1, Report:
#1037632
Posted Date:
Mar 24 2013
Big City Talent bigcitytalent.com Total SCAM!!!!!!!! Internet
Big City Talent is a total RIPOFF. My fiance was driving last week and our daughter heard a radio ad on the radio station for auditions with Disney & Nickelodeon. We called and set up an appointment with this Company and it was set for 3/23/13 at 1:30 pm. Their wa...
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Categories: Modeling & Talent Agencies
2, Report:
#142071
Posted Date:
Aug 28 2012
John Robert Powers JRP WILL THEY REALLY RIP US OFF!? WHO SHOULD WE BELIEVE!? Saint Paul Minnesota
I mean I WENT AND INTERVIEWED WITH JRP, AND THERE WERE 48 PEOPLE THERE. JRP SAID TO US THAT WE WERE THE ONLY 7 OUT OF 48 SELECTED. THEN AFTER THAT DAY THEY TOLD US TO GO BACK AND WE DID. AFTER INTERVIEWING, THEY THEN TOLD US TO PAY RIGHT AWAY AND DIDN'T LET US TALK ABOUT IT. THEY DI...
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Categories: Modeling Agencies
3, Report:
#346165
Posted Date:
Apr 03 2012
STAR SEARCH CASTING, STAR SEARCH CASTING.COM DON'T PAY STAR SEARCH CASTING.COM A DIME! READ THIS NOTICE! Boston Massachusetts
Star Search Casting is a rip off. I paid this company their monthly fee for months just to get ripped off. Thier jobs are all jobs that pay nothing and many are pornographic.
They say their backed by the Better Business Bureau. The BBB is a scam too. If a company pays them, they'...
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Categories: Modeling Agencies
4, Report:
#674142
Posted Date:
Dec 27 2010
John Robert Powers JRP Natasha Russian Lady, you do not make dreams come true, you create nightmares! Pacific Grove, California
Peggy was the one who first signed up my daughter. She seemed real authoritive. They kept calling me over and over and over. The telephone number she called from was from San Francisco, then she had a private number. Peggy is some old washed out hag. She claims she was an actress an...
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Categories: Modeling & Talent Agencies
5, Report:
#633149
Posted Date:
Aug 29 2010
John Robert Powers JRP FRAUD!SCAMMERS! RESEARCH THEM BEFORE USING THEM Internet
First of all they show you a video with a bunch of disney tv stars so that you think they put them through school. FACT: none of the disney stars actually went through their school. they are only contracted to say that they did.They are getting paidto say that they used john robert ...
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Categories: Modeling Schools
6, Report:
#631453
Posted Date:
Aug 14 2010
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John Robert Powers JRP JRP JRP Minneapolis Owner Connie Steckling Signs NEXT BIG DISNEY KID Davis Cleveland to Star in Shake It Up Minneapoli, Minnesota
A new show will be hitting the Disney Channel this Fall 2010 called Shake It Up! The show was originally set to be titled Dance, Dance, Chicago, but according to reports the name has changed. The show will begin filming in July in Hollywood, California. The show was created by Chris...
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Categories: Modeling & Talent Agencies
7, Report:
#594690
Posted Date:
May 21 2010
John Robert Powers - JRP Scamed me and my wife out of $1,000. Rockville Maryland
My wife and I took my son to an audition on march. 7, 2010 and we came back on march 8 and paid $1000 dollars toward the tuition but decided to cancel so we sent a certified letter on march 9 which they signed for on march 10 at 11:AM on march 10.
It is now April. 19, 2010 and...
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Categories: Modeling Schools
8, Report:
#489304
Posted Date:
Sep 25 2009
JRPowers --- Deceived with lies Pleasanton, California
September 1st, 2009
Background: The Executive Director at John Robert Powers (JRP)-Pleasanton, California, Ms. Devin Sledge called me on May 13th, 2009 and informed me that JRP-Pleasanton; California is recruiting for infants and toddlers for fit modeling opportunities...
