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Talent 6 terrible company

So here's what I found on Talent 6. I was casting for a show ( a Live Event). I wanted to see a review of the show I did so I typed it in on 'Search' on the Internet. On one of the search results, the Talent 6 website popped up. I went to it and I saw the casting call that I wrote for Craigslist posted on their sight. It was very amusing to me so for giggles I decided to try and submit for it and it brought me to the page where I have to sign up for a subscription.

I am not a member of Talent 6 but this told me a lot about the company. Basically they are taking casting calls from 'free' websites like Craigslist and trying to pass them off on their website, but for a fee.

They are basically scamming hungry actors and trying to sell them 'free' information. I would be cautious if you plan on subscribing with their services.

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KatJ61
, US
Feb 04, 2010 5:37 pm EST

I didn't sign up for talent 6. my aspiring daughter did with her credit card we gave her for her college expenses. can't get them to stop charging us the $34.90 each month. my daughter called and cancelled twice with them, but never bothered to remind her parents. checked the 2017 year end summary statement and they billed us every month.

So, lesson #1. don't give your kid a credit card for college.

Lesson #2. watch your credit card bill each month and scrutinize it for a rip off company by the name of talent 6

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Scamed
Los Angeles, US
Jan 24, 2009 4:21 pm EST

3 weeks ago I said yes to membership in this company.
They charged me $45.00 for membership registration with my authorization.
After two weeks, they charged me $2.00 for a CD and $35.00 for monthly membership without my authorization !?
They never sent me any information regarding monthly fees by mail, email or phone! when I talked to them about this unexpected charges, they never accept to refund my money back. I canceled both membership and credit card!
Be careful, they are tricky. Never ever, give your credit card information to such company!

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F.D. Crandall
West Sacramento, US
May 20, 2009 4:34 pm EDT

I wsa searching on a sacramento jobs website and saw an ad from talent 6 for movie extras at $100-$300 per day. I had done this work years ago and thought that since i'm retired, let's do it again. I called the telephone number listed and was conected to a telemarketer who tried to sign me up for a $45.00 fee to post my profile.

They advertised as a hiring employer and then when they get you on the telephone, they try to get you to pay up front for their "service."

I learned a long time ago in the entertainment business that you never pay for representation up front. these people are just a front for a ripp off add posting website.

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Valerie Wells
Sumter, US
Oct 27, 2009 9:27 am EDT

This company is now advertising in our local newspaper, I called the number [protected]) and they wanted me to pay $45.00 up front to post a profile. I had to tell the woman three times I didn't have the money to pay, and all she would say is that I was guarunteed to be contacted in 90 days or my money back and can I spell my name so she can get me started. this needs to be stopped.

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Tough Love
Pueblo, US
May 20, 2009 4:47 pm EDT

Same thing happened to me. it is a shame that a creditable web services such as careerbuilder.com allows such rips off to post garbage on their site. it should not be allowed. thank goodness I know enough to check someone out before giving them money or my credit card number. if more consumers get wise, then hopefully such scams won't have a chance to rip off anyone.

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TALENT 6
San Francisco, US
May 01, 2009 12:53 pm EDT

This posters have no real truth to the posts.. (its 2 am and I am on my time)
I started working today at talent 6 on the phones
I have to abide by strict rules on what is said on the phone or I will be fired instantly
Every call is recorded to protect both party's, every detail is told to the new member to let them decide if this service is for them.
10 years ago I was on a tv show and it was a great experience. but I had no way to try to earn a living at it. talent 6 provides a doorway into this industry at a reasonable fee. can we make you a movie star over night? of course not, but we do guarantee you will be contacted in 90 days for a casting call or your money will be refunded with no problems. I am proud to say I work there. and like everyone else I want a shot at the silver screen also. I proactively
Submit my portfolio every night after work and I will get a call.!
John wayne was a prop boy, harrison ford a carpenter, tom cruse a extra, but they all started at the bottom, walk in to your state employment office and tell then to put you in the movies and see how far you get.. you with talent6 can do just that.. but I cant make you work hard as they did you have to apply your self, talent 6 is the key to the door way, but only you can get up to walk through it.
So before you sit in your home posting garbage like this. feel free to contact me at my home, if you have a gripe, need help, what ever I can do to help, I will on my time, my home email is reynoldchapin@yahoo if you got to the site type my name in member search box.. I am the hansom guy on the captain america harley.
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HadEnough
Carrollton, US
Apr 28, 2009 9:17 pm EDT

I knew they were a FRAUD the moment the guy told me about the $45.95 fee. I hung up on him in mid -sentence. It would be a good idea to start using one of those pre-paid cards with a small amount on it, so that you arent out alot of money should you get scammed!

I found these people on Craigslist, and I flagged them as prohibited. I will find out where ever they are, and I will flag them and their scams.

Being informed will protect you!

