I'm not sure if this belongs in other work or what, but anyways there's a well known and (I thought) respected agency that I wanted to warn other girls about. I'll PM the name if you want it.
What happened is I'm working with a great agency in LA that treats me like gold. Only problem is ... it's LA ... not a ton of work. They didn't make me work with them exclusively, so I thought I'd try working with another agency simultaneously that's supposedly very good.
My first appointment for them was last week and supposed to be 2 hours and paid cash. I cancelled a same-day-pay modeling gig to do the appointment since it was going to pay more and I wanted to get started with this agency. Right before I do the appt., I get a text saying the client would be paying the majority on credit card. Um, ok. I went ahead and went through with it because at this point, I had stayed in town an extra day to do the appt. and had cancelled my paying job that day to do it. The guy was wonderful and the appt. was a breeze. He offered to pay me cash to stay the 2nd hour but wanted me to lie to the agency and say I left. I was really tempted since money is super tight and I could SO have used it but I sweetly told him no, I didn't feel right lying to them. So it ended up being just a one hour appt.
I check out with the agency and ask when I can expect to be paid the remainder. Mind you, my other agency pays about 3 days following a CC transaction, which seems like a decent amount of time. I receive no reply. I ask again and hours later, receive a text saying I will not be paid the remaining portion for over a week.This already upsets me because it wasn't communicated I would have to wait that long OR that it wouldn't be cash until right before the appt. I don't usually accept CC appts. unless it's my regular. Mind you, they let me know the client sent "rave" reviews to them and loved me ... so you would think they would try to treat their girls a little better when they see I've definitely held up my end of the "deal".
On to the next part: they require every goddamn piece of identification I think that I have ever owned (other agency did not require NEAR this much) and even though I've sent scans of my DL, Passport, Birth cert, bank information and my social sec. number, they start saying they NEED a tax form or something with my social on it. For god's sake. My family got foreclosed on last year and we moved in one helluva hurry. I was lucky to still be able to find my birth certificate. I don't know IF or WHERE a tax form might be. Probably in my old house or the trash by now!!
So today is the day I am supposed to be transferred the rest of the money into my bank acct. and I text to confirm this is still happening. Instead I receive a text asking WHEN I will be sending my tax form. I reply and then ask again. This time, I am told payment will not be sent until I send a tax form!!! WHAT the fuck!
I am sooo beyond pissed. I sent an email to the owner explaining that payment will need to be sent today as promised or I will not be sending a tax form or working with them anymore. I'm just PISSED because it's not a huge amount of money but it would make a difference to me! Money is tight right now and at this point, I would have made more doing the damn modeling gig than that stupid appt for them! I am worried they will just ignore me and never send payment! I should have taken the client up on the offer and stayed the extra hour for cash. No good deed goes unpunished.
UGH. Sorry for the rant but if anyone wants the name of this agency I would gladly PM it to you! They are such bullshit.![]()



This already upsets me because it wasn't communicated I would have to wait that long OR that it wouldn't be cash until right before the appt. I don't usually accept CC appts. unless it's my regular. Mind you, they let me know the client sent "rave" reviews to them and loved me ... so you would think they would try to treat their girls a little better when they see I've definitely held up my end of the "deal".
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She definitely educated me. 

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