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Complaint Review: Artist PR - Internet

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  • Reported By: Mike Novak — hyattsville Maryland
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Artist PR false advertising, broken agreements, false product, lies Hollywood Internet

*Author of original report: Artist PR Makes Good

*Author of original report: Artist PR Makes Good

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I sigined up for the Artist PR DFY package and made the first installment of 97 that was supposed to guarantee my band at least one review in the first month and three total in the 3 month package. In addition they said they would be constantly promoting our music, write a professinal press release, and master one of our songs.  That did absoulutley nothing but take our money, here are some of the email exchanges:

When i inquired with my "liason"  what was being done to promote our music and get our review this was her terrbly generic and obvoius they are doing nothing response:

Hi Michael,

 Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. It took us sometime to give your feedback as we want to make sure that we could really generate interest from the songs you've submitted and luckily, the list of songs you sent have great potential and will possibly get more opportunities to be heard. 
 
We'll keep you posted of what will be the next step to do after finding great opportunity for your music. If you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to contact us. 

Best Regards,
Felisa
 

I immediately cancled my paypal agreement with them and of course i heard back from them right away with this email:
 
Hi Michael,
 
We noticed that you have cancelled your billing agreement with PayPal on the payment plan for the DFY Package. Unless you agree to continue to make the two final payments of $97, by adding a credit card to your account, (Log into your account and click on "My Account" and then update you billing information) our press team will no longer be able to continue working to promote your music.  Since our DFY package is $297 and the payment plan option is only 3 payments of $97 is a courtesy offering that we expect to be paid in full, the amount of time and effort our press team spends securing your reviews is based on the full payment. 

Since they have already been able to generate interest in your music, we can still guarantee that at least one review will come in from the work they've done so far, but since no more work will be done until your payment plan is restarted, we won't be able to guarantee any others. 
 
To recap here are your options - 
1. do nothing - we'll guarantee that you'll get at least one review.
2. restart your payment plan by adding a valid credit card to your account. Your next payment will be due on 12/21. and our press team will continue promoting your music and we'll have your press release written and ready to be distributed within a week of this happening.
3. refund your $97 payment and part ways as friends and maybe we'll be able to work together again in the future.
 
Please let us know how you'd like to proceed.  

Best Regards,
Patrick
 
I had some more dioulogues where i said they were doing nothing and they promised they were. The responses took many days and a review never came through nor did they return my money like they siad they would.  I did not really expect them to, it's my fault for not doing more research before.  Bur hopefully other people will see this 
 
DO NOT GIVE THEM YOUR MONEY THEY ARE SCAMMERS AND DO NOTHING TO PROMOTE YOUR MUSIC!
 
 

 

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Artist PR Makes Good

AUTHOR: Mike Novak - ()

POSTED: Thursday, February 05, 2015

This is the second time i am trying to post this.  But i wanted to let people know that Artist PR did come through and refund my money for the DIY package.  They even posted a review of my band after they refunded the money which they had no obligation to do.  So i am  giving them the benefit of the doubt, maybe our band slipped through the cracks around the holidays and they were not able to keep up with their end of the agreement at the time.  I have been contacted by them a few times and they seem authentically apoligetic.  I hope that they can be helpful with promoting other bands in the future 

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AUTHOR: Mike Novak - ()

POSTED: Thursday, January 29, 2015

I orginally posted this report back in Dec after signing up for the DIY package inn Nov at ArtisPR.  They were not keeping up with their side of the agreement.  After many emails and threats, they did come through and refund my 97 dollar payment. In addition they recently posted a review of our band.  So i am willing to give them the benefit of the doubt at this point and maybe my band just slipped through the cracks around the holiday season

http://www.rocknrollview.com/blog/2015/01/28/novakaine-waves/

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