Updated by user Nov 08, 2014
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I would remind Anthony of the Laws of the UK Data Protection Act 2003.
Original review Nov 03, 2014
On 1 Nov 2014 18:10, "Adora Model Agency" wrote: Hi Why did you attend today and call us a scam ? Regards Anthony Quoting BS : Hi there I certainly did not call you a scam, I said that during my interviewwith Models Venue I'd been asked for money for a portfolio and they told meAdora charge £7000 for a portfolio. My feeling on modelling is that if Iam good enough there will be no cost to me; this is a digital age andpaperwork is a thing of the past. I brought my boyfriend who is of highstanding in a multinational financial firm in the city to ensure thatafter my Models Venue meeting I would not be pushed into spending money whenlet's face it, you can spot a Gisele or a Kate Moss worth investing INthe second you meet them. Some of my photos are great and some not so much.This is to be expected. To be savvy and cautious in this industry shouldnot be perceived as indicating your agency is a scam. It was not myintention to offend, but to scrutinise as any educated female should. Ihad every intention of purchasing several photographs from you followingtoday's shoot however if this accusatory and frankly bizarre customerservice is the norm for you then I'd rather take my business elsewhere.Yours, without prejudice BS . From: admin@***.comDate:02/11/2014 11:41 (GMT+00:00)To: BS Quoting BS :Cc:Subject: Re: Very important HI Models venue is a HUGE scam. Regards AnthonyQuoting BS : Hello (again)! Yes I figured models Venue was a huge scam, I am a highly professionalperson with a wealth of experience in business development and sales. Iwork full time as a Project Manager and do not have the blinkers of adesperate, naive talentless model. I feel I must repeat: I asked AdoraModels savvy questions during the interview that anyone experienced inSales would ask. I am utterly intrigued as to why you persist in pursuingthis; my only conclusion being that Adora itself is a fledgling company andyou are in some way afraid of negative press? Some of the pictures were OKand some weren't - like every test shoot. I would have bought some wereout not for this bizarre interchange from "Anthony", ironically, the onewho cares the most is the one I did not meet!As ever, with (increasingly bemused) respect,BS Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. On 2 Nov 2014 17:10, wrote: Hi You claim to be experienced in sales and business development so why didyou fall for a 50 deposit , model platform scam ? Regards Anthony Quoting BS : Who the *** exactly are you? I didn't pay a penny for anything and you areobviously some kind of weirdo so kindly stop emailing me. On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 6:43 AM, wrote: HI Please do not call me weird. The only weird one is you mentioning Kate Moss and Gisele in the same sentence as your model carrear. Further more it is just as weird that you are talking about business development and sales like you are a business guru after being scammed by the most foolish scam known in the industry. We have declined your application so please find another agency. Good luck Anthony Quoting BS : 1:56 PM (4 minutes ago) to Adora Anthony; It is now with no more than for my own amusement in which I respond. I was invited for a test shoot With Adora Model Management and brought my boyfriend, having experienced Models Venue trying to scam me no more than 3 hours prior to the test shoot. Due to us both being professional people I felt that between us I could be confident that the same situation would not arise again. Once bitten, twice shy as they say. His presence most certainly did seem to cause a bit of a stir with your staff though! I defined my reasoning to you in two E-mails in what I believe was comprehensive articulation, I reasserted that I did not feel Adora Model Management was a scam; yet you persisted in contacting me with short E-mails of inexplicable necessity. For clarity: 1) I was asked by you to come to a test shoot with Adora and an interview which I did. The word 'scam' did not leave my lips during the interview; I asked questions that had arisen from my previous appointment with Models Venue, the nature of which were primarily whether Adora were going to ask me for a lot of money for photographs with no guarantee of work afterwards. 2) Your assertion that I am "The Weird One" (which frankly is the least professional thing I've ever read) because I mentioned famous models, as if I thought myself to be of that calibre; is misguided. What I meant was, had some beautiful, incredibly photogenic, 'perfect' person walked through your door (like Kate Moss), the question of me paying for my portfolio would not arise as your staff would recognise an asset to their organisation when they saw one, ergo, they would invest in, not advise me to pay for my portfolio. I understand the importance of a portfolio if a model is treading water in an incredibly competitive market however I did mention how strange I found it that in this digital age, photographs cannot be sent (for free) by E-mail to your prospective clients. Perhaps this was a rookie question - I did make it clear that I was completely new to the sector. 3) Regardless of your opinion as to my professional background; I was sent an E-mail by Models Venue asking me to come to an interview. I was not asked to pay £50 to attend this meeting - Models Venue have not received any money from me. Generally speaking, an interview is a non-suspicious stage in recruitment for any organisation. I attended and upon recognising a 'sales pitch' when I saw one, I declined to give them any money and left the building respectfully, not before they took the opportunity to tell me that Adora Model Management can charge up to £7k for a portfolio. I was therefore left in an, 'He said - She said' situation which I tried to clarify during my interview with yourselves. I can tell from your E-mails that English is perhaps your second language or that you are so incensed something negative may have been said about your organisation that you may have contacted me (repeatedly and without checking the quality of your correspondence) in anger, despite receiving an unchanging, respectful response from myself (aside from my