Talent Hunter review: Refsues to cancel subsription 91

Oh My God. I can't believe this. I thought that Talent Hunter would be a great way to jump start my career, im only 14, but by reading some of these comments. I'm NEVER going back to Talent Hunter again. You see, I made a basic -free- profile there like about a month ago and started getting messages from.. guess who.. Kristina C. Well I told my mom that I wanted to get the gold deal or whatever the hell it was so I could send a message to the so called Kristina C. and tell her that I was interested in the commercial because you have to pay to send messages. Just 15 minutes ago I was practically begging my mom to let me join, these people aren't cheap. They charge you 40 bucks for just one month. Well I guess that my computer doesn't likes Talent Hunter because whenever I went to upload my picture, it never let me. So, I go on google to see if anyone else has had this problem and I end up finding this website, basically telling me that TH is a fraud and to not give it my money. I should have known better, I went to John Casablanca -a modeling school- and they tell you that any company that asks you for money upfront is probably a fraud. Thanks to this site, I'm saving alot of money. Thanks guys, you don't know how much I appreciate it.

Oh and P.S: If any of you get messages from Kristina C., It's probably fake because I've noticed that lots of people have been getting messages from her saying the same thing.

P.S.S: Thanks for reading, I know it's kinda long. -Kimberly R.

OH MY! I received the same emails.. lol from the same girl (Kristina C) WOW! I also got excited about the Sprite commercials and movie roles that I "was a perfect match for" and was going to join the 3-day subscription but because I ALWAYS check companies out before giving my money or bank information I came across all this & saved myself a tremendous headache as well as some jail time. LOL because I would have gone Postal. I would like to say THANK YOU to everyone who posted their complaints so that others, especially myself, wouldn't suffer the same bad outcome. I hope everything works out for those who weren't so lucky. I also suggest that if you haven't already, pay a visit to the BBB (Better Business Bureau) and make your complaint formal. The BBB does an investigation and the results follow the company.

Thank You Again,
Nique

diddoz, yeah they purposely made it difficult to unsubscribe. you have to send an email to cancellations@talenthunter.com. then you will get an auto response with a link to fill out some form to cancel it, and then when you click it they will say, oh we're sorry you're not happy, we will give you 30 days free! dont do it. once you submit the cancellation form they send you another email saying they are processing your cancellation. hopefully after that they will leave you alone.

that website really is crappy. i almost fell for it too but i had a bad feeling about it and refused to pay any money to them until i searched google a bit to see if it was a scam. turns out my gut instinct was correct.

I totally agree with everybody who has written their complants below this complaint. I was home alone, and so I decided, since I really want to get into the show biz industry that I would sign up for something that would give me just that. First thing I saw and signed up for was Talent Hunter. I have got a e-mail from them saying that I could be a movie extra in Twilight, and so I freaked out! I believed them! I got so excited and told all of my friends and forwarded the e-mail to E.V.E.R.Y.B.O.D.Y. practiclly gloating. Well, I wanted to reply, but I couldn't. I wanted to ask them information about where I would go to be the movie extra. You know, NEEDED stuff like that. There was nothing on that subject. I then got a little sence and got more hesitant on this site. That all faded when I got a e-mail from this one girl, Kristina C or something like that, saying I would be perfect for a comercial. Well, then I started getting all excited again. Grr. I wish I hadn't. I sent her back an e-mail, asking for needed stuff and saying my dad needs to know that who you are is who you say you are. When I pressed send, it didn't work. I had to pay money. NO WAY! I then started looking through stuff about TALENT HUNTER, and figured out it was a froud. So since then, I went back on and looked EVERYWHERE for the un-subscribe button. No where in site. My moral, STAY AWAY FROM TALENT HUNTER!

P.S. If you know where the un-subscribe button is, please reply back. Thanks.
P.S.S. Thanks for reading my story, even though it was really long - kinda...

