Deposit resolution

Danny. said

What will you spend the extra 18p on?

All eyes on me photography said

well done had same thing happen maybe i should go down the same road

:-( You should perhaps talk to the OP about who it was, and to admin. Twice would be a pattern in this case.

For the avoidance of doubt I'm still neutral on deposits. But even a non-refundable deposit exists only in the context of the service client failing to meet their end of the bargain. That seems a pretty obvious principle to stick to, and it should underscore why we shouldn't pay anyone a deposit if we don't know who they are and where they live.

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Unfocussed Mike said

All eyes on me photography said

well done had same thing happen maybe i should go down the same road

You should perhaps talk to the OP about who it was, and to admin. Twice would be a pattern in this case.

For the avoidance of doubt I'm still neutral on deposits. But even a non-refundable deposit exists only in the context of the service client failing to meet their end of the bargain. That seems a pretty obvious principle to stick to, and it should underscore why you shouldn't pay anyone a deposit if you don't know who they are and where they live.

Edited by Unfocussed Mike

admin do nothing about it did report it

Holly Alexander nice point , I don't know why people keep peddling the same tired stereotypes.

One model I shot I know is very intelligent & successful outside modelling. Not all models do this because it's all they can do.

Lenswonder same, I'm an Associate for an architect practice and absolutely love my fast paced and challenging career. I model (and do photography) because I always have done and those are also areas of work that I enjoy. I work 6 days a week and some evenings. Most models I know also have other careers and are all very smart.

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I think my point earlier that models who rip people off ruin it for the rest of us who are trying to run a business

Holly Alexander "The view that a lot of models are poor little stupid girls is ridiculous. Most of us are very hard working and clever business women."

From my perspective, the hard working models aren't trying to pocket people's deposits for nothing...😉

Afrofilmviewer true! No model I know would ever do that

All eyes on me photography if you look to the bottom of the page in the link provided below you will likely see why admin have given you the response you got.

Look for the heading titled important.

https://purpleport.com/articles/121/deposits-payments-and-cancellation-fees/

Holly Alexander said

Lenswonder same, I'm an Associate for an architect practice and absolutely love my fast paced and challenging career. I model (and do photography) because I always have done and those are also areas of work that I enjoy. I work 6 days a week and some evenings. Most models I know also have other careers and are all very smart.

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In praise of models... I've been in two minds about posting this link in case it comes across as a 'look at me'. That's NOT the intention, but here goes anyway... https://purpleport.com/group/general-chat/196481/models--a-nice-upbeat-post-about-models-/page/1/

I think (I hope) that thread shows that there's a lot of respect and admiration for, and appreciation of, the model fraternity on here. 

Photowallah said

You have got to be kidding. It's up to her whether she ruins her credit rating - this will only occur if she fails to refund the deposit.

I could sympathise with the model - perhaps - if she described it up-front as a "non-refundable" deposit.

,,,

IANAL, but it still would not be non-refundable, since the party holding the deposit has declared they will not carry out the contract it is part of the consideration for.

Well done, what a load of hassle for £40, I'd chase it too, though, just out of principle, also now, if you do it again, hopefully not, at least you will be able to say, I took the last one to knock me for a deposit to court and they lost, so I'd advise you to return my deposit, it will save us both a load of hassle! 

Lenswonder said

All eyes on me photography if you look to the bottom of the page in the link provided below you will likely see why admin have given you the response you got.

Look for the heading titled important.

https://purpleport.com/articles/121/deposits-payments-and-cancellation-fees/

thanks will have a look

All eyes on me photography said

Unfocussed Mike said

All eyes on me photography said

well done had same thing happen maybe i should go down the same road

You should perhaps talk to the OP about who it was, and to admin. Twice would be a pattern in this case.

For the avoidance of doubt I'm still neutral on deposits. But even a non-refundable deposit exists only in the context of the service client failing to meet their end of the bargain. That seems a pretty obvious principle to stick to, and it should underscore why you shouldn't pay anyone a deposit if you don't know who they are and where they live.

Edited by Unfocussed Mike

admin do nothing about it did report it

I suppose they do say they don't get into disputes about deposits.

Though hypothetically if this is one model doing exactly this thing more than once, it's not really about deposits anymore. It's about a potential pattern of fraud.

Did you ask what your options are re: leaving a negative reference? 

Edited by Unfocussed Mike

done that and named and shamed but was removed