323-785-2000

Hey Ken,
Among all the other blogs and posts on any questionable company (some of which are bogus too) I always fall back on the Better Business Bureau to help my final decision. They helped immensely while I was trying to find a fairly honest web host. Here's their URL: http://www.la.bbb.org/Consumers.aspx

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We strongly question the company’s reliability for reasons such as that they have failed to respond to complaints, their advertising is grossly misleading, they are not in compliance with the law’s licensing or registration requirements, their complaints contain especially serious allegations, or the company’s industry is known for its fraudulent business practices.


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Company Profile
Exploretalent.com
Address:          
8033 Sunset Blvd Suite 580
West Hollywood, CA  90046
Tel: (323) 785-2020
Fax: (323) 785-2012

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Web Site:          http://www.exploretalent.com
Contact:          Ami Shafrir - Owner
Business Start Date:          1/2/2003
Company ID:          13204121
Nature of Business:
This company's business is providing an online database for talent to locate auditions and jobs.
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Bureau's Comments and Analysis of Company's Business:
Explore Talent advertises talent submission services via their wesite. After the initial introductory webpage asks for contact information for free registration, a second screen appears which explains the free registration is actually a seven day trial with a negative option cancellation clause. Essentially, if you cancel within the seven day trial you will not be charged.
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Bureau Summary and Analysis of customer complaints and company responses:
Most complainants allege unauthorized credit or debit card charges. Some customers complain that after they cancelled the service that they were still charged. Some complain that they signed up for a free membership but were later telephonically solicited and offered jobs, audition assistance, or t...   »More
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41    Making a full refund, as the consumer requested
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Are you saying the company is legit or are you calling the people who join suckers?

Thanks for letting me know. I did participate in exploretalent. I even got comp cards made by them, but nothing ever came of it. There is a place in Chicago, but I didn't know they do that with stealing information. My boyfriend told me he saw something recently about people stealing info to kill them and take their money.

I did it for a month just to see and this is how it is. Explore Talent can be legit... but like every company, they are out to make a profit. They DO prey on peoples hopes saying they will get auditions, however, this is very slim and the chances you will actually land a paying job are slim. That is where they get ya. The whole month I did it I did get one audition, but that was one. I did land it and it was a small paying gig for a hairshow in Chicago. But it was only one out of all the days. However it does help if you already have professional photos to post and if you have a good resume it can really help but it's still slim chances. I'd say to try to find a better one. But they aren't technically doing anything illegal because thy post disclaimers, so you can't actually report them or get them into any trouble. They can get away with it, because the law allows them to. Be smart and educate yourself. And if worse comes to worse if they keep texting/calling get ahold of them and tell them you will report them to the better business bureau if they don't stop and after you have made connections and did what you can and they don't stop you can report them and maybe even sue them if you can prove how much money you had to pay through their calls/texts. So just read the fine print

I got an emaill too, and i was super exited lol. but i checked it out and now won't call, stinks! They make u all exited and then it shows that they are mean.

please STOP sending me texts !!!

Exploretalent is a huge scam I have signed up with them 2 years ago payed a fee of 172 dollars and never heard back from them. There was never a single audition that was purposed to me by exploretalent nor any of their listings are real. Please beware! I now started to receive e-mail from explore talent telling me to cal this number 323-785-2000 ---- hell no!!!!! Please don't fall for this guys
EXPLORE TALENT IS A HUGE SCAM -- apparently the person who is behind this is a former criminal and he is in it together with his wife scamming innocent people who try to make their dream come true.

Yes i must say they are unfaithful they promise all.till u singup i did signedup with then for 6month nothing when i call.they keepme holding finally got connected to an arab guy..THEY ARE RAPPOFF

I've wanted to get into this line of work for a very long time,  do not really know what strings to pull,  at present I am unemployed and so as you well guessed my funds are extremely limited.  What can you tell me that would help me get a line, on who to contact or how to do it!

ExploreTalent is not a scam but like many agencies they are trying to make a buck and have lots of postings.  You just have to weed them out and find what works for you.  I've used them and got some work through them.  I did a quick scene in OLD DOGS.  Granted it was only background but I did get a payday and saw myself 3 times in the Grand Central scene.  I also got a whole summer job doing a re-enactment show called WATCHING THE DETECTIVES which aired on the Bio channel and continues to run on C&I and A&E channel.

rec'd a text from this number advertising a kids modeling job for $300/day. I don't know where they got my #. I've never signed up with anyone.
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I received a text message from 1(410) 000-003 -- not sure why not a complete # in my text message files, but this is as it read. The message told me to call the above referenced # for details on film work paying $600.  I have asked this organization in the past to remove me from their call list & email distribution... I am sick & tired of their unsolisited messaging!

I have a spa. They claim to be police association. If I don't give money they will report me to the police.