D M E C K E R T wrote:
yes. people are thick. and it's only getting worse, i fear.

Doomed.

D M E C K E R T wrote:
yes. people are thick. and it's only getting worse, i fear.

They have to eat better and be more active.

PR Zone wrote:
Placed a paid casting with less than 48 hours to tie everything down

Instructions were "If you meet the criteria, email me with your contact phone number"

Almost NO ONE managed it

Other options the respondents tried include:-

- MM message

- Email with no number

- MM casting call response under my post

- Email with link to Flash based web site that won't open on an iPad

- MM friend request


All very sweet...   But why would anyone respond to a paid work casting with something OTHER than what 's requested?

Very frustrating because so many people have shown interest - but only 2 have done as asked

Anyone else get this ?

Am I judging the respondents too harshly?

Is that a rhetorical question?

PR Zone wrote:
Placed a paid casting with less than 48 hours to tie everything down

Instructions were "If you meet the criteria, email me with your contact phone number"

Almost NO ONE managed it

Other options the respondents tried include:-

- MM message

- Email with no number

- MM casting call response under my post

- Email with link to Flash based web site that won't open on an iPad

- MM friend request


All very sweet...   But why would anyone respond to a paid work casting with something OTHER than what 's requested?

Very frustrating because so many people have shown interest - but only 2 have done as asked

Anyone else get this ?

Am I judging the respondents too harshly?

MM isn't a modeling agency.

For instance, I had one model send me a message and say "text me."  I don't have a text plan on my phone--I emailed her back.  She was probably thinking I must be dense.  No, just no text plan.

I asked a model for her cellphone #.  She wouldn't give it.  Turns out she didn't have a cell.  Another wouldn't give out her phone number (I found out afterwards that she lived at home and didn't want her parents to know she posed nude).  Another had her phone disconnected b/c she didn't get all her bills paid.

I've sent messages to models and they reply with partial answers.  I found out later they were replying on their cell phone.  Which meant they couldn't see my entire message (or it was in tiny text) so replied to just what they could remember when they first read it.

Some models have issues with stalkers or worry about security so won't give out particular information.

Bottom line:  it's dense to assume that someone is dumb just b/c people don't give you everything you ask for.

Ed

PR Zone wrote:
Placed a paid casting with less than 48 hours to tie everything down

Instructions were "If you meet the criteria, email me with your contact phone number"

Almost NO ONE managed it

Other options the respondents tried include:-

- MM message

- Email with no number

- MM casting call response under my post

- Email with link to Flash based web site that won't open on an iPad

- MM friend request


All very sweet...   But why would anyone respond to a paid work casting with something OTHER than what 's requested?

Very frustrating because so many people have shown interest - but only 2 have done as asked

Anyone else get this ?

Am I judging the respondents too harshly?

You need to realize that nobody actually reads anything on the Internet.  If your casting was more than one sentence the people that looked at it probably never saw your instructions.  Be happy that so many models did not follow instructions.  At least you don't have to sort through them for possible use for your project.

PR Zone wrote:
You folks have put the smile back on my face :-)

let me take it back off. I understand you were in a time-pressure situation. but fraud and scams are everywhere. If someone offered a paid whatever and I had to reply including my phone number i would immediately be suspicious since I dont have a disposable burn phone for photography and probably would pass on it.
i understand with your time pressure you didnt have time to fkc around with multiple replies to prove its legit but at the same time the potential respondents dont know.

Be happy you got any on short notice. be amazed that even one followed your directions. but  I dont think you can simply toss this one off as 'idiots on the internet'.  perfectly smart ones would probably not reply.

Top Gun Digital wrote:
You need to realize that nobody actually reads anything on the Internet.  If your casting was more than one sentence the people that looked at it probably never saw your instructions.  Be happy that so many models did not follow instructions.  At least you don't have to sort through them for possible use for your project.

TLDR 

Yes some people are thick when it comes to casting calls. I don't post them any longer because I prefer to use the browse feature and get no replies!

Top Gun Digital wrote:
You need to realize that nobody actually reads anything on the Internet.  If your casting was more than one sentence the people that looked at it probably never saw your instructions.  Be happy that so many models did not follow instructions.  At least you don't have to sort through them for possible use for your project.

Wait. What did you say?

Christopher Hartman wrote:
They have to eat better and be more active.

somehow i think it's deeper than hfcs and a daily jog (to be completely glib)...but that's certainly a start.

