Hello,
I'm a musician, who aspires to be known.
Six weeks ago, I was watching late night TV. To my surprise, I saw a commercial for an upcoming talent expo in Atlanta, Ga. It was to include aspiring models, actors, and musicians. It was scheduled for April 4th & 5th. All you needed was $395 to attend. Keep this figure in mind, for I will elaborate on it later.
The commercial was put on by Dwight Agnor, who I've just found out is a scam artist who plays on people's hopes & dreams.
He promised that there would be over 50 leading record labels, managers & music publishers on hand and I would get to choose 10 to personally meet and have listen to our band's demo CD.
Sounded too good to be true... More on that later as well.
Anyway, gullible 'ole me sent the money (luckily only $175) to hold a spot for me and my bandmates. I thought, this was it...our chance to make it. Like I said, my hopes and dreams.
I'd already made hotel reservations and got psyched up to go.
Well, well, well...guess what I got in the mail today (3-27-03), one week before the expo ?
A letter was sent saying that the expo had been cancelled, due to the invasion of Iraq and the terror alert being high. Give me a !@#$% break. The NCAA Basketball Tournament is going on as scheduled. Didn't the Oscars go off without a hitch ?
This is a blatant scam, and I'm pissed that they used my aspirations against me. I hate that I got taken.
Oh, as far as the $395...those who sent the whole amount were only going to get refunded $220. The rest, $175 was a non-refundable deposit. Looks like I'm out $175. Thet's their scam.
If anyone feels the same way, perhaps we can get a class-action lawsuit going. I'm getting my money back someway.
It WAS too good to be true.
Sincerely...Pissed in Alabama.
Geoff
Birmingham, Alabama
U.S.A.