Free Makeover?
State of Being : Curious
Of course there's no such thing as "free". Received a call promising a free makeover; apparently was one of the 50 lucky winners drawn from a database. Turned up for the appt out of curiosity, expecting to have to pay $10-15 for each additional makeover pictures. The makeover was very minimal, with some hair styling and light powdering. Clad in my own attire, took close to 50 shots in the studio. The entire process was actually quite fun, posing witth minimal instructions from the female consultant. Finished the shooting in abount 30-45 min and was led to view the photos, where I prep myself for the sales pitch.
What surprised me that they are actually selling some lifetime membership for their services. Duh. Who would actually pay $2,188 for lifetime phototaking sessions, which include 2 event shooting (e.g. wedding & birthday) every 3 years, 1 passport shoot every year, etc etc. In fact, they are operating like a MLM co. promising members that they will earn back their membership fees through referral fees - $100 for 1st & 2nd successful referral, $150 for 3rd & 4th, $300 for 9th and above. Told them straight in the face that I've never been a fan of MLM!! Read this article "What's Wrong With Multi-Level Marketing? " by Dean Van Druff to better equip yourself with the pitfalls of MLM.
In the end, they had no choice but to "release" me with only 2 of the 50 photos taken. By the way, the co. is Snapz Image in case anyone is curious...
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1 comments:
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Dear Emale,
I have just encountered the same incident today. I feel so unjustified for me and my wife that I intend to "fight" back. Since we are in the same boat, please let me have your email address so we can share more on how to report this. My email is longjie_vincent@yahoo.com. Await your positive reply.
Regards,
Vincent
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