My daughter and I were approached in the mall by a so-called "talent scout" and told by the scout: " I don't usually do this, but your daughter is gorgeous. Has she ever thought about being a model?" and thus the scam began. SHe scheduled a time for us to go to the corporate office for an interview and then handed us her card (which interestingly enough ALREADY had the "open call" appointment time that SHE SET for us written on it) She also said that her company gaurantees work in the first year with them or the next two years are free. (That is not exactly the case since they don't guarantee work.)
We attended what we thought was going to be a more personalized appointment and was herded into a room full of other "potential talents." THIS is where I began to think alot more skeptically about the company. They supposedly took 3 photos of my daughter on a diskette (WE never were showed these pictures so I seriously doubt they ever existed). Then we sat and listened to the sales pitch of all time! I have been in the sales industry and so has my husband and we both know every sales tactic in the book... They used every one of them! From the name dropping "Disney, Elite, Wilhemina, Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, etc." to the high-pressure "buy into this now or you won't be called for a YEAR" pitch. As if anyone can believe that.
No one ever made any fair assessments of my daughter's potential as a model and when I discovered the scam here on this website when we got home, I asked questions during the "Second Interview" (which is the phone call you get 2 days later). The Options employee on the other end could not back anything up but just kept repeating that they must be legit because the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders have them on their website as a sponsor.interestingly that is exactly what all the other Options employees who have posted rebuttals on this site say. Perhaps the Cheerleaders have some VESTED interest in this company as well.
When I asked Options why DISNEY says they have nothing to do with Options Talent, the employee on the phone told me in response that Options "gives all its sponsors a "no hassle" policy; that they can deny any relation with the company if they want." AS IF that would be believable! Not! I did not fall into this scam thanks to this website and the FOX5 Atlanta, GA report also on the web!
THANKS usacomplaints.com!
Jacqueline
Palatka, Florida
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