John Robert Powers
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Biggest Scam Out There...Stay Away for your own good
JRP- ripoff
John Robert Powers is a TOTAL Scam Stay away from KJ
The owner Michael is questionable and hostile
I am completely upset and disilutionated
JOHN ROBERT P..DONT DO IT!!!
John robert Powers New York
I have no idea what these people are talking about! Every single JRP is individulally owned.
My daughter attends the JRP in Manhattan on 33rd st. She was trying to get into the business for so long. We went to all those so called marketing companies that say they send out your pictures or make you maintain a website. NOTHING came of any or it!!!!!!
When we went to audition for JRP NY we were skeptical. When I met with the talent director Debbie she was very honest with us. She didn't pretend or guarantee anything other than the best training and the opportunity to meet the top agents in NYC 2xs a month. I signed my daughter up for the least expensive program and Debbie didn't push us to do more.
Well 3 months later my daughter is signed with Abrams Artists, one of the best agencies in the country!!!! Thank You Debbie and JRP NY!!!!!!
A Big Scheme
John Robert Powers Canada CLOSING
The John Robert Powers schools (JRP) are apparently now bankrupt and will be closing at the end of April. The Montreal school closed in February, the Vancouver and Calgary schools are in the process of closing and Toronto is expected to close within a few months. This closure leaves hundreds of families without the services they paid thousands of dollars for. In addition, there are numerous families that registered for classes, paid in full, cancelled their contracts and are currently awaiting reimbursement. These people will never receive a refund from the company, despite never receiving service.
However, the owners of those schools have now opened Rock Star Academy (www.rsaacademy.com), located at 475 Granville Street. This is a talent school, similar to that of the aforementioned John Robert Powers. The kicker is that they have done lots of work developing a scripted-reality TV show, of the same name. The school is using as bait to lure families in to their open auditions, as they are told they are auditioning for the TV show, but are then sold acting and singing packages costing thousands of dollars.
They also have been traveling to smaller cities, selling classes under the names of the Youth Film Academy (located in Vienna, VA) and are selling attendance at the International Presentation of Performers (iPOP) talent convention in Los Angeles.
I can tell you that their only concern is lining their pockets. There is no concern for the creative development of their clients.
I was a teacher working in Toronto, and can assure you they are scam artists.
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John Robert Powers... Take it for what it is!
John robert powers is a lying company
John Robert Powers -- complete scam!!!
They are a complete scam. They want you to shell out ten thousand dollars to START the program!
Oh and you have two days to make the decision. I didn't go to the call back on Sunday and "Jeff" texted me on monday morning telling me that today was his last day in town and was still signing kids up for the showcase. I told him that I had reservations about spending all that money and that we really couldn't afford it without some type of scholarship, tuition waiver, something. All of the sudden he sends me a text saying that her spot was already filled and that there was no need to move forward with me because of my "bad communication" Are you kidding me?????
All I said was that I didn't think we could afford it. That shows you what kind of company they are right there. If you don't want to shell out THOUSANDS of dollars right away with two days to make the decision they kick you to the curb. An company like that that pushes you to make HUGE, life changing decisions is either sleazy or a scam.
He then proceeds to text me for the rest of the day saying that I am a "momager", immature, etc. Then in the end he tells me that he would never work with me and it was a shame because he has a few families that were income eligible to do it for free?!?!!?!?! That was all I asked about in the beginning!!! I was not rude, mean, anything!
I was very polite and was treated TERRIBLY! They try to take advantage of people and try to get little girls hopes up by saying they work for Disney, Twilight, Nickelodeon, etc. so they guilt their parents into it, in addition to their guilt.
Also, I don't know if it's true but I have read in several places that Disney, Nickelodeon and Twilight are all suing them for using their names, etc. I would not recommend them to my enemy!!!
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I used to work at JRP Calgary Montreal and Toronto and oh my god I felt dirty the whole time I was there! U r supposed to do a mini commercial and of course the best commercials go through.
Well that's not the case. It all depends on your parents occupation. We were told to not even review the tapes! If u think that's bad if both parents had low paying jobs they got thrown away!
Although u r there to think that u beat out a bunch of people over half are accepted and we were supposed to tell the parents when they called back the next day that if they had a minimum of 2000 we would accept that kid regardless. Mimi is one of the owners and she is pure ***!
Many people say that JRp is a Fake company
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Please don't think I'm stupid, cause I'm not. My daughter just went in and was told she was very good and they were excited - now Eden (my daughter) is excited and I'm not sure if this is real or not real.
Don't want Eden to get her heart broken. She wants to go into broadcasting. Is there another route to go for her dream that we aren't aware of?
Thanks for your help. Sarah Vander Zee sarahvz@***.net
My daughter is interested in modeling and acting. Where and how is the best way to get her started?
Anyone with any ideas? Ive been to John Robert Powers, have heard bad things about them, and just not sure.
I was accepted into jrp. It's such a scam.
I was accepted in one minute. $9000 later, I was nowhere. Please don't fall for this company. It's terrible.
I had to write down everything I ate when I modeled, and was looked down upon because I wasn't a size zero.
Some girls would eat 500 calories a day, and the teacher would applaud how food they are doing... Don't be fooled by them!!!
I took my children to their event!! the president of the organization audition my children an said they qualify in 1 minute!!
i talk to the sacammer!! he said needed money!!to start!! made me an apointment for next day!!! bing up front cash!!!
full!!no instalments!!and the picture resume is aditional $500.00 bucks!! also if called to a convention!!
i had to pay my family expenses!! but like lots of this type of looking for talent scams we have been to, i know what their r up to!!!...so i put his # on my cell blocked and *** him about calling me or scaming!!