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bodybody.com, Marc Verlaine StudiosChicago |
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"Jane" of Chicago writes:
Kristy of Rolling Meadows, IL, writes:
The legalese document I signed pretty much guarantees I won't get my money back, but I want to try to warn other girls. I checked with the BBB and there were no complaints. When I called them to complain, they said since I was officially an "employee" with Marc Verlaine, that they weren't the right place to talk to. I saw the complaint about them on this site, but it was too late. I lost $480 and lots of time and gas and toll money, etc. Charisse of Aurora IL (9/10/01):
My mom advised me to do research on the company since she'd never heard of them, and to talk to a few of their models. So, before the second interview I asked one of the secretary girls, who also claimed to be a model in their catalogs, if they were associated with porn. The girl told me that her mother would never have given her the money for her portfolio costs if the company dealt with porn. We laughed and I became reassured and excited. I was told that since I didn't have a portfolio I would need to pay $560 to have them put one together for me. I paid a down-payment and a first subsequent payment totaling $360. After my first "session" consisting of some runway walk training, makeup application instruction, and a few pictures taken on a digital camera, I realized it definitely wasn't an upscale job. The girls training the 50 or so new recruits couldn't have been more than 25 years old, and often didn't have a clue what they were doing. A week later, after not scheduling the final two "training sessions" I received a call from my mother that FOX32 news was doing a segment about BodyBody. I participated in an on-camera panel discussion with about 15 other people who lost money. With a balance of $200, I decided not to continue with any further modeling sessions and save myself time and money in travel and time-off from my real job. I am now in the process of court dealings over a breached contract.Arlena of Chicago writes (11/25/01):
I took my first set of pictures on the second monday of November. November is almost over and my picture has not been posted on the web site. The result, I will not make money off of commission. Then I ran into this web site and there was a girl that had the same problem I did. But, when she asked the manager how can she make the amount of money posted in the ads, he told her she would have to do pornography. I am very upset. My mother paid the $560 because she thought it was the real deal. From my understanding, the only reason that he is making money is because he takes so much from the applicants ($560 fee) and they can't get their money back. I wanted to do this so I could save money for college, now it doesn't look like that's going to happen. I refuse to disgrace myself by doing porn just to make $500. |
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