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SANDY GORE
Glenwood, US
Feb 23, 2009 12:54 pm EST

Public beware! if you have the misfortune of giving your credit card number to talent 6, call your credit card company immediately and cancel the card and re-issue an new one. they will automatically start throwing miscellaneous charges on your credit card without your authorization. call your credit card company first and then call them to cancel. at least you will be protected from any further lose! do not do further business with them! they are a fraud!

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Talent 6 rip off company

I was tricked into this service by paing the upfront fee of 39.95. I was given 2 weeks to try out for casting call submissions, but when I tried to cancel, I was not able to get through to the company. I tried calling again the next day, but it was one day to late to cancel the casting call monthly fee so the the person on the phone was only able to give me a partial refund. I was very turnd off because the person on the phone was telling me that they never received any phone calls from my number. I was also told that I would be getting calls from casting companies. To date, no calls from anyone! I even submitted to several casting calls and to calls back, not even confirmations. This company is just out to get your 34.95.

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Bobby_D
North Hollywood, US
Jul 02, 2009 11:56 am EDT

[protected] is their new phone number. beware!

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KathyWilliamson
Auburn, US
Aug 09, 2010 12:12 pm EDT
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Go to google and type this in: talent6 dara. you will see that dara responds to every message on the internet about talent6. she pretends to be an interested bystander who just stumbled upon the site and wants to set the record straight. dara, we know you work for talent6. we know talent6 charges to look at auditions that are already posted for free elsewhere on the internet. we know it is a scam.

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PrincessLola
kansas cit, US
May 25, 2010 12:49 pm EDT

Talent6 is clearly a scam. I called because of an ad on craigslist. the woman was clearly not american and when I asked where she was located she mumbled her response, leading me to believe it was not in america. so next we went through the process where she explained there was only a charge of $1.98. she never mentioned a fee of $45 or the additional $19.95. as she was speaking her I became very suspicious so while on the phone I typed "talent6" into google and all the links said "spam" or "fraud" so I kept her on the phone while I searched the links. I started reading about the hidden fees so I asked her about extra fees besides the $1.98 and she denied that i'd have to pay anything else. I asked about monthly fees and she claimed there were none so I let her continue. she asked for my credit card number and I asked what would be charged. now she says the $1.98 and a small one time fee which sent off red flags because she had told me there were no other fees. I asked how much the one time fee was and she admitted $45 but tried to quickly smooth it over and continued to ask for my credit card information. I told her I wanted to do more research into the company first and tried to get off the phone but she became angry and told me not to get off the phone or else i'd have to redo everything i'd just done. I told her I was okay with that and asked for her full name. she would only give me a first name and had an attitude with me. i'm glad I didn't fall for that scam!

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New York, US
May 06, 2010 8:36 am EDT
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Well, i'm an immigrant. I tried talent 6 and on by behalf, it's a good service. why!?
Fact 1> you get a lifetime portfolio.
That means you've got a presence on the we and pay for that only 1.95$ or 9.95$? well that reasonable enough! if you would like to build yourself a web presence you would spend from 5-10$ for sure! and that would be no per month but per year (http://www.godaddy.com/default.aspx) look for the fees for a year on a web domain.

Fact2> you get listed for at least a 100 casting directors as I understood. (I might be wrong, I do not know the system from inside).

That means there are people looking for that contacts and putting you in front of them (*don't these people need a reward!?*) 4

Fact3> you get access to a whole acting community.
Well for sure there are people within you could interact and find out if there are some acting workshops or extra requests.
Also you can find the right photographer for you within this site. (casting directors are also recruited, again if i'm not mistaking)

Fact 4> you can read all the terms and conditions of the company from the website. (http://www.talent6.com/terms.html) I don't see them hide any fees in the terms. all you have to do is read these terms. looks like those who can't read, are those who report the website as scam.

When i've registered on the phone, I was a little against giving it a try. but for testing purposes passed that registration call, where all terms and conditions where explained to me in detail. I agreed that the monthly fee is not refundable and that I can cancel with no risk within 14 days.
I've registered with talent 6, and I can say that the first time I logged in I had to deal with a pop-up window with terms and conditions, and it didn't get away until i've read them all till bottom, so I could agree. I disagreed, and got my money back in a day.

So what scam are you talking about here?

That guys refunded me according to terms and conditions. yes they where trying to keep me, offering some free trail ans so on... I refused and the agent politely canceled my account and refunded me.

You americans want it all for free...

All that services cost more than 35/45/even 60$ per month.

I've tried to do casting research by myself. found a agent, got a role and that agent took 50% of my earning. that would equal a 50 year registration for talent6. believe me.

I'm done with acting. acting is more like doing nothing for me. i'm in project management business at the moment and I see that talent 6 has a good product. but looks like some of you forgot what working means. people in that company work hard to provide you with service and support. that's money too. because if you have no idea how to do a thing with this account, you can call and exploit the costumer support. it's your right of a client, but remember that those agents are working for you, and don't expect them working for you for free. would you work for free?

Talent6 looks fair enough!

As for those who scream that this is a scam, I could be sure that these are some of that agents that take 10-30-40% of clients earnings.