PR Zone wrote:
Placed a paid casting with less than 48 hours to tie everything down

Instructions were "If you meet the criteria, email me with your contact phone number"

Almost NO ONE managed it

Other options the respondents tried include:-

- MM message

- Email with no number

- MM casting call response under my post

- Email with link to Flash based web site that won't open on an iPad

- MM friend request


All very sweet...   But why would anyone respond to a paid work casting with something OTHER than what 's requested?

Very frustrating because so many people have shown interest - but only 2 have done as asked

Anyone else get this ?

Am I judging the respondents too harshly?

asking for a phone number right off the bat comes across as sketchy.

why not have them message you saying they are interested. then you respond with exact details about the shoot, and you ask them if they can do it.  they message back "yes".  then you message back "great. here's my number should something come up. 555-555-5555. what's yours?".  they write back "555-555-5555.". then you write back "thanks.  see you then".

just food for thought.

Mark Laubenheimer wrote:
asking for a phone number right off the bat comes across as sketchy.

why not have them message you saying they are interested. then you respond with exact details about the shoot, and you ask them if they can do it.  they message back "yes".  then you message back "great. here's my number should something come up. 555-555-5555. what's yours?".  they write back "555-555-5555.". then you write back "thanks.  see you then".

just food for thought.

Nope is business phone numbers are NOT sketchy.
If your paranoid then get a Google phone number or any of those 40.00 a month cheep cell phones.

Business Lines are for just that business.

PR Zone wrote:
Placed a paid casting with less than 48 hours to tie everything down

Instructions were "If you meet the criteria, email me with your contact phone number"

Almost NO ONE managed it

Other options the respondents tried include:-

- MM message

- Email with no number

- MM casting call response under my post

- Email with link to Flash based web site that won't open on an iPad

- MM friend request


All very sweet...   But why would anyone respond to a paid work casting with something OTHER than what 's requested?

Very frustrating because so many people have shown interest - but only 2 have done as asked

Anyone else get this ?

Am I judging the respondents too harshly?

No you're not judging too harshly, but you are spending too much time thinking about all that went wrong.

If you set up hoops to jump thorough, ignore all but the last hoop...
Those that never make it through the first one, don't need your worry..



If I put up a casting call with directions to send me a direct email, I'll never even check my mm messages or count all those "interested" comments...

Death of Field wrote:

Nope is business phone numbers are NOT sketchy.
If your paranoid then get a Google phone number or any of those 40.00 a month cheep cell phones.

Business Lines are for just that business.

the photographer is not asking for the model's business number.  does the model even have one? he's asking for the model's personal cell number most likely.

PR Zone wrote:
Placed a paid casting with less than 48 hours to tie everything down

Instructions were "If you meet the criteria, email me with your contact phone number"

Almost NO ONE managed it

Other options the respondents tried include:-

- MM message

- Email with no number

- MM casting call response under my post

- Email with link to Flash based web site that won't open on an iPad

- MM friend request


All very sweet...   But why would anyone respond to a paid work casting with something OTHER than what 's requested?

Very frustrating because so many people have shown interest - but only 2 have done as asked

Anyone else get this ?

Am I judging the respondents too harshly?

Perhaps you might have said, "Jump through hoop A, walk along beam B, juggle the red, yellow, and green ball, do not touch the blue ball. Credit card number and social security number in subject line. Thanks."

First contacts ought to be done through the MM message boards. If a problem arises, the model can CAM. Trying to tell the model to go outside the establish system might have appeared as a red flag to some. The casting calls are set up for posting on the call itself or posting a message, not emailing and phone number exchanges.

Mark Laubenheimer wrote:
asking for a phone number right off the bat comes across as sketchy.

why not have them message you saying they are interested. then you respond with exact details about the shoot, and you ask them if they can do it.  they message back "yes".  then you message back "great. here's my number should something come up. 555-555-5555. what's yours?".  they write back "555-555-5555.". then you write back "thanks.  see you then".

just food for thought.

+1
No reason for phone numbers until you are ready to book or get very serious in booking that one model. Some models get creeps calling all day and night.

And let's face it, not everyone has a dedicated business phone or a trash phone for such instances. I rarely carry around the one cell phone I have, and I'm not about to carry multiple ones.

photo212grapher wrote:
Perhaps you might have said, "Jump through hoop A, walk along beam B, juggle the red, yellow, and green ball, do not touch the blue ball. Credit card number and social security number in subject line. Thanks."

First contacts ought to be done through the MM message boards. If a problem arises, the model can CAM. Trying to tell the model to go outside the establish system might have appeared as a red flag to some. The casting calls are set up for posting on the call itself or posting a message, not emailing and phone number exchanges.

