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  • Report:  #859810

Complaint Review: Arthur St John - Internet

Reported By:
Hannah - North Hollywood, California, United States of America
Submitted:
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Arthur St John
Internet, United States of America
Phone:
Web:
www.arthurstjohn.com
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I would not recommend anyone to get business with this dishonest person and if he lies to large amount of people he will scam up your business(thats my personal opinion)

I am very disappointed with Arthur St John. This is the second time already when I personally saw how he was trying to get poor models from modelmayhem.com to be FREE background. He always promises that there are going to be very limited amount of girls but when you get there you end up seeing 60+ girls. Whatever he is doing has no morals and I think that this guy is a complete scambag!

First time I ever saw his post was about Pitbulls-Give me everything tonight music video. He was casting the main girl so I applied. When the main girl was long time casted and all he need was background, but to get more responses he actually lied to people saying that he needs principals and after a day he wrote that he needs "featured" extras. The call time was very early in the morning and there were 120+ girls and of course I didnt get any face time or any credits.(But he promised those at the beginning)

Another day I was looking for casting calls on modelmayhem.com and noticed that this guy is casting 5-10 models to be in another music video of Pitbull. I decided to try it again, after 10 minutes of submitting my information I got confirmed of my booking and was told that there were going to be 15-20 girls(note at first he said 5-10).I still decided to give it another try anyways I didnt have anything to loose because the shoot was 2 miles from where I live in North Hollywood.

When I got there were about 40 cars parked of background models and I was like H*LL NO,I am not going to do background work for free and this guy is not going to full me like this again. Well If any one of you is stupid enough and wants to do FREE background work go ahead do it, but I will never do it seriously, Pitbull can't pay for his own background? I find this ridiculous!


4 Updates & Rebuttals

Kalee Zanella

USA
Amazing Photographer

#2General Comment

Fri, August 07, 2015

Hannah, You dont know what you are talking about, Arthur and his creative team are A plus the best I just had a photo shoot with him He is prefessional talented and kind. by  no means a scam I would work with him any chance I got for you to try to ruin someone success is mean and very low I hope you grow up one day  I am famous I am thrilled to have his name on my work!!!

 


Hannah

United States of America
ARTHUR ST JOHN IS NOT A SCAM - I TAKE BACK EVERYTHING I SAID - IM SORRY

#3Author of original report

Fri, March 30, 2012

im really sorry for writing this report. I know it wasnt right. but I was really upset for not being seen in the give me everything video and after seeing all of those girls for the last video i knew i wouldnt get any face time. i thought arthur lied to me. im sorry, i know he didnt and i take back whatever i said about him. hes not a scambag. and i knew it was not paid and i agreed to do it, i thought it was going to be a small number of girls i was wanting to get good face time thats all. i didnt mean what i said. lets move on please. xoxo


ValleyGurl

United States of America
YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED FOR WRITING THIS REPORT. ITS A JOKE.

#4Consumer Comment

Fri, March 30, 2012

You wrote a rip off report because you showed up to a music video and saw other models? LOL. are you serious? what world are you living in? you're probably a newbie who doesnt have a clue about this industry! there's always going to be more models than you expect at a video, especially for a super star like Pitbull !!!! most models would do anything to be in a pitbull video and you had the chance (2x) and you're complaining?? LOL. Did someone force you to be at the video? Were you promised to be a principal or lead model and instead you were only used as a background? were you promised pay and didnt get your pay? How is this a rip off report?? How were you ripped off? You should be ashamed of yourself "Hannah". Just because you are not getting "Face Time" and "Credit" in a music video you are complaining and writing a rip off report? and of all people to Arthur St John ? LOL. I've been booked on many jobs with Arthur, as principal and extra. In fact, I'm one of the models in the "Give me everything" music video. He has never lied to me or deceived me. You're a brat with no clue who is sitting there writing a BS rip off report on someone who is very well known in the industry, who has helped many models, including me ! get a life and stop your BS ! Seriously !

-Val


Hannah

United States of America
Arthur St John is NOT a scam. I made this report out of anger and its not true. Im sorry.

#5Author of original report

Thu, March 29, 2012

I made this report after I got home from a Pitbull music video Arthur StJohn was casting for. I was told there would only be 15-20 girls, but after seeing 60+ girls I was VERY UPSET.  I assumed all the girls were cast by Arthur and I couldnt beleive he lied to me!!!  I agreed to do the music video without pay (for face time/exposure), but when I saw all of those girls all waiting to be in the video I knew almost everyone would be just background extras, and I did NOT want to be a background extra for FREE !  

I came home, I was sooo mad, I didnt know what to do, I found this rip off website and took my anger out !!!!!! 

After speaking to other girls who were at the video and asking around, I feel really bad because it was not Arthur's fault. There was only 20 girls from ArthurStJohn at the video and the other girls came from different people. I found out there was 3 other companies who brought girls to the video and Arthur didnt know anything about it. He even called and emailed all of the models to say sorry for the situation, but I never signed up on the sign in sheet so he thought i never went to the video.

I found out that some of the girls did get paid by arthur but some did not (like me) Arthur told me his budget was full and he couldnt pay everyone. but i knew this from the start, he didnt lie to me and say im gonna pay you and not pay me, he told me from the beginning it was no pay, but i wanted to be seen in the video more than anything! i wanted face time!!

Its ok to do non paid work as long as you get face time and you can be seen in the video. Its NOT ok to do FREE BACKGROUND work and just be an extra because nobody will even see you!!! 

Anyways, so this rip off report I wrote was based on my feelings from that night. I thought he lied to me, but he didnt and i feel really bad right now.  I just want to clear this up and say sorry.

xoxo

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