OTM (On Track Modeling) NC
To Whom It May Concern:
This is in reference to the OTM-North Carolina branch.
Boy, do I feel stupid after finding your site and reading
these letters.
My daughter went to an OTM open call a few months ago
in Mobile, AL, because there was "no money required" as
the radio ad stated. This was the only reason I let her
go.
They hooked us... talked about her potential, how marketable
she was, but the only thing she needed were comp cards.
And, oh, by the way, not just any "local" photographer
in this area would probably be able to produce the quality
of photographs that were needed for a good comp card;
we should use a professional.
If the pictures were not professional, they could not
guarantee they would be able to get her jobs from the
comp cards.
And, oh, by the way, they had a professional photographer
with limited openings for a shoot in either the Pensacola
or Mobile area that we could use for only a little over
$600.
If we wanted to guarantee a spot, we had to give them
a deposit up front!
I should have listened to my little voice at this time
that started sending off alarms, but my daughter was
so excited, and their website they gave us looked legit,
and the BBB had them with a "satisfactory" rating,
and they had been in business since 1994... everything
looked OK.
Well, I've paid two of the three payments they required
before the photo shoot, and all of the payments including
the last one are to be paid to OTM, not the photographer.
The Mobile photo shoot is scheduled for January 17th
at a local hotel where the last payment is due. You can
bet they will not get any more of my money. I will count
my losses and learn from my mistakes.
At the first meeting, it was very vague, but we were
kind of led to believe that the $600 covered the photo
shoot and the comp cards.
We just found out that the comp cards are extra, and
the more we buy, the better price they can give us (OTM,
not the printer).
I found your website today by accident and wish I had
email addresses for all of the others who were with us
at the Mobile and Pensacola meetings so I could share
this info with them.
Thank you,
After I sent the earlier message, I got to wondering
if they could make me pay the balance owed for the photo
shoot if I do not show up at the hotel on the 17th as
planned since I owe one more payment.
The photographer that they have scheduled to be in Mobile
is Rita Clonts, and they said she was the best, but one
of the letters posted complained of her work.
We were told that if the pictures were not to the satisfaction
of OTM, they would require the photographer to reshoot
at no charge. Nothing was said about our satisfaction!
I'm going to have to get the name of our recruiter at
home tonight, but she wouldn't give us her office number.
She said that she was opening a new office in Orlando,
but the phone system had not been installed yet.
Look out, Orlando!
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