Model Talent Development james muniz model talent development Scam - Theft - Lies - Breach of Contract - Threat - Info manipulation, Hicksville, New York

Model Talent Development agency is a scam company. Don't get fooled by them, they will not do anything for you. The only reason they still exists is because they make millions on the back of hundreds of people who get tricked by their practices and lies.

First, they will lie to you saying that your kid is prefect for a job. They are scouting in Malls and public places targeting families. They will get your contact information because you will feel exited about a possible opportunity for your child.

Then, they will contact you for interview on a specific date. If you show up they will greed you and be nice. Omar or Tim, the two sales man, will give you a sweet talk about what your possibilities are if you work with them. They will promise you jobs for your child. They will show you pictures in magazines of success stories. They will tell you it's easy, more than 90% of the kids get jobs and they get well paid, etc ...

If you look interested, he will show you the prices ... crazy prices. From $700 to $2000 for a bunch of photos. 
Then he will say that you can pay to get the pictures copyrights, $45, or they keep the copyright. 
And finally you can get promotion cards for like $6 each, but they will tell you that it's no good and that the website is much better. What they don't tell you is that you will have to pay for the website, the next time you show up. 

This is an overview of their 3 steps process.
This process is detailed on a paper that doesn't have anything on the back side. After already having paid thousands, the 3rd time you show up there to review the pictures ... all a sudden this paper has prices in the back ! The sales man will tell you he doesn't know those prices (seriously !), that it is not the same department ...

Here is their 3 steps process:

• 1: You pay for the photos the first time you see them. (You have 3 days to cancel the contract and get your money back ...). They will make you a price. You will try to negotiate and you may get something good. But then, when they will charge your card, they will tell you that there are taxes from the credit card company ... Adding up to $100 bucks on the bill. At that point it's called theft.          
  
  • You will schedule a photo shoot session withing a week. Their contract says that you need to call them 7 days in advance to reschedule, making it impossible for you at that point. You may get $100 fee right away if you need to reschedule your first appointment. If you don't show up, they will keep your money and cancel the contract ... nice people !         
  • The photo shoot is a joke. The photographs are not professionals. The equipment had issues. They are lazy. People are barely working, ladies doing their makeup, other smoking, chatting. Welcome to the circus !         
  • You get the pictures done ! You still have little faith because you have no idea what is coming for you.         
• 2: They will ask you to come 3 days later to review the photos. The promotion Lady (Jennifer Santiago in my case) put you in a room while you look at the picture. She then pretend to prepare the paperwork and then ... nightmare !         
  
  • She will show you the "3 steps process" paper ... but this time the original one ! You saw a copy of that paper the day you signed the contract, but it had no backside that time ... Now, on the other side of this paper are the prices for the promotion ! Other crazy prices from hundreds to thousands of dollars. If you want your child to be promoted and get jobs, you need the promotion she said. Or basically she won't get anything. Very upsetting of course, but you can't back away, you already put money down for the photos ! So you go for it, hopping the whole investment will be covered by the jobs your child will get.          
  • She will tell you other lies, 92% of the kids get jobs. Several jobs a months. Yes there are a team of 5 people doing active promotion.         
• 3: The five picture of your child are online ! Yea ! The site looks like crap but you tell yourself, that's it I'm done. Now I should start receiving some phone calls and get some jobs.          
  
  • A week or so later, you will get a call from someone saying that they have this great opportunity for a big firm (The Children Place or Macy's). But this a 2 or 4 years contract and because your kid is not getting promoted for that long, they will ask you to extend your promotion period. (A week after signing, they are already trying to make you bleed again ! Unbelievable.)         
  • You get exited about this opportunity ! The lady will say that your kid will make $1600 a months for 4 years. 1 photo shoot a month. Great !         
  • Now if you go for this (which I didn't). You will not get any jobs. They will pretend it's been canceled or postponed ... You won't be able to get a hold of nobody. The front desk (super rude, put you on hold without notice ... etc. Completely aware of the ongoing circus ... ) won't help you. You won't be able to talk to anyone.