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Aug 17, 2005 02:31 |  #1

Has anyone heard of this company? They are operating in the UK as an event photography company. Everything points to the fact that they are a scam, or at the very least extremely unprofessional.

They post a message to another forum, saying there are no costs or fees. When you send them an email asking for more information they spring on you the £1,000 license fee. When you point out that they never mentioned that, they start to get really abusive in their emails...I've been called all the names under the sun this morning!!

The biggest problem I have is that on the application page, they have copied it word for word from a similar company called GotYou. Even down to leaving the GotYou company name in one section!!!!

Other alarm bells ringing for me:

  • They only had a Hotmail address to start with (yet they say they have been going for 12 months).
  • They only have a mobile phone number.
  • They don't give a mailing address.
  • They will not give any information about the types of work they current have on their books, yet they say they guarantee income.
If anyone has anything positive to say about them, I'd be interested to hear it - needless to say that I won't be working with them just now!!

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Aug 17, 2005 07:27 |  #2

Don't know about the UK - but here in the states it would be a 'no-brainer'.


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Aug 17, 2005 11:36 |  #3

Yes, it's a no brainer here too....but sometimes we can quick to jump to the wrong conclusion - but in the absence of anyone saying whata wonderful company to work for they are...it would seem our no brainers are correct!!


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