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I specifically do not want stylists,mua's and photogs to contact measking me to pay them for their services. Don't get me wrong,I'm not trying to be a TFCD queen, but I hate opening my mm account to see that some person has sent me a request to come to one of these powershoots for say ,$250 a pop. I'd rather pay a photog I'm interested in $500!! I state that I don't want to be solicited and it happens anyway. May 15 06 05:23 pm Link If you ask not to be solicited in your port, then it means they are not bothering to read it. Why would you want to work with a spammer? You can politely decline (stay professional), and explain why. It will (hopefully) make them think before they do it again to you or anyone else. May 15 06 05:28 pm Link Just politely "decline at this time" and K.I.M. Therefore you won't burn any bridges. May 15 06 05:31 pm Link No, it's not wrong that you have an attitude about it. I think it saves people a lot of time if you post beforehand what you are and aren't interested in. Unfortunately, some people just don't take the time to read someone's profile or, if they do, they think that they're some special case and that you'll make an exception for them. In all of my profiles on various sites, I have it clearly stated to not contact me about TFCD work or adult oriented work, but people still do it anyway. As I said, posting what you will and won't do beforehand saves a lot of time for both parties, but if the person coming to you doesn't read that to begin with, to me, that says a little something about them. May 15 06 05:35 pm Link well it says a lot about them. I sent them an email and then "they" apologized and asked me if Iwanted to pay $75 for another event that they are hosting.....Dammit man! May 15 06 06:55 pm Link Will you pay me $60.00 so i can fill my tank with gas???  May 15 06 07:03 pm Link Wow, that's pretty ridiculous. It seems like people are just trying to get money out of you by saying whatever. I'm glad you're not falling for it. Sucks they're on this site, though, and maybe some people are. But sometimes I think it can just be explained by the person not knowing that you don't look for muas to pay regularly. When I first opened an account here, I sent a few messages to photographers I wanted to work with that included my rates. I obviously realize now that if a photographer wants to pay me to work with him, he'll come to me. But I guess other people could make that mistake also. May 15 06 07:14 pm Link i guess part of the problem to me is that they are sending out mass emails hoping someone will bite it. I'm not super peeved, but it's like damn, I said no and then you come back asking will I pay $75 for an event that you invited "agents" to. So much for the polite decline. May 15 06 07:20 pm Link I think that what is happening to you is just as bad as photographers contacting models for nude work, when it specifically says in their profile (sometimes in all capital letters) that they do not pose nude. If these individuals refuse to pay attention to the ground rules that you set in your profile, then they really don't deserve a response. Delete them. Vent to your close friends about them. And, go along on your merry way. Yes, it is understandable that you would have an attitude about this. It didn't even happen to me, and I have an attitude about it after reading your post...lol May 15 06 07:25 pm Link Double post May 15 06 07:26 pm Link Well- I get the "I love your work and would like to shoot with you sometimes! My rates are..." all the time. What's the difference? May 15 06 07:56 pm Link WhiteBears Visions wrote: There is no difference. I've personally never quoted any rates unless asked. I just assume that if someone thinks my work is good enough to pay for, then they will ask my rates. May 15 06 08:03 pm Link WhiteBears Visions wrote: You are lucky. I don't get the "I love your work " part, I just get the " My rates are" part. lol May 15 06 08:05 pm Link Red Sky Photography wrote: They're just being nice. Like those old women who tell you what a 'handsome young man' but keep their pepper spray handy while talking to you.. May 15 06 08:15 pm Link I recieved two emails from models over the past week. One made me wish I had a project to work with her on and the other made me want to just toss her mail in the trash. The first let me know she was travelling in my area and asked if I had any projects I would like to use her on. I've never worked with her before but her email was polite and professional. A shame I don't right now. The second sent me a note saying "New model, check my portfolio. My rate for nudes is $100 per hour" and pretty much nothing else. Except it was all in capital letters with no punctuation. Nevermind my profile says I am only booking TFCD shoots at the moment while I'm between projects. Hmm, wonder which one I will be contacting? *grins* Though I do plan on sending model #2 a polite, "no thank you". Models aren't the only ones this happens to. Unfortunately, as others have said, people just don't READ. I never ask a model to pose nude for me if her profile specifically states she does not. I'm hesitant to ask even if she doesn't STATE it, if there are no nudes in her portfolio. May 15 06 10:22 pm Link The nice thing about doing fetish/porn is that nobody spams me...ever. The only people who contact me [for the most part] share my interest in D/s imagery. If you guys are getting spammed, it means you aren't frightening enough. May 15 06 10:40 pm Link I make every effort to read a person's profile before sending any type of email. I figure why waste my time and theirs if they've clearly stated their preferences. Although, I've also noticed that sometimes what a model says in their port doesn't quite match up with their pictures (ie, absolutely NO nudity, but then WHAMMO, right between the eyes with various body parts). Still in that case, if I was looking for a nude I wouldn't contact them because of their stated preference. I have noticed though, that a lot of models are quick to reply to me about no nudes, implied, etc even when that wasn't what I was suggesting. Guess they didn't read my email or figured that since I do have a couple in my port that's what I want to do. For the record, not the case. Edit: I've clearly gone a little off-topic sorry. May 15 06 10:54 pm Link Melvin Moten Jr wrote: This reminds me that I need to contact you at some point... May 15 06 11:33 pm Link Most of the people you are bugged about probably don't care what your port says or bother to read them... just spamming... they know if they hit every model here they will get some takers. May 15 06 11:59 pm Link If you think you are getting spam over MM private messaging, go to Contact-A-Mod under the Info tab and notify us of the problem. If we see a pattern, we will deal with the spammer. - Ched (Moderator) May 16 06 02:28 am Link i'll shoot u for 150..hahahahahah just ignore them! it's not as bad as being contacted by a model with 2 camera shots and one with their couple before prom sayin they'd like to shoot and askw hat your ideas to give u rates:) May 16 06 02:33 am Link |