They would be for sure interested in closing down that company, because, they could get in future offset by talent 6.

My investigation isn't ready yet. I have to get being employed in that company so I could see how it works from inside.
If there are people who can give me more details of how is to be an employed costumer support agent or sales agent in tallent6, please send me an email at this address> investigate. agent@gmail.com
I'll match them with my own experience, till then t6 can get approved by me as a client.
But still, they have to prove that they don't scam their own employees.

(i'll share this message in all scam forums about talent6. my aim is not advertising, i'm not paid for this service, I just did an investigation and displayed the results. I might reconsider to re-register with some other services at my own risk, for investigation purposes, and hunt down the unfair marketing strategies that some companies use to shut down other. i've started my investigation as a client. the investigation of t6 hasn't end yet. as soon as i'll get more details i'll inform you about the final results. till then, I found no issues about t6)

I am not a fan of talent 6, I am one of those who always believe that the truth is somewhere in the middle.

I've read your posts and tried by myself to see how it works. I can say it forks fine for those who know how to operate with a web presence. for those users-losers who have no idea to do a click it might not work out.in rest, it's up to you to choose a way. you decide. not me, not talent6 not even melody or mother marry.

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shekklez
, US
Mar 03, 2010 11:58 pm EST

Thank god I read this forum I was actually considering calling these fraudulent blood suckers... talent 666 lol. america is slowly becoming one huge internet scam...

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Melodious
San Bruno, US
Jan 05, 2010 12:22 pm EST

Talent6 is not here to judge people on whether they can be a model, actor/actress or movie extra. if you feel like you can make a dent in the industry then we are more than happy to help you get that foot in the door.

We are a company who provides a service, therefore we charge a small fee compared to other online talent databases. we are a legit company. we could not operate a "scam" business in the state of california if we were otherwise.

And fyi I rebuttal these posting because I believe in the company I work for and most of these so called complaints have no weight to them. it is unfair to us as a company and our potential clients for people to assume what we do is wrong when in fact you have never used the company so you don't know the pro's and con's of it. you go off of what others say.

We have helped a lot of people fulfill there dreams and aspirations. like I have said many times before, we are a company, a company survives off of profit. we give our clients a service that they call us to sign up for. we do not cold call or anything of the sort. people like with anything else choose to start there membership with talent6. and we believe that we can help anyone fulfill there dreams in the entertainment business, this is why we back our service up with a guarantee.

Your complaint as well as others that have bashed our company have not one leg to stand on.

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TALENT6=SCAM
LOS AN, US
Dec 30, 2009 6:29 pm EST

Scam agents

Unfortunately, some people in the entertainment industry try to take advantage of newcomers. new talent is advised to research and find established agencies. no reputable agency charges for representation, but the agent may recommend steps that will cost money, especially when talent is starting out. an agency may suggest new photos or training, and may have good contacts for new talent. an advantage of having an agent is that agents will help choose the best photographers or shots to make into headshots, etc. when signing with an agency who also offer photography and workshops, talent is advised to see proof of past bookings, such as client lists and current models tearsheets from booked work. if an agency covers upfront costs, it is reimbursed for all expenses after the talent begins work.

So talent 6 you lose, search for top telent agencies you will find nothing about talent 6... ever... because they are a scam...

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TALENT6=SCAM
LOS AN, US
Dec 30, 2009 6:27 pm EST

You should not have a feeeee helllooo who the hell cares if its upfront your preying on people who are unaware of industry policy

Google it
talent6 - stay away
talent6 - new phone number
talent6 - unauthorized charges
talent6 - online scam
talent6 - tricked
talent6 - terrible company
talent6 - stay away
talent6 - great company, it worked for me and many others (uhh 1 out of 8 aint bad)

agents make their money by taking a percentage of the money that their client is paid. so talent 6 apparently is not an agency

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TALENT6=SCAM
LOS AN, US
Dec 30, 2009 6:16 pm EST

Hello total scam, and this person melodious you have nothing better to do at

Your hectic industry leading talent agency than respond to this blog. its a

Scam you will never be asked for money by a legit talent agency because they

Are paid on commission or no one would care what you looked like. dont you

Find it funny that they will take anyone? they want your money your credit

Card number and your monthly fee. I dont care what the talent 6 person says to

This but im sure it will be we do not take anyone blah blah we dont just want

Your credit card blah have a nice day. its lies but somehow they get around

The law. do not waste your time or money. they will email and call you

Constantly even though they know nothing about you. come on its a scam

Onesourcetalent is another example of this scam. the second you are asked

For money get out. melodious you should be ashamed your a bad person and a

Liar who preys on little girls and their dreams. liar liar liar

Everything below this from talent 6 is a lie dont waste your money

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Melodious
San Bruno, US
Dec 15, 2009 3:52 pm EST

Talent6 was mentioned in the New York Times! Another proven track record of how supplemental we are to the entertainment business!

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/13/fashion/13reality.html?_r=2&pagewanted=1&sq=RozTaylorJordan&st=cse&scp=1

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