My 15 year old son was scouted in the Cherry Hill Mall. I drove about an hour and a half, from South Jersey, to get to the Huntingdon Valley office, since I kept getting the wrong directions from the girls at the office. We finally made it to the office which had a nice set up inside. It definitely had an entertainment industry feel. We were one of the first to get there and then a lot of people started to show up.
We were called in the office by a lady named Gia. We showed her my sons 3 pictures that they asked us to bring in. She started raving about how good he looked in a regular picture and proceeded to explain the process of booking print modeling gigs. She showed us prices for Comp Cards which were very high. Once I stated that the prices were high, she proceeded to lower the price. The cheapest ended up being $845 for one outfit ($450 for pictures and $3.50 for printing a minimum of 100 Comp Cards @ 3.50 each). She wanted half up front and the balance in 1-3 weeks when the shoot took place. She was very quick to grab a contract from her drawer and try to get me to sign it. When I was reluctant, she said that she would step out and give me and my son some time to discuss it. She came back about 5 minutes later and I told her that we were interested, but I did not want to promise any money at that time. I needed to make sure that I would have all of the money available by the time of the photo shoot and I would call her when we were ready. Once I said that, her whole attitude changedalmost like she was upset with us. Her friendly demeanor turned cold. She gave me her card and she quickly rushed us out of her office.
I do believe that my son has what it takes to become a model, but with the attitude that I was given when I wasnt ready to freely fork over $845, we wont be going anywhere near this place again.
P.S. Gias card had a success story of a model on it.in small print it says, Results are not typical. Hmmm.
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