MM is a shit place to actually book jobs fast when a client is on the line.
Sorry but the infrastructure goes too slow and down too often.
If you have a job on the line you don't need to be playing curveball.

MM is a great place to mess around and have fun, but as soon as money is on the line take it to your direct emails and phones.

This also saves time on the clients end.
I have several places that clients "book" me online.

If I had to recall who contacted me where each time my clients might be a bit upset at the lack of a timely response. Funneling all contacts and job into a central communications is a time saver.

Top Gun Digital wrote:

You need to realize that nobody actually reads anything on the Internet.  If your casting was more than one sentence the people that looked at it probably never saw your instructions.  Be happy that so many models did not follow instructions.  At least you don't have to sort through them for possible use for your project.

this, they saw money and said me me me

PR Zone wrote:
Placed a paid casting with less than 48 hours to tie everything down

Instructions were "If you meet the criteria, email me with your contact phone number"

Almost NO ONE managed it

Other options the respondents tried include:-

- MM message

- Email with no number

- MM casting call response under my post

- Email with link to Flash based web site that won't open on an iPad

- MM friend request


All very sweet...   But why would anyone respond to a paid work casting with something OTHER than what 's requested?

Very frustrating because so many people have shown interest - but only 2 have done as asked

Anyone else get this ?

Am I judging the respondents too harshly?

That means only 2 people have truly shown interest.

Female or Male Models 5'8" or taller (flat foot height) required for fashion designer shoot
Compensation: XXX
Date of shoot: xxx
Length of shoot: xxx
Other expenses covered: No
Total number of models required: 4 (2 Male, 2 Female)

Contact me via a private message for additional details if you meet the above criteria.

That might even be too long.

afplcc wrote:
MM isn't a modeling agency.

For instance, I had one model send me a message and say "text me."  I don't have a text plan on my phone--I emailed her back.  She was probably thinking I must be dense.  No, just no text plan.

I asked a model for her cellphone #.  She wouldn't give it.  Turns out she didn't have a cell.  Another wouldn't give out her phone number (I found out afterwards that she lived at home and didn't want her parents to know she posed nude).  Another had her phone disconnected b/c she didn't get all her bills paid.

I've sent messages to models and they reply with partial answers.  I found out later they were replying on their cell phone.  Which meant they couldn't see my entire message (or it was in tiny text) so replied to just what they could remember when they first read it.

Some models have issues with stalkers or worry about security so won't give out particular information.

Bottom line:  it's dense to assume that someone is dumb just b/c people don't give you everything you ask for.

Ed

Okay, maybe not dense, but none you described were in slightest bit professional, or trying to be. They all, in one way or another, flaked -- big time.

If they don't have a phone contact number, then they're not serious. I remember, when starting out and working as a freelance assistant, paying my answering service bill (before cellphones) and going without food.

Hugh Alison wrote:
When you think how stupid the average person is,
it's to think that 50% are even stupider.

I just sprayed my monitor with the coffee I was sipping.

Hugh Alison wrote:
When you think how stupid the average person is,
it's to think that 50% are even stupider.

What really worries me is that the latter 50% are seemingly running the country.   LOL

Studio36

studio36uk wrote:
What's with the phone number bullshit? It's like you people have never applied for a job before in your whole life! And you are treating a contact phone number, of all things, as if it is some kind of, "if I tell you than I'd have to kill you", national security, top secret, "eyes only" information. 

If you are IN business then DO business. Idiots!

No not idiots. Pathetic idiots!

OP: Yup. Thick as two short planks! [And with the attention span of a gnat.]

Studio36

It's like people who won't give out bank details (which we do every time we write a cheque or use a debit card): with your account number and sort code I can only pay money into your account, you dummy!

PR Zone wrote:
Instructions were "If you meet the criteria, email me with your contact phone number"

Almost NO ONE managed it  but only 2 have done as asked

Getting 2 real responses when you left yourself so little time;
is pretty good.

All those other people, they never read your casting, they just replied that way to multiple listings. They told you what you need to know; don't try to work with them.

Robb Mann wrote:
Well, you ARE using a forum that has multiple in-built messaging systems, and telling people to ignore those and do something else. You might as well email someone and tell them to send their response via US post.

Yeah but not everyone uses smart phones or sits by the computer all day - some of us actually get off our arses from time to time and venture out into the big outdoors...

Snyder Studios wrote:
Interested

Good one.
You always know those that say "interested" have never read what the casting was for.

RKD Photographic wrote:

Yeah but not everyone uses smart phones or sits by the computer all day - some of us actually get off our arses from time to time and venture out into the big outdoors...

Sorry. I fail to see any connection between my response and yours. Why did you quote me?