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Categories: Modeling & Talent Agencies
9, Report:
#487429
Posted Date:
Aug 30 2009
RAD KIDS - A LIST KIDS - JRP - JRP FINANCIAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, EMOTIONAL, PARENTAL, AND CHILD ABUSERS; THIEVEVES, SCAMMERS, TAX EVADERS, CHEATERS, LIERS, RATS, SCAVENGERS Agoura Hills California
John Robert Powers, JRP, is the best place to go if you want to get ripped off of thousands of dollars, cash. It is a good place to take your child and kill his/her chances of getting into the entertainment business.
If you want to get your child dehydrated in a classroom overcrowd...
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Categories: Sales People
10, Report:
#450465
Posted Date:
May 10 2009
John Robert Powers JRP LaPorte Indiana
Hello, My name is Odessa Ault and I went to John Robert Powers to see if it was a scam and they had like 3 of us in a line to read a script in front of the camera and it totally was not legit. I'm 25 years old and they had told me that this was my last chance if i do not act now bec...
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Categories: Inspectors
11, Report:
#432097
Posted Date:
Apr 16 2009
Courtney Howell, John Robert Powers, JRP RIPs KIDS OFF WITH LIES!!!!! Jacksonville Florida
If your kid MADE a CALL BACK' let me tell you what that really means. So, I attended a festival in Jacksonville FL and filled out a form for a FREE PHOTO SHOOT for my 6 year old little girl at a John Robert Powers booth. (I thought nothing of it). A few days later, I recieved a phon...
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Categories: Modeling & Talent Agencies
12, Report:
#378148
Posted Date:
Mar 07 2009
John Robert Powers JRP Denver Real scam, I paid them and did not get a refund, even though I canceled it within the first 48 hrs Denver Colorado
They are a real scam. They play with your child's feelings. They make it look like your child won a competition. In fact, they tell everyone that their child won. However, their real intent is your money.
I had to cancel the contact within the first 48 hrs and I notified the own...
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Categories: Modeling Schools
13, Report:
#1032488
Posted Date:
Jan 15 2009
John Robert Powers - JRP in Fargo, North Dakota. misleading ppl into thinking they're going on an audition for a role in some big time tv shows Fargo North Dakota
my 12 year old daughter came to me talking about this great opportunity to go on an audition for some pretty known TV shows like Hanna Montana and the Suite life of zak and codey. she said the director of these shows will be doing the audition and how they've come all the way from L...
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Categories: Modeling & Talent Agencies
14, Report:
#410823
Posted Date:
Jan 12 2009
John Robert Powers ,JRP Just had the Audition Yesterday, called them back this morning and my daught was 1 of 10 kids picked Toronto Ontario
I heard the them on the radio station 93.5 fm Flow and my daughter wanted to try out for the Audition. We called got the info and we went on Sat Jan 9 at 1130am. We sat in a big office and listened to a lady named mi mi, she was a very pretty lady who resembled Sharron Stone and sh...
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Categories: Celebrities
15, Report:
#404336
Posted Date:
Dec 23 2008
John Robert Powers JRP Children talent agency Brookfield Wisconsin
This place is a scam. They called us to bring our 12 year old daughter for an audition, which we did. We were so thrilled, they called us we thought that our very talented daughter had been discovered. After a very mpressive presentation, most of which we later found out to be BS, w...
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Categories: Bait-and-Switch
16, Report:
#398578
Posted Date:
Dec 06 2008
John Robert Powers JRP... IS a SCAM Please stay away Charlotte North Carolina
This Company John Robert Powers called us regarding a drawing my 10 Yr. old daughter signed up for...So it began we got real excited so we went to the little audition and after sitting for over 2 hours she finally went in and talked to a lady named **GEM** who supposingly had her c...
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Categories: Modeling & Talent Agencies
17, Report:
#358591
Posted Date:
Sep 12 2008
John Robert Powers, JRP in Baltimore-not only a rip-off, but prejudicial! Baltimore Maryland
I had an interesting dealing with JRP in Baltimore today. Or more appropriately, my daughter did, via my granddaughter. Allow me to give a small back story.
