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Subject: HELLO JHON................. Author: No name [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 15:47:38 05/09/04 Sun In reply to: jhon 's message, "aquarian associates" on 18:25:44 05/08/04 Sat First of all, Docherty and The Talent Group DO NOT charge a cent for representation, AND they actually have clients! I would say that's pretty damn legit! Ask them who their clients are, and they will tell you! Mostly all of the models used in this area (Pittsburgh) are supplied by these two agencies! They don't sell modeling conventions, or modeling classes or pictures, and they definetly DO NOT accept everyone! Completely different from Model Management-Aquarian Associates-Great American.....WHATEVER!!!!! That my friend is what a legit agency is. The ONLY money they make is the 20% they take from each model from each assignment. That's the way it is in New York, Miami, LA, everywhere that is LEGIT! Why don't you call around to the major companies in PGH, and ask them where they get their models from. Call Kaufmann's, call Izzuzau, Phillip Pelussi, E.B Pepper, call fashion designers, call photographers! Thay will almost always tell you DOCHERTY or TALENT GROUP. Never will they say Model management! Hell, Model Management won't even answer your questions about who they represent, or who their clients are! You are the one who needs to wake up! The most humorous thing about all of this, is that you think I am a disgruntled employee or a competitor. Let me tell you something, I left them. Not the other way around. When I did leave, I came into an entirely diffrent profession. I am currently in law. Take that however you would like. Maybe I'm a cop, FBI, or perhaps a PI. You never know. But I can assure you, I am no longer in this industry......at least not the way you think I am. So, if Sam sent you to check me out, tell him I said hello, and not to get too comfortable. I am just starting to enjoy myself...... [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> [> [> Subject: aquarian Author: No name [Edit] Date Posted: 05:39:34 05/11/04 Tue legit agents in L.A. only take 10%, so big deal. And how do you get seen by them ? They don't come to you. You go to them. I wasn't talking about local work in you cow town of pittsburgh. Guess what a plane ticket costs. And accomadation costs are. And that still doesn't garantee anything. People who are trying to do this nationaly and have experienced this, know you are obviously misled or have an ax to grind or whatever. Obviously its not worth the time to explain. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: Aquarian Associates Author: Steve Patric [Edit] Date Posted: 09:49:07 05/11/04 Tue My kid is interested in modeling and acting(as many teenagers are)I've been reading the message postings I see a lot of good ones and bad ones. I noticed that "former employee" has some personal issues with the company and with all due respect you have a severe revenge complex. Or are you just an "evil doer" who saw the light and is now a crusater for truth, justice and the american way? If that's the case I know a car salesman that I would like you to have a chat with maybe you can make him see the light, we'll talk about that later though. As someone who has been fired from jobs before I though "It would be nice to get back at them for what they did to me." The problem with that was the fact that I had better things to do with my time. Judging by the number of postings and the speedy way you reply to others you don't. I guess the "law" business is pretty slow, I hear the Justice League has an opening, Aqua Man was fired! I'm gonna check out his postings when I'm done with this. But wait, lemme guess it's not personal. Were all of the bad postings from you? It seems that you discredit the good postings due to spelling errorz(s), punctuation, CAPS LOCK, similar names of children, etc. COME ON Please. If I had a dollar for every time I foud a misspelling on the internet or in print I wouldn't be here researching things on the internet for my kid. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD there is a message from a tiffany and a message from a tammy. I can't personally vouch for them but they leave names. Charlotte even leaves an e-mail address. I truly believe that Charlotte has a son named Tyler and JoAnne has a son named Tayler and that they have had good experiences as have others. I also believe that others percive their experience as bad because they were not as lucky as the others. Besides some people are going to be pissed no matter what. I hope the teacher here doesn't give my letter an "F" for any spelling or grammar errors. Thanks for Listening Steve Patric P.S. TO CHARLOTTE: which boy is Tyler in the Mercedes commercial? (I will not discredit you if you would still like to maintain your son's privacy, that is respectable. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> Subject: DAMAGE CONTROL.......AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Author: No name [Edit] Date Posted: 10:28:50 05/11/04 Tue Now let's take things one at a time. First of all, I am NOT a disgruntled employee of any kind. I have never been fired from anywhere (unless you count the jobs I've had as a teenager). As for the "ax I have to grind", there is no ax. How do you even know I am not aquaintances with good old Sammy and Marilyn Manfreddi? I worked there long enough to realize that what they were doing was unethical. I did not want to be a part of it. So I left. What it comes down to is that I do not want these people to continue ripping innocent people off! Bottom line. They have gotten away with it for soooooo long, and it is time to stop! Model Management, Aquarian Associates, Great American Modeling Search, IS A JOKE! I WORKED THERE! I SAW WHAT WENT ON! I WAS A SCAMMER TOO! When you call them, they can't even answer questions about who their clients are! They tell you they can't answer any questions, you have to be seen by a "scout". Believe me, I know the drill. I am sure the people who posted all of this B.S. are employees of Sam. I would garantee it. Who else would it be? They all have similarities. And YOU say who cares? I say, because it is the same person trying to do damage control! Everyone else knows (or is finding out) what kind of companies these really are. That makes my job alot easier. People are not as dumb as you think they are. My posts really don't mean much. Everyone will find out on their own. However, kudos to Sammy and Marilyn for trying to save themselves...... [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: DAMAGE CONTROL AGAIN!!!! Author: CHARLOTTE A DAVIS [Edit] Date Posted: 03:44:48 05/12/04 Wed WELL ANY WAY WHO EVER YOU ARE. YOU SAY THAT YOU CAN GUARANTEE THAT I OR MY SON IS NOT REAL. I LEFT MY EMAIL, I LIVE IN NC, YOU CAN GO AND PUT TYLER LEE DAVIS HIS FULL NAME IN THE GOOGLE SEARCH AND YOU WILL SEE THAT HE IS REAL!!!!! SO WE ARE NOT AQUARIAN EMPLOYEES, WE ARE NOT AQUARIAN'S CLIENTS, BY GOING TO THE SEARCH TYLER RECEIVED EXPOSURE FROM THE AGENTS AND SCOUTS THAT CAME TO THE SEARCH AND THAT WAS ALL THAT HE PROMISED ME... EXPOSURE! IT WAS GREAT, MAYBE BY CHANCE THAT HE IS ONE IN A 1000, THAT MAKE IT FROM THE SEARCH AS DONNA SAID IN ANOTHER POST NOT EVERYONE WILL MAKE IT, BUT THE AGENTS AND SCOUTS THAT CAME TO THE SEARCH WERE GREAT AND WE ARE EXTREMELY HAPPY. SO YOU SAY THAT YOU CAN GUARANTEE THAT WE ARE FAKE, I TAKE IT PERSONALLY WHEN IT COMES TO MY SON, SO PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS LEAVE YOUR EMAIL, I WILL CONTACT YOU IN PERSON. PUT UP OR SHUT UP! DO NOT BE AFRAID OF SAYING WHO YOU ARE. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Employee????? Author: No name [Edit] Date Posted: 05:52:59 05/17/04 Mon You say you were an employee but you do not have an ax to grind!! Well if you were actually an employee you should at least know how to correctly spell Sam's last name!!! But then maybe that was why you were fired because you were such a poor employee that you couldn't even get things right. Now you want to try to get back at them for firing you. Instead of wasting all your time posting all this erroreous stuff on the BB, you should go back to school and learn how to be a good employee! [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Get A Grip! Author: Former Employee [Edit] Date Posted: 09:11:15 05/17/04 Mon Good guess, but no, I was not fired. I actually left there on good terms! This is NOT personal! I simply want to educate the public about scams in the industry. Coincidentally, Sam runs the biggest one around! For some strange reason, everyone there at the office seems to be getting a little fired up! Did I strike a chord? A reputable agency would ignore postings on a message board and relize that their good reputation (and track record) would keep them out of trouble. Sam, however, can't afford to have the truth come out, and as a result, is getting a bit nervous. Why do you think I was fired? Do you fire EVERYONE? As for me not spelling his name correctly, whatever! Manfreddi, Manfredi....same thing! He is still a CON ARTIST! PERIOD! As for me going back to school....well....if you know what I did for a living, you would know why that is not possible. I have more education than your entire staff put together! Like I said, this is not personal.However, for someone that has something to hide....well...I suppose that it is. