it! On the hand I am glad too! JR explained the program about driving for the Adult Entertainment Industry so I though that this should be really fun. First and foremost I learnt that this company has been established for more than 30 years and plus they have an A rating from the Better Business of Bureau; that seals the deal.
Its a 24 hour Industry and one can work 7 days a week if they like. The money is good because you can make around $500 to $700/week and each driving assignment that you do was $60-$80 per hour plus tips for gas.
So, I told myself that if we make just 2-3 runs in a night that's about $200- $300 per night and
that is good money just working on a part time basis. They also have a Driver Model Team program which is such a fabulous system and totally unheard of in the entire country.
All it takes was; they charge a sign up fee which they intend to use it for marketing and advertising services to other models and agencies to capture business for their drivers and I just have to call in according to my availability.
So, we went ahead and put everything in writing and JR handed my copy of the contract and he gave me a driving manual and he educated me about the legal aspects about driving for the adult entertainment industry and he explained to me about the Transportation Contract.
I am amazed the fact that JR is dedicated enough to go an extra mile to teach and guide his people about the job in the first place but more important the legal aspects to protect them from any liabilities and to ensure their safety.
This distinguishes them from other agencies in the business. So, I went back home excited, read the manual and called in the next day for my availability and I was referred a model right away and we made some runs and she paid me exactly like what JR quoted in the beginning and I have already got back my sign up fee within 2 days.
The rest of the assignments I am doing right now is just profit. I am just thrilled with the opportunity and I am amazed making good money driving for the adult entertainment industry with this kind of economy. I am very thankful to JR!
DanB
Vancouver,Washington,
United States of America
Entertainment Personnel not a scam and is accountable to his clients!!
#6REBUTTAL Owner of company
Mon, September 17, 2012
Hi. I'm J.R. the owner of Entertainment Personnel Services. With the age of the internet and rip off reports people can literally fabricate false statements just to justify their personal viewpoint, whether true or false. We are accountable to our clients as an advertising and referral service and we truly care about our clients.
We have been involved in marketing drivers to the entertainment industry for over 30 years and our policies have not changed. We are responsible as an agency to use the funds that we receive from our clients to market our clients to the adult entertainment industry. Entertainers who call in make the decision whether a particular driver fits their needs. Referrals are not a guarantee of employment. The Entertainers respond to our advertisements based on their need for transportation services.
We are the advertising and referral agent. We run a general advertisement and the sign up fees support that general advertisement. All referrals are contingent on market conditions which means we do not control the industry and we do not control whether a model decides to use a particular driver or not.
If client drivers participate in our program and check in on a regular basis and if we're not successful helping that client we offer a 1/3 refund policy after 90 days. The 1/3 refund policy is based off production numbers that is written in our contract.
Our prospective clients pay us a membership fee and those funds are used to place advertisements throughout the adult entertainment industry. It is an ongoing expense that requires continous investment and that is what those sign up fees provide.
Here is an example of the expenses: Maintaining an advertisement budget, maintaining 5 phone lines, office expenses, employee and other related operating costs that help maintain our companies integrity.
We also contract with other professionals such as CPA's, Attorney's, and Web-designers for continuous business support.
We have supporting references that show our committment to the industry and to our clients. We have had hundreds of calls in the last 9 months from entertainers requesting information about securing a driver, what our rates are and most importantly do we screen the drivers. You can request a reference to satisy your concerns about the legitimacy of our agency
Yes we're located in Anaheim California. We have on-site building management. We've known the management in this building for 18 years. Management in this building are very committed to professionalism, integrity and above board business practices to be a tenant of this building.
The following complaint is obviously some client who has posted anonymously and has gotten a refund of 1/3 and is not happy about it. They want to breach the refund of 1/3 on the contract and prefer to receive a full refund which is not our contractual agreement.
This gentlemen obviously has a problem with intelligent professional African American businessman.