Is Boogie Baby Casting Modeling Agency a Scam?
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Is Boogie Baby Casting Modeling Agency a Scam?
I have seen many websites asking if Boogie Baby Casting Modeling Agency is a scam. While I can't really be sure on this point I have had interaction with Boogie Baby Casting.
In the winter of 2008 me and my fiancee wanted to sign our son up with a modeling agency. We thought maybe he could land some jobs and we could take the money and set it aside in a college fund. We didn't know where to begin so my fiancee got on the internet and tried searching for a modeling and talent agency.
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Boogie Baby Casting Modeling Agency
Sometime in her search for a modeling and talent agency she came across Boogie Baby Casting. We looked over the website and saw some of their sample online portfolios and thought maybe we would give it a chance. We then e-mailed them and asked what we should do next. We received an e-mail back from them telling us to send a picture of our son and they would contact us.
After we sent the picture we waited for about a week and they finally got back in touch with us.
They told us that we had a very promising chance to land some jobs with their modeling and talent agency all they would need is about 5 or 6 more pictures and a $75 fee for them to place the pictures on their website. I was skeptical but, my fiancee wanted to do it.
So, against my better judgement I agreed. Hoping it wasn't a scam.
We sat down and went through his pictures to find the ones we thought were the best. When we found the pictures we liked and thought would bring the most attention we sent them via e-mail to Boogie Baby Casting along with the $75 fee. Then proceeded to wait and wait.
Then one day we had an e-mail telling us that the pictures had been placed on the website and that we would receive a call from our agent. Well needless to say he never called so, we called him.
He said that he was very busy and that he was sorry he hadn't called. He reassured us that everything was going fine and told us that he was going to be our agent and that he was going to shop our son around to prospective employers. It kind of made me feel better about the whole thing. He kept her on the phone for about 30 minutes. I thought that showed he was concerned for our sons success.
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Waited and Waited and Waited
We hadn't heard from "our agent" in 6 months, so we called him once again. This time he told us that he had sent countless e-mails requesting new pictures to update his portfolio and he had not received any answer back from us. We knew this was a lie because we check our e-mail at least twice a day.
He went on to insist that we must have over looked the e-mail or deleted it.
We know that this was not the case, because we had been looking out for some sort of correspondence from Boogie Baby Casting Modeling Agency. They did not try to contact us by phone or by e-mail.
Our Opinion
In our opinion Boogie Baby Casting Modeling Agency is not reputable company and they are very hard to work with. They have a very low sense of how the modeling agency business works or how to implement the proper steps to getting your baby the exposure he/she needs to become a successful baby model.
We urge you to share you opinion in our comments section below. Our hopes are that you find the right modeling agency for you and your baby and that you may avoid scams.
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Comments
My daughter put my granddaughter in a Modeling competition, which also had a talent competition. They did take pictures, and they also did talent show for all the kids, in one of the big malls here. They wanted some money for most of the things, however, my son-in-law wasn't comfortable with the whole thing. She is going to 5 in 2 weeks and has done some ballet and is now doing gymnastics. I kind of have a feeling that kids modeling is kind of an "inside" thing, with most of the opportunities going to the stars kids.











Pamela99 says:
3 weeks ago
I really don't know but it doesn't sound reputable.