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Talent agency troubles
"Susie . . . and her daughter had big dreams of magazine photo spreads after a talent scout for a company called Pulse Management approached her. According to Susie, “She told me they were a management company, they weren't an agency. They don't charge anything. She wanted us to come to this big call session." Pulse Management had a good-looking web site, and a great pitch. The only catch was that Susie needed not just photographs, but “quality” pictures. Of course Pulse preferred they come from their recommended photographer."1
"Misti Wagner is a talent agent who also puts on seminars for people who want to get into the business. She says $2,000 is way too much money to spend for a set of talent pictures. She says children under the age of five don’t [need] the professional set of photos. Wagner says anyone over five should expect to spend between $200 and $300. Susie . . . actually set up a photo shoot, until she learned more about Pulse Management. She says, “He never ever explains that it's his wife that owns the photography business that he's referring you to.”2
1. Rick DeBruhl, "Talent agency troubles," Call 12 For Action, KPNX-TV
[Phoenix], Aug. 23, 2004.
2. Ibid.
http://www.azcentral.com/12news/consumer/articles/0823action-talentagencies-CR.html [Aug. 28, 2004].
(Pulse Management, Stacey Eastman)
Talent, modeling firms have long been BBB concern
"Her daughter was approached one day by a talent scout for Pulse Management. After an open talent call she was selected as a potential model. Susie says Eastman made it very clear he made his money finding jobs for models. But he was picky about which photos he would accept before taking on a client. He recommended one particular photographer who charged $2,000 to shoot a portfolio."1
"Susie was actually willing to spend the $2,000 until she learned the photographer was Eastman's wife. In other words, while Pulse Management may not make anything off the photos, Eastman does. Eastman claims Susie was told that many times, but the Better Business Bureau in San Diego has heard the same complaint from others. It was in the process of suspending the company's membership when Pulse Management moved to Oregon."2
1. Rick DeBruhl, "Talent, modeling firms have long been BBB concern," Call
12 For Action, KPNX-TV [Phoenix], Aug. 30, 2004.
2. Ibid.
http://www.azcentral.com/news/columns/articles/0830action30.html [Aug. 30, 2004].
(Pulse Management, Stacey Eastman)
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