Advice Pls

soolin

mstopham wrote: »

I am due to take my son to Zest on Sunday.
This was via Models Manchester.
I spoke with Dan I think it was.
MM advised they don't charge anything for registering (fair enough)
He told me they contact about 5 - 10% of people that are passed on to them (no idea if this is true)
They use Zest because they are ALBA recommended (appears to be true, ABLA's website has Zest as a photography company used for competitions)
They only get money if models taken on get work (might be true, might be an outright load of tosh)
They only take professional shots because this is what their clients will want to see (no idea on this one)
I tried negotiating to swap fee to zest for them getting 10 times in commission, not interested, majority of kids or parents don't follow through so not doing this.
They had limited companies, were dissolved, this was my biggest concern, he advised they tried the limited company route and were stung with accountancy/other costs so dissolved them.
They are insisting on meeting my son at the photo shoot.
I am being charged £75 for the shoot, from this MM allegedly get their photo's and I get to take 1 home.

I have not seen anywhere beyond stories of a talent scout spotting someone in the street that you would get "into" modelling for free.

I am figuring, at worst this will be 5/6 hours out of me and my sons lives, cost £75 and I get a decent portrait of him.

Does anyone have anything concrete one way or the other to suggest that Zest or Models Manchester are honest or lying toe-rags?

I think you could get a professional photo of your son done for a great deal less than £75, and with no pressure selling.. That's all you are going to get with this lot

http://eco.cueb.edu.cn/contents/page/html.php?id=20120618123658AAiWWBC

sfrtdrjdr

mstopham wrote: »

I am due to take my son to Zest on Sunday.
This was via Models Manchester.
I spoke with Dan I think it was.
MM advised they don't charge anything for registering (fair enough)
He told me they contact about 5 - 10% of people that are passed on to them (no idea if this is true)
They use Zest because they are ALBA recommended (appears to be true, ABLA's website has Zest as a photography company used for competitions)
They only get money if models taken on get work (might be true, might be an outright load of tosh)
They only take professional shots because this is what their clients will want to see (no idea on this one)
I tried negotiating to swap fee to zest for them getting 10 times in commission, not interested, majority of kids or parents don't follow through so not doing this.
They had limited companies, were dissolved, this was my biggest concern, he advised they tried the limited company route and were stung with accountancy/other costs so dissolved them.
They are insisting on meeting my son at the photo shoot.
I am being charged £75 for the shoot, from this MM allegedly get their photo's and I get to take 1 home.

I have not seen anywhere beyond stories of a talent scout spotting someone in the street that you would get "into" modelling for free.

I am figuring, at worst this will be 5/6 hours out of me and my sons lives, cost £75 and I get a decent portrait of him.

Does anyone have anything concrete one way or the other to suggest that Zest or Models Manchester are honest or lying toe-rags?

I think I sent you a private message but am not sure if it worked! Just wondering how the shoot went with MM and Zest as they have contacted me saying they are interested in having my son on their books! I uploaded pictures via the Alba website in order to find a reputable company, but I would still like reassurance! Thanks

competitionhound

My advice is to accompany your daughter to the location which will allow for two things - judge the company's reputation on it's place of business and ask questions face to face, you may not be able to get this chance holding a telephone coversation.

I hope this helps,

davy23

Thank god I checked here I will give Models Manchester a wide berth.I also found this by googling-
Oops not allowed to post links,maybe some one else can to warn other peopl
Someone asked on Yahoo is Models Manchester a scam.The short answer was yes but she had a lot of info re the owner and his other dissolved companies

Why the hell are they recommended by Alba ?
Thank heavens for this wonderful site:T:T