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Fallingstar

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Another insane agency
« on: 05 July 2009, 12:34:29 am »
Hi all

Now how do you all suggest i proceed with this one?

I received an email via vivastreet last week from an agency called Berkeley Ladies. The ad said that it was an agency due to start up in Edin burugh shortly and that they were looking for ladies to travel up and work for them for a week or 2 at a time (some of you may have received the same mail)

Now i was having a cash strapped week so i thought i would post off a recruitment form with a couple of pics just to see what they would say. To be truthful i was fairly sure nothing would come of it and indeed i didn't hear a sausage back from them.

But tonight i was feeling bored,looked on their website and there i am!!!!!!!!!! they have put up a profile of me,complete with a blurb on it that i have had no input into saying how i am into roleplay and will 'punish' you for being a bad boy etc etc.

Now once i had picked my jaw up off the floor i sent off an email asking them what the hell they thought they were up to putting up a profile for me when i ha vent even spoken to them and have no idea yet of how their agency is ran etc! i also asked for the profile to be taken off immediately.

Ive received an email back saying that i ha vent heard from them cos the agency is int open for business yet and they will ring me tomorrow :o I sent one straight back saying not to bother ringing me and to remove the profile as they are clearly not the sort of people i wish to deal with. I'm now just waiting to hear back from them.

I'm not a happy bunny >:(

EmilyJones

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Re: Another insane agency
« Reply #1 on: 05 July 2009, 08:49:03 am »
A similar thing happened to me once - I sent an application with some pics to Cloud 9 agency and they just put the pics and info straight on their website without telling me! I didn't know but my current agency guy asked me whether I'd seen them because he seems to know everything that happens on escort sites immediately. I got them to take my profile down quickly so it wasn't a massive problem.

It sounds bad though if this Berkeley Ladies agency is refusing to deal with you! Maybe they're so desperate to launch with a full portfolio that they'll keep stringing you along til they've established themselves? Someone like xw5 or Anika or Brandy will probably have some good advice about how to get them to listen to you - it's hard sometimes to get across just how serious you are online! Especially when they're doing something a bit dodge. :-\
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Re: Another insane agency
« Reply #2 on: 05 July 2009, 10:14:18 am »
I'd definitely call them to say you've changed your mind, don't just email.  They seem like an outright nasty lot, given that their recruitment section indicates that speaking English is optional.  Incall flats run by agencies are illegal, and the people running them are by their very definition criminals.  Granted, some of them may be well-intentioned, and some may be nice to work for, but like it or not they are breaking the law. You have to ask yourself what else they are up to, because it generally isn't good. 

brandy@saafe

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Re: Another insane agency
« Reply #3 on: 05 July 2009, 04:59:07 pm »
I would actually keep all correspondence to email, so in case you need to take things further, you have written proof of all communications between both parties.
If it were me, I'd ask them nicely a couple of times to remove my details forthwith. If they don't comply I'd find out their hosting company and let the agency know that you plan on writing to them to complain. If it goes so far I'd explain what happened to the hosts and that at no time did you give permission for your pictures to be used, written or verbal. Show that you've written to the agency, with no response from them.  You've exhausted all your options, hence you writing to them.
Most hosts don't want the grief, so they usually do do something about it. Especially as running an agency is actually illegal.

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Re: Another insane agency
« Reply #4 on: 05 July 2009, 08:49:19 pm »
Yes I have seen emails from these guys stay well clear

By the way they are nothing to do with Berkley Girls who are a genuine Elite London Escort Agency ( I doubt they will be impressed either)

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Re: Another insane agency
« Reply #5 on: 05 July 2009, 08:52:28 pm »
Ah, thats why they sounded familiar.
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Fallingstar

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Re: Another insane agency
« Reply #6 on: 06 July 2009, 08:23:24 am »
Thanks for the replies everyone :D

Well they have taken me off the site. They did try to ring me and talk me round but i explained that i did not want to be represented by them and was very unhappy with what they had done.

Now another ladies pictures are up with the exact same profile they used for me. The poor woman probably has absolutely no idea that her pictures are on there.

But its certainly made me think twice about ever sending my pics off to an agency again.

brandy@saafe

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Re: Another insane agency
« Reply #7 on: 06 July 2009, 04:06:47 pm »
Thanks for the replies everyone :D

Well they have taken me off the site. They did try to ring me and talk me round but i explained that i did not want to be represented by them and was very unhappy with what they had done.

Now another ladies pictures are up with the exact same profile they used for me. The poor woman probably has absolutely no idea that her pictures are on there.

But its certainly made me think twice about ever sending my pics off to an agency again.

I was going to say, "oh, the joys of being an indie", but we've had pics stolen off of our websites left right and centre by all sorts of unsrupulous individuals. So it's not just agencies.

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Re: Another insane agency
« Reply #8 on: 13 July 2009, 10:24:51 am »
Yep thanks Brandy we would never dream of putting anyones photos up without a phone interview at least.  We are about as sane as we will ever be here :)