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Originally Posted by pgmorin
You should look on model mayhem there is many girls that have been cheated by suicide girls. They accept all the post but only pay for the featured one so they get a lot of free content from the girls and also once you sign with them you cant work anywhere else or they sue you.
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Originally Posted by Zealotry
There are terms and conditions to be read before signing anything. Usually people accept them without even reading a single word.  |
Back in the day, years ago, before the net...
There was a local girl, who contacted me... She wanted to just do 'Nude Solo' (Which was fine) & I put her in touch with a few people, who paid her well, and... She paid me a commission...
All good so far!
Then, she hits me up, and tells me that she doesn't need my help anymore... ! Because after one of the shoots I had arranged for her, a magazine had hit her up, and wanted her as a monthly 'diary girl'... She was gonna be FAMOUS! lol
All she had to do, was have some pics taken, and they would write the copy... She would be paid each month,
SIGN A CONTRACT and become a STAR !!!
Woot Woot!
So, I politely requested that she show me the contract to 'look over' on her behalf - My intentions were 100% legit - But NO... She was
WAY too clever for that... LOL...
I was informed that I was not even gona get a SNIFFF of the contract! Cause she was already so great etc, and I only wanted to claim commission -
NOT TRUE...
Fast Forward a month or so... I hear from a friend of hers... SHE ISN'T VERY HAPPY
(I wonder Why?)
Turns out she got taken to London on a Saturday - They took her to see the sights in the afternoon, and took her for drinks in the Evening... Then, on Sunday, a car picked her up from the hotel, and took her to a studio, where they took some pics... Once it was over, the car took her to the station, where she caught her train home...
Week or so later, she received a check, for a '
respectable' amount of money. (In truth, She wasn't under paid for a single shoot,
but she CERTAINLY wasn't OVERPAID either)
Next day, off she went to the bank, happy as a pig in shit, and put it in - Of course it cleared... Then, she sat by the phone, awaiting details of her next months trip to London, for more pics,
and another cheque...
BUT... THE PHONE NEVER RANG
Eventually, she calls up the Mag, and asks when she is required again?
They reply - Again??? What do you mean... Again??? Didn't you read your contract?
She says - But I'm your MONTHLY STAR ! When do you need me again?
Why would we need you again ? We have all the photos we need for the year, and you dont need to 'write' a diary... We do that! So why would we need you again?
She asked for clarification, and basically said... So what do I do now then?
They basically replied - Look - You have had your money IN FULL, and you can do whatever the fuck you want -
Aside from work for anyone else until next year that is... After all, you SIGNED the contract.... Bye...
Click... Dial Tone...
She called me up about 11 Months later, and asked if I had any work for.... I actually had a lot... But I said NO...
True Story...
