alure Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Hey, So lastnight I took my son to an open call for PROSCOUTS. www.proscout.com. Its a scouting agency that finds talent and takes the talent to an event that showcases all of the TOP modeling agencies, and TV Networks including nickeoledon, disney, ELITE models, IGM, ford, anyway all the major important people in the industry right in front of you. Well Machai was one of the few chosen out of 200+ people. They only chose about 25 people including kids and adults, for modeling and acting. The catch is.. in May in order to go to the event that has these top agencies and tv networks from LA, NY, Miami you have to pay quite a bit of money. But anyone that has met Machai, including quite a few 12ozers knows that my son is quite the character and has a ton of charisma and is a total ham. He loves to entertian, loves to have photos taken of him, and make people laugh. So 12oz I ask for your help. I need your donations. Im trying to get my family to help too. I would really like to take him to this event, only because I know he would love it. So Im asking $5 from anyone who would like to donate!! PAYPAL DONATIONS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HydrogenPeroxide Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 how much do you need in total? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinky the kid Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 yeah, whats the damage alure? im totally down to donate if its totally plauseable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-walk Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 i cant even afford my rent let alone pay for your kid to eventually make more money than me... sorry, but good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alure Posted February 27, 2008 Author Share Posted February 27, 2008 ALOT... $750 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earl broclo ESQ Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 hit me with a PM, i don't do paypal, but i'll send you a fiver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alure Posted February 27, 2008 Author Share Posted February 27, 2008 i cant even afford my rent let alone pay for your kid to eventually make more money than me... sorry, but good luck understandable.. no prob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_casek Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 dude, i'm down to send you guys $5. (send microwave ASAP. my wife needs a bucket of chicken, we're trapped under a bridge and my dog died.) don't say "eat the dog" wife already used his fur for her weave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bruno Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 I got you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alure Posted February 27, 2008 Author Share Posted February 27, 2008 ahahahah..this is sooooooooooo rad.. 12oz to the rescue!!! casek.. that was the funniest shit you ever said bout the microwave..whose the wifey, bring her the bucket of chicken and her 5 kids over to texas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blood fart Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Can I just mail you guys some money? I don't have a paypal account. And it would just be easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HydrogenPeroxide Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 oh, i thought it was going to be something huge like $5000 or something. I'll get you as soon as i get my credit card bs sorted. anything for machai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_casek Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 ahahahah..this is sooooooooooo rad.. 12oz to the rescue!!! casek.. that was the funniest shit you ever said bout the microwave..whose the wifey, bring her the bucket of chicken and her 5 kids over to texas shamiqua from down the block. 5 kids? hell, she just spit out like 8 more during the time i took to type this sentence. bitch has a uterus like a damn holiday inn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ski Mask Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 not to be the wet blanket here, but proscout is an arm of Barbizon, which is notoriously shady. They say you are one of the "few" to be selected and promise you the world, so long as you pay for all the courses they offer, and headshot packages, and everything else they want to sell you. They will get you an audience with the people they promised, but as part of a big cattle-call style audition with hundreds of others. BE CAREFUL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omniscient Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 God Dam, $750! Anyways, I donated $10. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_casek Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 oh, i thought it was going to be something huge like $5000 or something. I'll get you as soon as i get my credit card bs sorted. anything for machai machai wants paris hilton dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HydrogenPeroxide Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 consider it done. who can say no to a cute kid like that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Some1 Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 not to be the wet blanket here, but proscout is an arm of Barbizon, which is notoriously shady. They say you are one of the "few" to be selected and promise you the world, so long as you pay for all the courses they offer, and headshot packages, and everything else they want to sell you. They will get you an audience with the people they promised, but as part of a big cattle-call style audition with hundreds of others. BE CAREFUL I co-sign this heavily BE CAREFUL ALURE BE VERY VERY CAREFUL WITH THIS TYPE OF STUFF! Be careful alure make sure this thing is legit. They have these things for musicians you send your cd and a video in and they "choose the best" to come to play a show in NY Boston LA Chicago. Only catch is to get a chance to play infront of the industries top producers" face to face is to pay $1000.00. Then go