~Peace~

I had a basic membership, sent me some email from a "casting agent" who viewed me profile and thought I was perfect for the part in a commercial.. I was skeptical of course.. but figure i would try and signed up the the 3day trial and cancel before the $39.99 subscription starts..
So I signed up for the gold membership and replied back to their casting director email.. I didnt hear anything from them ..most of the booking notices they match you with arent always in your locations although its listed.
They also make it hard to find the cancel email address...(no telephone number) I filled out the cancellation form and Ive been waiting for hours for them to send me a confirmation emails...Luckily I used my paypal account to sign up for this so I was able cancel through them.. Would Not Recommend

I had two roommates who got sucked into different versions of this scam--there are probably half a dozen of these so-called "audition" sites. Sometimes they have physical offices where you show up and they tell you to get a tan and lose 10 pounds, but, of course, you have to pay them for this advice. NEVER give your credit card or bank account information to a "talent scout" or job referral system up front. A legit. manager or agent wouldn't want money up front, so certainly some web site with casting call information has NO reason to need your money before they perform any service for you. You're better off building a resume the old fashioned, heart breaking, soul-sucking way.

I would like to comment on Talent Hunter. I have never given out my credit card information to them and never will. I recently have received emails from them claiming that I was perfect for an audition in Lompoc, California and they were doing a Sprite commerical. Well, before you can respond to them you have to give out your credit card number. No way! I did that with Explore Talent and they took all my money plus my bank closed my account because of them and put me through Chex Systems. Don't give our your account information!

I agree 100.500.00.00% x PI.

ANY agency that asks for $$ up front is @#$%& scam and they know it and they should all get kicked in the ### and sent out of the country! The sad thing is most of them are like that now and people either are too naive or too weak-or both-to do anything about that.
I don't know what it's like in other parts of the country, I'm only speaking about my experiences here on the East Coast. (I have however done some script work and such out on the Left Coast, but anyway...)
I would walk into an agency, they star talking fees and I say "Why would I wanna give YOU money? I wanna make money. That's why I'm here." You start talkin' like that they don't wanna see you.
I'd come in with my own headshots and resumes too in some cases, right away they start with "Oh these are no good, we'll set you up with quality product..."
They're talkin' to me like some bush leaguer meanwhile I'm at it since '91. I hadn't even finished high school yet.
Well after years of this, I eventually wound up homeless because my ability to make a living was effectively destroyed by these wastes of sperm.
I swear, it's a sad day in America when a person can't make a living in their chosen profession. What the hell's goin' on here?!

I recently signed up with TH. I have a basic membership still cause I was kinda shocked when I found out that in order to find out about becoming a movie extra, YOU have to pay THEM to give the info to you. Well, I didn't want to bother, but I didnt cancel my profile. I never gave them any money at all. Well, all of a sudden I get this "ugent" message in my TalentHunter email from a so called casting agent. she said she was interested in having me become an extra and that her co. was looking for extras in my city (garden city Michigan). Well, seems that in order for me to write to her, I would HAVE to purchase a membership. I had a bad feeling about this so called "talent agent". I think what Talen hunter does, is finds all the people that havent yet subscribed to their service and sends them a fake email telling the person that they are wanted in a movie, just so you go ahead and pony up the dough. then only to find out that there really was no talent agent, it was a lie, and they keep your cash...STAY AWAY FROM TALENT HUNTER!

You are right. This company is an outright fraud. They billed me for a year of service and when I tried to cancel suddenly became unavailable. So I went online to try to cancel, and they used that as proof to the credit card company that I am using the service! Beware!

This company is the biggest scam there is. I've been billed monthly even though I canceled my subscription months ago. They refuse to refund me and conveniently for them their 24 hours a day 7 days a week customer service line is never "available" and they request they we don't leave a voice-mail. Stay away from this company as much as you can. As, furthermore, if you dispute the payment on your debit card . . . they even fine you! What a fraud!