TCT TransContinental ripoff looking for "people of color" Bellevue Washington
Hello All,
I just want to state that TCT is a rip off company. They'll either invite you to an Open Call or you respond to an Open Call screening they have at their local office. From there they'll take your measurements and ask you what talent are you going in for today.
What totally annoys the heck out of me is
1)the way they state "they are looking for people of color" knowing today's economy people of colors are "African American, East Indian's, Asian's, Hispanic ..etc.." whom are in the low class to middle class income range in the United States.
I believe they target these people of colors (as they stated) because they know they can scam money out of them.
2)If they are scouting out people who are model/actor/singer quality, then why do every single person who attended the Open Call goes home with a packet explaining the up front fee and monthly fees in there, and a scheduled phone interview for next business day.
This next part is what I love most about their phone interview tactics. Phone call: General greeting "how are you ..etc.." TCT Marketing Rep - "The interviewer from your Open Call session the othere day has stated you're a wonderful singer, have an awesome face and beautiful eyes.
I can see your picture here and we would rate you as a 10 from a 1 to 10 scale 1 being the worst and 10 being the best"
Consumer - "oh really, well thank you" - Ok.. but the funny thing about this is every single friend of mine who went to this TCT Scouting event got a phone interview and TCT rated them all with a perfect 10.
No one got anything below a 10. Even Simon on American Idol can agree with me on how some of my friends would not be model material.(lmao)
3)The Fee's ... my gosh they ask for 800 dollars upfront then 19.95 every month to maintain your website.
Get this - if your a singer you only get three MP3 file you can download your music demo to, and it's only 30sec long. Ha ha.. i just crack up because what record company is going to listen to a 30 sec MP3 file.
Okay enough is said and I just want to summarize this for everyone who feel they have been scam into this modeling thing these company have setup.
First of all everyone is beautiful in their own way even if you not a model for the whole world to see. Secondly if you believe (be honest with yourself now) that if you have the requirements to be model, then go get your picture taken by a professional photographer.
There are professional photographer who'll charge you anywhere between 200.00 to 1000.00.
Remember photographers earn their respect mostly by experience, you don't have to have degree to be a photographer.
Look for one with years of experience. Scan your picture by using a scaner or have kinko's scan it onto a disk for you.
Upload it to the web by using a free webpage maker like yahoo or msn or geocities, then mail out your site to agencies.
Hey it'll probably cost you anywhere between $400 - $ 1200 per year or less! And if you get a job.. great job.. and if you don't, you don't have to feel bad about it cause you've tried.
Kathy
Seattle, Washington
U.S.A.
5 Updates & Rebuttals
Dan
San Jose,California,
U.S.A.
Do you honestly believe that agencies are going to take the time to click a link that you send them?
#6UPDATE Employee
Wed, April 02, 2003
First off, you have to understand that as scouts, we have to look for what the clients want. If you notice in every magazine, you will see more and more people in ads that are NOT caucasin. We are given information as to what to look for(i.e. 18-24 Hispanic females with green eyes size 4-6 dress).
As for the MP3's, you'd be lucky if a record company even listens to 30 seconds of your music. They get over 200 CD's sent to them daily. They don't have time to listen to an entire album.
I think you need to be honest with yourself. This isn't a business that you walk in a nobody and walk out the fame and glory of Tyra Banks. It's a dog eat dog industry. I hate to burst your bubble, but the reason not everyone gets the info packet at an Open Call is because some people call in to schedule an interview without ever being seen by a scout. It's like asking why every person who goes into a job interview doesn't come out with a training manual for the job. Some people, let's face it, most people don't have it. Sure, they may be drop dead gorgeous, but they may be too tall or too short. There are very specific qualities that the clients, not agencies, look for. They are the ones paying the model. Wouldn't you be picky if you wanted to hire a model to promote your product? You can't have a 22 year old female do an ad for life insurance, it's just not believeable.
Now onto the subject of the website. Do you honestly believe that agencies are going to take the time to click a link that you send them? No way, they don't need to when they have hundreds of people lined up at their door every day. Besides, putting up a free webpage is cool, but do you want some pervert who's surfing the net to be able to contact you? (and if you don't have a way for them to contact you, you'll never get anywhere). We do an extensive background check, credit check and get get business references on every single client. That's the only people who will see you and that's the only people you want to see you. They are the ones who will pay you.
Hey, don't get me wrong, if you want to go that route, please do. Do what saves you the most money. But you can't expect huge results. And if you do get work that way from reputable companies, then congrats. Just remember, there are millions of people out there who want to be a model, actor or musician. The competition is high and fierce. Not everyone will get the fame and fourtune.
Harry
Raleigh,North Carolina,
U.S.A.
MP3 Files
#6UPDATE Employee
Sun, March 23, 2003
You say what record company will listen to just a 30 second MP3 file??
Haha well ALL of them!
Record companies only listen to about the first 15 SECONDS of any song.
If you don't catch their attention in those short seconds, they will just go on to someone else.
TCT is right in that regard, plus it saves space and makes the website move alot faster.
Get a clue
Harry
Raleigh,North Carolina,
U.S.A.
MP3 Files
#6UPDATE Employee
Sun, March 23, 2003
You say what record company will listen to just a 30 second MP3 file??
Haha well ALL of them!
Record companies only listen to about the first 15 SECONDS of any song.
If you don't catch their attention in those short seconds, they will just go on to someone else.
TCT is right in that regard, plus it saves space and makes the website move alot faster.
Get a clue
Harry
Raleigh,North Carolina,
U.S.A.
MP3 Files
#6UPDATE Employee
Sun, March 23, 2003
You say what record company will listen to just a 30 second MP3 file??
Haha well ALL of them!
Record companies only listen to about the first 15 SECONDS of any song.
If you don't catch their attention in those short seconds, they will just go on to someone else.
TCT is right in that regard, plus it saves space and makes the website move alot faster.
Get a clue
Harry
Raleigh,North Carolina,
U.S.A.
MP3 Files
#6UPDATE Employee
Sun, March 23, 2003
You say what record company will listen to just a 30 second MP3 file??
Haha well ALL of them!
Record companies only listen to about the first 15 SECONDS of any song.
If you don't catch their attention in those short seconds, they will just go on to someone else.
TCT is right in that regard, plus it saves space and makes the website move alot faster.
Get a clue