My 4-year old granddaughter (well, she'll be 4 on Monday) has autism. Many of you may know about or know someone with au...
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Categories: Modeling Schools
18, Report:
#363814
Posted Date:
Aug 17 2008
John Robert Powers - JRP Scams, false advertising, just wants money, Don't let this happen to you Denver Colorado
I was one of those kids/ teenagers that tried out for the JRP auditions not to long ago. But I first heard about it on the radio. Sounded professional, and promising. They had a number to call to reserve a spot at the end of the advertisment. So my mom and I wrote it down and called...
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Categories: Modeling & Talent Agencies
19, Report:
#359908
Posted Date:
Aug 08 2008
JOHN ROBERT POWERS JRP chooses not to return phone calls rather than give refunds. TUCSON Arizona
I was naive when it came time to sign my daughter up for classes with JRP. I believed what JRP had to say when they told me that my daughter would be a star if she took their classes. I went through the whole speel with blinders on and seeing my daughters face and the excitement s...
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Categories: Modeling & Talent Agencies
20, Report:
#331033
Posted Date:
Jul 03 2008
JRP John Robert Powers Also Pacific Talent Academey Stole thousands $, chged co names opened new school out of state, contract useless San Jose, Marin County, Seattle Washington, Nevada Nationwide
ALL MY FRIENDS IN CA IN THIS MESS PLEASE POST YOUR STORY ASAP!!!!!!
I paid 7900 Program 4.0 for Fundamental Development this was to include Head Shot and Zed Card 1 or 2 workshops a week, Celebrity Training and workshops once a month and two (2) talent showcases for multiple Ho...
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Categories: Talent Scouts
21, Report:
#274817
Posted Date:
Jun 14 2008
John Robert Powers - Denver Colorado OVERPRICED LOW QUALITY CLASSES PROMISES OF FAME FREE PHOTO SHOOTS THAT ARE ANYTHING BUT FREE Denver Colorado
I was scammed by John Robert Powers(JRP) of Denver. I am a single mom of 2 children, ages 3 and 7. My 7 year old was picked by JRP associates as having lots of talent, but would benefit from their classes. The tuition would be $1980 for 20 classes. The staff assured us that with on...
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Categories: Modeling Schools
22, Report:
#281775
Posted Date:
Nov 25 2007
John Robert Powers - JRP John Robert Powers modeling agency school acting star Chicago Illinois
I am from chicago. Personally i almost fell for a JRP scam myself. Thankfully my mother thought before paying any money. They wanted $7,500 from us the second day we walked in the door. This was all before i had even seen what the classes looked like and how long it would take. I'm...
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Categories: Modeling Schools
23, Report:
#196030
Posted Date:
Sep 05 2007
John Robert Powers, JRP, Angela Norton Fort Worth - Lots of People Out Lots of Money - Class Action Anyone Ripoff Fort Worth Texas
In Mid July 2005, I took my 7-year old daughter to an open call at John Robert Powers in Fort Worth. At this event there were probably 80-100 parents and their aspiring children who were told that they would be given an honest evalution of whether their children had potential or no...
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Categories: Modeling Schools
24, Report:
#264266
Posted Date:
Jul 31 2007
John Robert Powers, JRP Overpriced, rip-off classes. All associates are in on the scam! Santa Clarita California
One day, my daughter was at a festival with many open booths. One of them was for acting. They told her to sign a sheet, complete with phone number and address, if she was possibly interested in acting or modeling. About a week later, we got a phone call asking her to come to a c...
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Categories: Modeling Agencies
25, Report:
#262447
Posted Date:
Jul 29 2007
John Robert Powers, JRP Talent Rip off Brookfield Wisconsin
Recently my niece had an audition with John Robert Powers. She was extermly excited, and went through the first phase of the audition. At the initial audition she was told if she made it through she would be recalled the next day for her second audition.
We waited a period of gr...
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Categories: Modeling Schools