First of all - I?m pretty sure all the ?good? reviews that are written on here are from folks who either work at Emerald City Talent or their family members and friends. If I could give them NO stars I would!!! This place is a TOTAL sham. I found the agency on the internet and called to make an appointment for my 3 year old daughter. A young lady from their office called me right back to set up an interview/appointment. Amazingly enough ? they were available the NEXT DAY. They told me to bring a couple changes of clothes for my daughter so that they could take a few photos. When we arrived there was no one there to greet us. There was a man on the phone (we found out later it was ?Johnny? one of the shameful owners) and he paid no attention to us for about 10 minutes. Once he finally acknowledged us he put us in a room, asked a few questions, put a book of VERY old ads in front of us with another binder of bank checks. He explained that these were checks from recent jobs. I must admit I was highly suspicious at that time. Who actually shows you their income checks? At that point he left so that me and my husband could talk about it. His brother came in next (the tag team approach) and talks about a photo shoot and how it will cost about $350. He talk about how rare red heads are and how companies are always looking for kids. We should have left after one look at the so called dressing room ? it was basically a stinky closet with a curtain. Long story short ? the pictures ended up costing closer to $800! and when they arrived in the mail they weren?t even the ones we ordered! They LOST over ? the pictures they took. And then instead of calling us to tell us they needed to re-shoot them they just randomly picked photos from the 40 they had left!!!! I should have immediately submitted a Visa dispute. These guys are so unprofessional. If I lived closer I would stand in front of their office EVERY DAY and warn unsuspecting victims. They have NO intention of getting you work!
Cons: Very unprofessional/no intention to provide service promised
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