has anyone heard of bluextras??

[Storm]

has anyone ever registered with them??

[Sarah Kelly]

Babes- cant reply via harmony( keeps freezing) have idea for y, please email me thanks sarah xxx

[Daz Savage]

bluextras???
Can you post the full address since I don't know what bluextras is.
I did try to google it but most of the answers returned seemed to have nothing to do with modeling... unless health insurance, designwork and Firefox add-ons were what you were asking about - lol.

[Storm]

BlueXtras.com

try that Daz.

xx

[Daz Savage]

I've found them - or at least I think I have!
http://bluextras.com/ (right?)
Never heard or seen of them. I entered some bogus details to see what happens next but the next page told me that an email had been dispatched.
The only issue (and it may be a big one) with this place is that it is offering to host your portfolio and get you work. This may well be exactly what they do but if this is the case then why can I not see their current model listing? There doesn't seem to be any place where I can see the girls that they have already done this for. The easiest way to promote anyone is to get them linked to your front page - it won't necessarily anyone them loads of business but surely to omit this obvious step leads me to advise caution.
But I could well be wrong.
Ask to see exactly where your profile/portfolio will be visible.

[Dani Amour]

Oh my, by the looks of this site you have to pay to join!!!!! if this is the case, DO NOT DO IT. You should never pay to join any agency. I always look see who is on an agency books, if there are names i no, great they must be ok, if not i would never join.

Dont pay no money to them hun, no one seems to have even heard of them so ask your self if on a forum like this dont no of them, how much work will you get?

Kisses

Dani

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[Storm]

ok, well i emailed last night, they called me this morning. apparently they have access to 200+ producers. They say they can get me parts in 2-3 films a month! ? They say i can have a screen test next thursday in cambridge for which i would be paid ?500. However to get listed on the site i need to pay ?340 for 6 months use. they said that is for the cost of getting me licensed and public liabiltity insurance.
I haven't paid any money yet however. people close to me are saying, go for it.

[videokim]

Hi Storm

Don't do auditions love its just a way of some producers getting a free ride,
they will ask you to do a solo & a b/g & even have the cheek to ask you to sign a model release for material which should only be a test.
If you need a showreel done get in touch as we are always doing bits & your welcome to join us for content share, you will get a edited DVD master, AVI footage, edited clips & photos on CD Rom which you will be able to use on various sites including Adult work & to send to producers saving them conning auditions. The DVD's can be sold from AW & linked to various sites which gets you an extra income in between model work.

Kim x

P.S.

Don't ever pay others anything unless of course you are hiring someone yourself, contact me & i will show you how to be seen for nothing.

[Daz Savage]

For fuck's sake!!! who are these people close to you?!!!
Do they have an interest in 'bluextras.com?'
This is the oldest scam in the books. Offer a paid screen-test (of all bloody things in the world!) and then use this to twist your arm up your back to get you to pay them... and for what?.. Licence and PL insurance?
What a load of COCK!
1. you get your own certs (nobody can get them for you) and unless the government has brought in new legislation (which wouldn't surprise me - but as yet they haven't) there is no such thing as a license for performers.
2. PL insurance is only needed by employers whose businesses are accessible by the public - Are you an employer whose 'premises' are accessible by the public? I don't think so. And anyway, again this is something you would do yourself if you were so advised.
This is utter nonsense and I cannot advise you strongly enough not to even consider this. lately I have posted pictures of new models here and other places and got them quite a bit of work. My estimate for this is that my input into their career probably made them something in the region of ?1000 - ?1500 if they accept all the jobs. This 'work' took me 30 minutes to shoot and ten minutes to post and a further 5 minutes to pass on emails.
Did it for free.
Bollocks to the scammers. Just get good pics, post them regularly and turn up for work on time and with a smile.
Keep your money for beer and fags!
imho!