About 3 or so months ago, we received a letter from a company called Kids.com. This letter was just a notice advising us they were notified about our son for modeling. We hemmed and hawed over it for some time.
I personally was concerned that it might be some scam. I did some online searches trying to see what they're really about. Their website looks genuine, but I really couldn't find out much about them, good or bad. We eventually called them and made an appointment to see them.
They gave us a soft sell, but a sell nonetheless. The bottom line is they wanted $595.00 for a five year deal of pictures, which breaks down to $119.00 a year for photos, not including a $20.00 seating fee which is not part of the $595.00, so the cost comes out to $159.00 a year for biannual photos.
When painted in that manner it seems rather reasonable. We gave them our credit card info for the payment. Everything is great.
On the way home, I'm feeling a little funny about the whole deal. Everyone thinks their kid is beautiful. I'm not gonna sit there and say that our son is head and shoulders above the other kids. I was just wondering did I just make a mistake? All I was thinking about is eventually scratching some funds together to send our son to college someday.
After we got home and situated I was e-mailed a website (Rip-off Report, something like that) link which basically had a long string of parents that paid money to Kids.com and got nothing for it, not one phone call.
I decided to enforce my cancellation option immediately. Per the contract we signed (1 page, no small print) we have 3 days to change our minds. We will send the letter tomorrow via next day mail.
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