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Originally posted by AaronM
HELL NO!
Don't even think about doing this, Tom. I am not goig to bother reading the rest of this thread.
Trust me...Don't do it!
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Aaron and I have both had bad experiences with lending money to models in hard luck situations.
Here's one of my stories: I was all set up to do a g/g shoot in a nice hotel room. One of the girls is already there. The second girl shows up after phoning to say she'll be a half hour late (some models think nothing about wasting the time of 1, 2, 3 or more people by showing up late for shoots). When she shows up, she says, "I don't know if you can shoot me today, look at this." The other model and I watch her take off a wristband to reveal some gause. When the gause comes off, we see some deep cuts in her wrist. She says, "I got so pissed at my boyfriend this morning I put my hand through a window." These didn't look like the cuts you'd get by breaking a window, unless you rubbed your wrist over the jagged glass remaining in the frame. She offered to do the shoot with the wristband on and added that she needed to to pay her rent, but I felt that since the cuts were open, with the skin parted showing the flesh underneath, she needed to go to the ER for some stitches, so I told her I'd pay her for the shoot if she'd make it up soon. I gave her a large check for the shoot plus some cash for a taxi to the ER. Since then, she has been very difficult to reach, never having the time even for a brief conversation when I've reached her. Apparently, she's stopped modeling entirely. However, how has my kindness and generosity been rewarded? A year has gone by. Has she sent me a check for the shoot money I lent her? Has she proposed even a repayment plan of say $50/mo for 5 months? The answer is no. I will never see that money again.
Take that for what it's worth. I'm sure Aaron and I could tell you other stories of kindnesses unrewarded. The bottom line is, once the girl has the money, you are in the collections business and your chance of collecting is iffy at best.