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: GET A GRIP! Author: CHARLOTTE A DAVIS [Edit] Date Posted: 14:33:59 05/17/04 Mon OK... OK.... IF THIS IS YOUR AGENDA TO RID THE WORLD OF PEOPLE WHO USE PEOPLE THEN MOST OF THE WORLD WOULD BE GONE. MY POINT IS WHY DO YOU INSIST THAT ME AND MY SON TYLER ARE NOT REAL? YOU SAID THAT TOU CAN GUARANTEE IT, AND YOU REALLY MADE A BIG FUSS ABOUT ME FORGETTING THE H IN PITTSBURGH... AND YOU MAKE SPELLING ERRORS. NOT TO BE MEAN BUT ARE YOU ON PROZAC AND IT RAN OUT. FOR OTHERS WHO ARE READING THESE POSTS, IF YOU WANT TO ASK ME AND QUESTIONS ABOUT TYLER'S SUCCESS, IT IS REAL IT CAME AS A RESULT FROM THE SEARCH AND I AN HAPPY. PLEASE FELL FREE TO EMAIL ME. THE FORMER EMPLOYEE MUST HAVE A "CRYSTAL BALL" AND IT IS BROKEN AND ONLY SHOWS WHAT SHE THINKS IS EVIL. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Charlotte Davis.........I guess YOU are the only one! Author: No name [Edit] Date Posted: 09:35:07 05/18/04 Tue No, I do not intend on "ridding the world of evil". Fine, you are real, and so is your son, whatever! It just looks a little shady that when you post, there are other postings written in the same format, in the same time frame, with the same errors, and they all say basically the same thing! It sounds to me like they are from the same author. I am not the only one that thinks so. Read the other postings. IT LOOKS SUSPICIOUS! Sure, I have errors in my postings too, but I am not claiming to be different people EVERY TIME I post! It is also fishy that out of all of the people that attend the GAMTS, YOU and your son are the only ones with anything possitive to say! PEOPLE ARE NOT DUMB!!!!! So, go ahead with your insults (you are obviously the one who needs medication). I am sure after I post today, Sam or whoever else from the office will post again trying to do DAMAGE CONTROL!!!!! Good luck, you will need it. Give my best to your son.....his mother is a lunatic with too much time on her hands! [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: CHARLOTTE I AM Author: CHARLOTTE A DAVIS [Edit] Date Posted: 17:27:34 05/18/04 Tue THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS TOO MUCH TIME ON THEIR HANDS IS YOU. I POSTED IN THE RESPONSE TO DEFEND MY SON AND HOW HIS CAREER WAS STARTED. THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE THAT POST OTHER THAN MYSELF THAT HAS HAD SUCESS. SAME TIME FRAMES, WELL PEOPLE LIVE ALL OVER AND THEY COULD DO IT AS I DO. YES I POSTED ME A REAL LADY, WITH REAL SUCESS AND TYLER WILL CONTINUE, NO HE DOES NOT HAVE A LUNATIC MOM BUT A MOM WHO CARES DEEPLY AND BELIEVES WHOLE HEARTEDLY IN HER SON AND HIS DREAMS, ONE WHO NEVER GAVE UP AND I NEVER WILL. TYLER DID THE GAMTS 6 YEARS IN A ROW AND WE WILL BE BACK IN JUNE AT THE NEXT ONE. REMEMBER THAT THEY DO PROMISE YOU EXPOSURE AND IN THIS BUSY BUSINESS THAT IS WHAT YOU NEED TO BE SEEN BY SOMEONE WHO CAN GET THE BALL ROLLING IF THEY BELIEVE IN THE TALENT THAT YOUR KIDS HAVE. I AM SORRY FOR WHAT EVER HAPPEN THAT MADE YOU WANT TO SLANDER THIS COMPANY, BUT AQUARIAN DESERVES SOME PROPS!!!!! AND TO THEM TYLER AND MYSELF GIVE IT. I THINK THAT YOU SHOULD JUST STOP AND LET PEOPLE DO WHAT THEY FEEL IS BEST FOR THEIR CHILDREN. OBVISOUSLY, THERE COMPANY AND THEIR BUSINESS HAS HAD SUCCESS OR IT WOULDN'T HAVE REMAINED IN BUSINESS FOR SO LONG. SO TO YOU AND YOUR "CRYSTAL BALL" I HOPE THAT YOU GET IT FIXED. NOTICE I CHECK THIS BOARD EARLY IN THE MORNING OR LATE AT NIGHT. YOU CHECK IT ALL DAY SO THE TIME YOU HAVE INVESTED WAS AND IS A WASTE OF TIME. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Employee????? Author: No name [Edit] Date Posted: 05:54:49 05/17/04 Mon You say you were an employee but you do not have an ax to grind!! Well if you were actually an employee you should at least know how to correctly spell Sam's last name!!! But then maybe that was why you were fired because you were such a poor employee that you couldn't even get things right. Now you want to try to get back at them for firing you. Instead of wasting all your time posting all this erroreous stuff on the BB, you should go back to school and learn how to be a good employee! [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> Subject: TO STEVE REGUARDING THE MERCEDES COMMERCIAL Author: CHARLOTTE A DAVIS [Edit] Date Posted: 03:34:55 05/12/04 Wed THANKS FOR THE KIND WORDS AND YOUR BELIEF! TYLER IS THE BOY THAT FIRST THE ZOOM UP TOO REALLY CLOSE ON THE FIELD AND THEN HE IS THE ONE WHO GETS TO THE CAR AND PEERS IN THE WINDOW AFTER HIS MOM LOCKS THE DOORS BECAUSE THEY ARE REALLY MUDDY AND SHE DOESN'T WANT THEM IN HER NEW MERCEDES. HE ALSO FINISHES THE COMMERCIAL THEY DO A CLOSE UP AS HE CALLS MOM...HELLO! AGAIN THANKS, THAT COMMERCIAL IS PLAYING EVERYWHERE [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: aquarian Author: No name [Edit] Date Posted: 18:58:02 05/11/04 Tue what about the kickback doucherty & talent group recieve from photographers that charge exorbantent fees because these so called agents only earn when the people work. with all due respect, wich isn't really due. there isn't that much work in pittsburg. Oops no H . I guess that means we don't exist. I forgot this is a message board for one individual I guess. I know those photographers so if you are looking for legit agents get on the phone to people outside of local miniscule pittsburgh & talk to people in major markets, If you really want to work. