[NEohioPAL] invitation to debate Marc Moritz's comments about Neohiopal "researching its postings"

Thu Jan 3 14:26:37 PST 2013

Hi Fred (and Noah!)!

You are both doing a great job and this site is an amazing and unique asset
to our theatre community.

There is no need for everyone to get into a tizzy because some individuals
get steamed over an out of ordinary circumstance.

Please continue to do the fabulous job you are doing, while keeping it low
cost to many of us and free for most.  And accept my sincere thanks for
this great opportunistic venue!

Vicki Fritzman

On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 11:33 AM, Fred Sternfeld <fsternfeld at gmail.com>wrote:

> Dear Subscribers,
>
> Marc Moritz recently posted this comment about whether a casting service
> notice posted on Neohiopal was a scam or not:
>
> "Perhaps NeoPal should use the same policy that other major services like
> Backstage and Performink use. They research every casting notice before
> posting it. These services take responsibility for their postings. So
> should NeoPal." (The original posting is below.)
>
> I looked up the two sites Mr. Moritz suggested. Backstage.com charges
> between $15 and $20 per month.  PerformInk is free but charges $7 per month
> to be "ad free" and also has some similar language (although their info is
> much more complete) to Neohiopal's in its "terms of service<http://proboards.com/tos>."
>  I know that TheatreBayArea.org also is a paid site.
>
> To do what Marc suggests would involve charging a subscription fee and
> hiring staff to research every posting.
>
> I welcome list members to post their opinions and debate this topic.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Fred
>
> On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 9:50 AM, MARC MORITZ <marcmoritz at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Perhaps NeoPal should use the same policy that other major services like
>> Backstage and Performink use. They research every casting notice before
>> posting it. These services take responsibility for their postings. So
>> should NeoPal.
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 1:45 AM EST thsthingovourz at aol.com wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >Greetings Mary and thanks for the heads up, I had a feeling something
>> was awry with this agency a few months back. They claimed to have roles in
>> movies for me which were at the time, "currently being shot". I inquired
>> more about these alleged  jobs that the rep also claimed the director
>> wanted to see me personally audition for. The audition was for a specific
>> role in a major film the director was currently making.
>> >
>> >I then asked for the audition date and time which they gave me, then
>> they also said they were Emailing me the 'sides' for the audition and told
>> me the brief character description for my alleged part.  I waited 24 hours
>> and called them back inquiring if they had sent me the scene yet, as there
>> was only a few days away from my audition set at 2:00 PM on a Saturday.
>> >
>> >The rep then started to switch the topic of conversation after saying
>> 'don't worry about the script, we just want to see if we can use you in any
>> of the current projects etc...  This of course was far different than the
>> last conversation she and I had, she was also now informing me to arrive
>> any time for the audition because it's an open call.  This was another
>> thing that was contradicting to what the rep had said when pitching me and
>> setting my appointment. I call this "The Bait & Switch".
>> >I asked why I needed to be in an open call if the director wanted to see
>> me personally for the specific role, and also asked what happened to my
>> 2:00 PM appointment.
>> >The rep then began to answer me by instead telling me about all the
>> benefits of being with their agency etc...I couldn't believe the audacity
>> and it was then I realized it was a very non-clever attempt to bilk some
>> money from an actor like a Carnie working a rigged game at an amusement
>> park.
>> >
>> >The correspondence between this company rep and myself, was as if I was
>> being pitched to buy a used car, from some guy in a plaid dinner jacket &
>> pants with a turtleneck sweater wreaking of Brut by Faberge, holding a
>> toothpick in his mouth.  Spotting the con-job, I cut her pitch immediately
>> and said thanks but no thanks, and hung up on her in mid-sentence as she
>> continued on with her ill-gotten manner
>> >
>> >
>> >Went to find out that this same company is all over Craigslist amongst
>> all the "Wanted Big Butted Beauties for Adult Films" ads, and I've found
>> that 90% of Theatrical ads on Craigslist are now for the adult industry, or
>> a scam to bilk a person out of their hard earned cash.  Wow, sorry that
>> reply was so long-winded but for what it's worth, there's my 2 cents.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
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