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Complaint Review: Manhattan Model Search - New York New York
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Manhattan Model Search
manhattanmodelsearch.com New York, New York, U.S.A.
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Manhattan Model Search started by a con artist- about to go out of business AGAIN!!! consumer fraud ripoff consumer rip-off fraud New York New York
A FEW THINGS EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT Manhattan Model Search
1) their 'scouts' have almost no experience- a few of the top execs do, but the kids they send on the road usually don't
2) their 'scouts' get paid huge commissions for anyone who goes to the convention from an open call they scouted- so they want as many to go as possible, but they 'weed out' the so-called ugly ones to give it legitimacy and make those chosen feel special i.e. mroe likely to shell out money to go
3) the conventions are a joke- they are used to sell photo packages (you get a mailing 2 weeks after signing up strongly encouraging you to pay hundreds of $$$ to use their recommended photographer), the agents ARE PAID TO BE THERE and often send assistants in their place who lie and use the name of the real agent and give out the agent's business cards
4) the agents ARE STRONGLY STRONGLY STRONGLY ENCOURAGED to pick as many people for callbacks as possible- if they pick too few they don't get asked back to another convention- they are told to ask people to callbacks and then a few weeks later say "they didn't have the look the clients wanted" so the customer feels like they got picked but then never get booked or signed to the agency
5) they have had to admit in court docs that they make almost every penny from convention fees. (and photography kickbacks, and the t-shirts and junky makeup they sell at the conventions). 92-90% of those who pay will NEVER GET A PAYING MODELING JOB. can you imagine if your business had a 92% failure rate!
6) you are there for 1 reason- to pay the convention fees to make david and his crew lots of money. if these guys were legit, 1) they wouldn't have been started by dwight agnor, the sleaziest guy in the whole industry 2) they'd be working for real agencies as bookers or heads of divisions, not traveling around to sheboygan wisconsin in december to rip off unsuspecting teens and their parents, and 3) they wouldn't have had to close FOR ALMOST A WHOLE YEAR after dwight was about to get arrested, and now have reopened under new management. but guess what- they are apparently in deep trouble again- they are not holding ANY open calls in early 2003. hmmm...sounds like deja vu all over again.
EVER WONDER WHY THEY ALMOST NEVER HOLD OPEN CALLS IN NEW YORK OR LA AND RARELY IN MIAMI/??? B/c the people who live there can visit or send pics to the top agencies FOR FREE and they know too much about the business to get suckered. that's why they never do open calls in new york city.
KNOW THE TRUTH- HOLD ON TO YOUR WALLET TIGHT. GOOD LUCK AND GOD BLESS
Joe
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
U.S.A.
1) their 'scouts' have almost no experience- a few of the top execs do, but the kids they send on the road usually don't
2) their 'scouts' get paid huge commissions for anyone who goes to the convention from an open call they scouted- so they want as many to go as possible, but they 'weed out' the so-called ugly ones to give it legitimacy and make those chosen feel special i.e. mroe likely to shell out money to go
3) the conventions are a joke- they are used to sell photo packages (you get a mailing 2 weeks after signing up strongly encouraging you to pay hundreds of $$$ to use their recommended photographer), the agents ARE PAID TO BE THERE and often send assistants in their place who lie and use the name of the real agent and give out the agent's business cards
4) the agents ARE STRONGLY STRONGLY STRONGLY ENCOURAGED to pick as many people for callbacks as possible- if they pick too few they don't get asked back to another convention- they are told to ask people to callbacks and then a few weeks later say "they didn't have the look the clients wanted" so the customer feels like they got picked but then never get booked or signed to the agency
5) they have had to admit in court docs that they make almost every penny from convention fees. (and photography kickbacks, and the t-shirts and junky makeup they sell at the conventions). 92-90% of those who pay will NEVER GET A PAYING MODELING JOB. can you imagine if your business had a 92% failure rate!
6) you are there for 1 reason- to pay the convention fees to make david and his crew lots of money. if these guys were legit, 1) they wouldn't have been started by dwight agnor, the sleaziest guy in the whole industry 2) they'd be working for real agencies as bookers or heads of divisions, not traveling around to sheboygan wisconsin in december to rip off unsuspecting teens and their parents, and 3) they wouldn't have had to close FOR ALMOST A WHOLE YEAR after dwight was about to get arrested, and now have reopened under new management. but guess what- they are apparently in deep trouble again- they are not holding ANY open calls in early 2003. hmmm...sounds like deja vu all over again.
EVER WONDER WHY THEY ALMOST NEVER HOLD OPEN CALLS IN NEW YORK OR LA AND RARELY IN MIAMI/??? B/c the people who live there can visit or send pics to the top agencies FOR FREE and they know too much about the business to get suckered. that's why they never do open calls in new york city.
KNOW THE TRUTH- HOLD ON TO YOUR WALLET TIGHT. GOOD LUCK AND GOD BLESS
Joe
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
U.S.A.
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Good Scout
Orlando,Florida,
U.S.A.
TCT filed this bogus report... I am the Good Scout
#2UPDATE Employee
Sun, March 09, 2003
I feel I need to inform the public of those reports which were filed by TCT in an effort to create a reason to sue ripoffreport.com. This is just wrong. Now they are making up the story that someone tried to extort a quarter million dollars to take reports down from this site. I wonder if they actually expect people to believe them. Anonymous for now