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> Subject: Aquarian Associates- Still a SCAM...Look Around! Author: No name [Edit] Date Posted: 10:26:06 05/13/04 Thu Like I have said in my previous posts, I am not talent looking for work, I am a former employee of scam artists. When I spoke about Docherty and the Talent Group, I was not just refering to JUST the Pittsburgh area. Go ahead, give them a call. Many of their talent is in New York City, Chicago, Miami, etc., and THEY ARE WORKING!!!! However, there is also alot of local work here in Pittsburgh! Any "agency" that charges a fee, or requires you to purchases classes, pictures, model searches, or anything else IS A SCAM! Bottom line! No reputable agency has an "in house" photographer that you must use. Ask Model Management if you can use your own professional photograpghs! They will tell you NO! Regardless if they were taken by a photographer reccomended by the Ford Agency! They want your money! All $400.00 of it! Give me a break! Anyone who has done their homework knows that! As for this message board being all about me, that is humorous. I want to educate people about scam artists in the industry. Model Management aka Great American Modeling Search,aka Aquarian Associates is one of them! I am not the only one who has posted things like this either. Look around. Just about every post is about this company and people's bad experiences with them, so don't blame me! The only positive ones are from Sam and his staff-it doesn't take a rocket scientist! For a while there, everyone remained fairly silent. Then all of a sudden, all these people start posting, coming after ME! Coincidence? I don't think so! I think Sam and Marilyn are getting a little nervous-they should. As for me being a "coward" for not posting my name, I suppose I could. I could post ANY name, just like everyone else could! So if you want a name, call me Jamie. How's that? [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: CALL ME JAMIE Author: CHARLOTTE A DAVIS [Edit] Date Posted: 14:07:29 05/13/04 Thu THE AQUARIAN ASSOCIATES DID NOT CALL THEMSELVES AGENTS, THEY SAY THEY ARE NOT, IN ALL THEIR PAPERWORK, IN THE MEETINGS AND SO ON SO IF THEY WERE SAYING THAT THEY WERE AGENTS, THEN IT WOULD BE A SCAM, THEY GIVE YOU EXPOSURE AND THAT RIGHT THERE IS THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT YOU CAN GIVE OR GET FOR YOUR CHILD. YOU STILL HAVEN'T RESPONDED TO THE FACT THAT YOU DAY I AND MY SON TYLER ARE NOT REAL, HIS OTHER NEW COMMERCIAL, FOR ORLANDO TOURISM AND SEA WORLD VACATIONS STARTED RUNNING YESTERDAY, I SAY THAT IS PRETTY GOOD FOR A FAKE PERSON. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: keep up the good work Author: No name [Edit] Date Posted: 06:09:47 06/15/04 Tue they need to be exposed and only those from the inside know their secrets well! Let it be known and help those who want to save their hard earned money from scams like this one. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: keep up the good work Author: No name [Edit] Date Posted: 06:10:34 06/15/04 Tue They need to be exposed and only those from the inside know their secrets well! Let it be known and help those who want to save their hard earned money from scams like this. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> Subject: I am very happy with what Aquarian Associates and what they have done Author: A thankful Mom [Edit] Date Posted: 21:47:09 06/15/04 Tue I just went to one of their searches and it was awesome. Not only did my daughter get work from an agent on the spot but also we interviewed with three other agents and we are in the process of signing with them. It was the best exposure that my child could of gotten in the least amount of time. Three thumbs up for the well organized event, the staff, the agents, scouts, modeling agents, photographers and all the other people that were there to see my child. I am so grateful. They opened the door and helped me to get my daughter's whole body in, not just a foot. Cheers to All!! [ Post a Reply to This Message ]