do meet and greets and stuff. I did this and there were no industry pros there wasnt anyone there except the bands and sound guys. The people who won sucked soooo bad and the only reason they were allow to move on to the next bigger show in LA was because they paid the money $10,000 to go there and do the same thing. One girl who was horrible and she was BEAT so ugly and shitty had her grandparents fund it for her she was $35,000 deep into the thing paying to go to all these contests and have the people who ran it shop her demo's to industry pros. When I asked if she every met anyone face to face she said she only met the guy who runs it but not any of the people he shopped her demo too. There are tons of scams like this everywhere. My band at the time one awards for best singer guitarist and best rock band and they emailed saying we were accepted and encouraged to move to the next round but were smart enough not to give them any cash unless we met with the people who ran it to discuss our terms nothing ever happened and no one contacted us again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_casek Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 consider it done. who can say no to a cute kid like that? machai also needs you to hook me up with lohan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinky the kid Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 yeah alure, i dont have a paypal, but id mail you $5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torquemada Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 i seent this scam get played out on everybody loves raymond the other day.....poor robert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earl broclo ESQ Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 if they screw you over, then you can always send out a cry for help to the destruction league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ski Mask Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 http://www.corporatenarc.com/barbizonscam.php http://www.modelingscams.org/modelingconventions.html http://en.allexperts.com/q/Careers-Acting-Performing-1479/ProScout-Scam.htm http://www.easybackgroundcheck.com/proscout.html I feel like an asshole bringing this all up, I just dont wanna see you get burned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Some1 Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 thank you ESE I PM'd alure a bunch of stuff... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Some1 Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 if they screw you over, then you can always send out a cry for help to the destruction league. you wont know until hindsight pretty much they are like YOU ARE SOOO CLOSE JUST DO THIS ONE MORE THING AND YOUR ARE GONNA HIT IT BIG BUT JUST PAY $1000 MORE YOU NEED IT! you just keep going and going and going and going... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_gooch Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 not to be the wet blanket here, but proscout is an arm of Barbizon, which is notoriously shady. They say you are one of the "few" to be selected and promise you the world, so long as you pay for all the courses they offer, and headshot packages, and everything else they want to sell you. They will get you an audience with the people they promised, but as part of a big cattle-call style audition with hundreds of others. BE CAREFUL yeah, from my understanding you NEVER have to lay out money to an agency or a middle man. i was in the screen actors guild as a kid and had an agent and all of that. the only thing you need to lay out money for are head shots and you do that before you get an agent. an agent or agency doesn't get paid until you book jobs and get paid. also, don't fall for a "middle man" who will take pics and all of that and tell you they can get you in with an agent. it's bullshit, i know a few girls that did that and got jacked. you can get decent head shots for cheaper than what they are asking if you shop around. i'm not trying to be a downer, but i'd rather not see you throw away that kind of loot for no good reason!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Some1 Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Thats how booking people work in every industry they get paid the % off of the things they book for you. YOU are their product they market you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geezpot Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 If Machai has star quality most agencies will invest in him. You shouldn't have to pay money upfront for anything. As mentioned earlier this sounds like a scam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowDown Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 First of all I wish you the best of luck with this.. But I have been through something like this before. When my son was about 18 months old my wife got all hooked on the Hawaiin Tropic pageant scam. We had to get sponsors (friends and family) to help get him into this. So we get to this event and my son ends up winning second place in his age group, they gave him some BS trophy and called him the Mini-King or something like that. And that was it. No representatives from the event spoke to us, encouraged us on what to do next, etc. We were handed some shady flier about being invited to the next event in Long Beach as a "semifinalist" or whatever. The entry money went up, plus you have to pay for all your own travel and hotel stays, etc. Worst part of all, they couldnt even pronouce our last name. Never even bothered to ask how. They even spelled it wrong on his trophy. They continued to send us letters and invitations for about 3 months until I confronted them on the whole scam, name mispellings,etc. Never heard from them again. Be careful. If you go to this and anything seems shady, I would bail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q666 Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 i was going to help out but now i dont want to if it is a scam??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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