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Complaint Review: John Robert Powers School For Modeling And Acting - Fort Worth Texas
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John Robert Powers School For Modeling And Acting
421 Ridgecrest Drive Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.A.
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John Robert Powers School For Modeling And Acting This school completly dissapeard without a trace and took all of my invested time and money with it Fort Worth Texas
I attended this school in hopes of an oppourtunity at my dreams. Being in my early twenties and being a single mother made paying this school very difficult but with all the promised exposure I had to take a chance. I gave this school all the money I could spare to be in a place full of hopes and chances.
First off the school was a complete mess with no proffesional teachers or rooms. The instructors were very unproffesional and had little or no expirence at all. The classes basically consisted of talking about anything but acting which upset me because that was the whole reason I was there. I can guarantee if you ask anyone else who attended that school they would say the same.
After have taken a leave of absence from the school I missed about 4 classes, which I only needed 4 classes to "graduate" and recieve my certificate of completion. I called for about a month and I was trying to make a payment to my classes, after no response and it only going to voicemail with no one calling me back after several messages, I drove to the school only to find it was no longer there. When I researched the school on the internet I found that there were no longer in the united states.
After finding out this information I was completly upset at everything I had lost and at the time I thought there was nothing I could do about it, but I know there are other people out there who expirenced the same thing I did and now feel that there is nothing they can do. I disagree and I hope everyone who has been victimiezed by this rip-off company will please take a stand with us all and bring these jerks down for the adults and the children. Thank you for taking the time to read this.
Amber
saginaw, Texas
U.S.A.
First off the school was a complete mess with no proffesional teachers or rooms. The instructors were very unproffesional and had little or no expirence at all. The classes basically consisted of talking about anything but acting which upset me because that was the whole reason I was there. I can guarantee if you ask anyone else who attended that school they would say the same.
After have taken a leave of absence from the school I missed about 4 classes, which I only needed 4 classes to "graduate" and recieve my certificate of completion. I called for about a month and I was trying to make a payment to my classes, after no response and it only going to voicemail with no one calling me back after several messages, I drove to the school only to find it was no longer there. When I researched the school on the internet I found that there were no longer in the united states.
After finding out this information I was completly upset at everything I had lost and at the time I thought there was nothing I could do about it, but I know there are other people out there who expirenced the same thing I did and now feel that there is nothing they can do. I disagree and I hope everyone who has been victimiezed by this rip-off company will please take a stand with us all and bring these jerks down for the adults and the children. Thank you for taking the time to read this.
Amber
saginaw, Texas
U.S.A.
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Thurstonh
Los Angeles,California,
U.S.A.
30 Years in Hollywood
#2Consumer Suggestion
Fri, August 24, 2007
Hi. I am sorry that you were ripped off but I have to say that your experience with the John Robert Powers franchise system is very typical. I have been fascinated by this horrible company for many years and have spoken to many ex students and ex "employees" about how it works. My understanding is that as a corporation a large part of their income is derived from the selling of "territories" to people for about 75 thousand dollars despite knowing that it is extremely unlikely that the purchaser will ever be able to keep up with the agresive payment scheme that is a part of the system. When the businesses fail the mother corporation gets to keep the initial payments and then has the territories to sell again and again. This is why so many of the franchisees are willing to go along with the tactics that JRP proposes...because if they do not they know that they will lose their investment and will end up with nothing. I have been watching people with "training" from JRP come through our offices for many years and inevitably the "training" that they may have recieved while having their wallets emptied by JRP has nothing to do with the actors future success. I have heard that no one is rejected from a JRP casting call....that alone is a good indication of their true motivations. I can honestly say that in 30 yers or so of productionf I have only ever seen JRP people booked as extras. No reputable talent agent would call JRP and ask them to send over some talent for a real casting session because we all know that those sent will be just the ones available at that time. Who is in house and needs to be pumped for cash...send them to the audition. JRP knows that you wont book the job...but they dont really care about that. Just the fact that they were able to get you into an audition will help them to get more money from the actors. So we dont call JRP in EVER because by doing so we would just be helping them to take more money from their "students'. If you look at the JRP site or at any of the franchise sites you will see many references to success stories and lots of references to big actors who went through JRP.....All I can say is that you should not believe everything that you read on a companiues website. According to a news story taht I saw by Bill Moyers...NONE of the listed actors will admit to ever attending any JRP training! What does that tell you? Save your money. Take some acting classes at a real college or school. Avoid any place that tells you that you are going to be a star. Avoid any place that seems to have a bunch of negative comments on many websites. So good luck with your career. You didnt really miss anything by missing those classes at JRP.. They would probably have tried to get you to pay more money if they had not had to cut and run. Be well
Seasoned
New York,New York,
U.S.A.
everyone's got an opinion...
#3Consumer Suggestion
Sat, August 04, 2007
First off, John Robert Powers is a franchise - that means that every office runs differently. If you had a problem with your franchise, you should've called the attorney general, your lawyer, or the better business bureau... And if you need to make up classes - by all means - contact your nearest JRP and I'm sure they'll let you make up the hours you missed!! Breaking into the acting business is not easy.. Many actors, who don't know how to get started, might think buying a photo shoot, and do a mailing to a list of casting directors, agents etc, in the hopes of landing an interview, is the way to go. Many people take lots of classes for years, and never land a job. On the other hand, some people take classes and are possibly more prepared to meet people, thus ending up landing more jobs - based on their interviewing skills! Speaking from 25 yrs in the biz, I believe there are two very important things a "wannabe" actor needs to have: experience/confidence, and face to face connections. I dare any agent, casting director or magazine, to "comment" that they'd sign/cast someone sight unseen and/or with no experience. John Robert Powers can offer kids an amazing opportunity to learn the skills they need to hear a "yes" after ANY interview, as well as guaranteed face to face meetings with industry people that might not look twice at them on the street.