provoked response to your email of 2 Nov 2014 17:10). In reality, your contact almost constitutes harassment. However, I will forgive your unkind words about my suitability as a model and thank you for reminding me why I work in the sectors that I do, rather than in yours. What I cannot guarantee is that I will not circulate this entire thread to Media / Social Media as frankly I think it is in the public interest to know what on earth they may potentially come up against when doing no more than testing the waters of the modelling world. For this reason I would suggest you have no further contact with me. I am thankful that I am a resilient, confident woman and not a hopeful, sensitive seventeen year old girl on the receiving end of your behaviour. Yours with absolutely no respect whatsoever; BS admin@***.com2:02 PM (6 minutes ago) to me HI It was you that claimed I was weird hence I pointed out it was you acting weird not me. To be blunt your report from the photographer has summed up your personality perfect and we do not care to work with you or have any involvement with you at all. Please do not threaten me with spreading lies to the media it is not only childish but pathetic. Good luck Anthony Quoting BS : 2:08 PM (0 minutes ago) to Adora Sir - it would be a threat of 'lies' were it not for the ridiculously transparent audit trail you have left through these E-mails. As things stand, my right to disseminate this information to whomever I choose is just that - my right and I now intend to exercise it. I am in complete concurrence. Further communication is not required. admin@***.com2:17 PM (12 minutes ago) to me Hi I will pass this over to our CEO Nicola and you can deal with her.We are in fact writing a blog on how declined and sometime failed models turn angry on the agency when things do not turn out for them as planed. Would you like to take part in that ? The images you applied to join the agency with who done them ? Models venue ? Kind Regards Anthony Quoting BS : to Adora I think passing me on to your CEO would have been a good move about five E-mails ago Anthony.Particularly as I have the E-mail from Adora saying "only successful models are offered the opportunity to buy their photographs" and my partner witnessed you trying to sell me mine (in fact, he even considered buying me one or two as a surprise!) - Surely that meant I was successful? admin@***.com2:37 PM (3 minutes ago) to me Hi I have never met you never mind tried to sell you something.So the images you applied with which studio done them ? Models venue ? I am trying to build up a picture of the scenario here. What are you doing for a living now ? What is your actual job ? Regards Anthony Quoting BS : 2:50 PM (9 minutes ago) to Adora Hi Anthony Why don't you have your CEO, Nicola E-mail me. You clearly have a bit of an inability to build up an idea of a situation following the mails I have sent. I don't really know how to make things any more plain. 1) It was NOT Models Venue who took my photos and I will not disclose who did to you2) I am not prepared to disclose what I do for a living to you either3) Frankly, I'm beginning to worry for my safety following the unhinged responses I am receiving from you. I have already asked that you do not E-mail me again. To do so again now WILL now constitute harassment.
I am a photographer who uses models and agencies .What I have found that legitimate companies websites are aimed at customers like me who are booking their models . The rip off sites are aimed at recruiting models so just talk mainly about how good they are for prospective models which for someone like me doesn't matter .
i believe they have changed their name to M0del Agency now wanting £500 - £1500 for portfoliro pics... ive just come home with one heart broken teenager as i refused to give in to paying.
I went to blackberry models, can't deny pics were good and I agreed to pay for a portfolio. I was promised work would come my son's way and they have alot of jobs daily...lies..i had to keep emailing my contact hardly got replies and not had a single casting, very very limited jobs on their site.
I know a few other people who have had the same experience they except anyone, promise you the world and now I cannot contact them by phone or email. Absolute sham of a company.
They are 100% scamming people. My daughter had the same.
These people are *** artisrs should be reported disgusting what they are doing a nd getting away with it
I have been contacted by blackberry models not gone to test shoot an won't be now after these reviews interestingly enough though they have sent me numerous emails asking me to book in .... desperate much ????
On another point it's funny how it's only anonymous who are defending this company ???
I read this with great interest. My daughter is with the agency and she has had 1 job and 2 castings in 5 weeks.
Before I had the shoot they sent me a confirmation email that everybody gets or they would not get to the studio and it clearly states the below......How can you people suggest you never know the pictures are not FREE ???
We are often asked will a model need a portfolio and will the agency provide this.
The answer is yes all models need a portfolio and no our agency does not subsidise portfolio cost. We suggest models have a test shoot before they even consider investing in a portfolio.
They are all anonymous like you dim wit
Recently taken my daughter aged 14 months to warehouse studios payed for taxi and train fair , to Manchester for photo Shoots for blackberry models , photo shoots were great and the end of the shoot been told by the manageress dealing with the photos said they were great and have been accepted then she to pick portfolio which was too expensive so we decided on a few photos which had been excepted , they wanted £100 deposit but only had £20 which they accepted then on a monthly fee off £45 a month , the card in question was replaced with a new one so they could not take the direct debit out just as well because after several phone calls to no avail they did not comply to any further action on said photos or any advance on any future development on my daughters modelling career, going to take legal action against them not happy 1 bit .miss Charlotte Mchugh .
To clarify you paid 20 pound and got a portfolio ?
Wow that is some deal