As a professional performer, I answered a craigslist ad for a costume character. Jeff herring answered me and hired me (without ID or background) to work an event, as the character Mickey Mouse. He said that he was in Africa, and that I was to show up at this address, and perform for an hour and then send him his cut of the money via PayPal. He then put me in touch with someone who used to be the performer, but is now moving out of state... I met with her and she showed me a crowded warehouse full of NASTY looking old smelly costumes. She said that these get shipped all across the nation and there is no way to actually clean or sanitize them because they will get ruined so when they come back, she just sprayed them with Lysol and put them back in a box until they get used again. She let me know that Jeff is very unprofessional, and that he is basically nonexistent she has not ever met him, but has worked for him for many years she said that there was a crackhead lady named Roxana, who usually does his parties, but she is a meth head . There was never any background check done for me or an ID even asked for from this guy, Jeff Herring, but he wanted to send me out to a kids birthday party.
As a professional, who has done this for many years, I contacted the client the night before to make sure that I knew who the birthday party was, for what age what gender, and any details that I might need prior to my event. I reached out to Jeff after I spoke with the client to let him know that I had all the information I needed and that I would go ahead and pay pal him the money when I was done. He then told me to not ever contact his clients, and that he provided the number just for emergencies.
Being that, I was already apprehensive about him not checking my background before sending me in front of children, as well as not asking for ID or any kind of information about myself not to mention the way that the smelly Costumes Work kept, and the crackhead looking person who showed me the warehouse paired with him being " in Africa"- I told him that I was not going to do the party I did not feel comfortable.
He then began to harass me with hundreds of messages, demanding that I return the Mickey Mouse costume right away, and that he was going to press charges against me and call the police. After a lot of back-and-forth in which I let him know that he had the wrong person to be talking to that way, he sent a UPS label with his Santa Cruz address on it, and I sent back the Mickey Mouse costume. He continued to harass me and I wound up having to block him. He is very unprofessional, and I don't know why anyone would lie about being out of the country and needing to be pay pal the money, but the whole thing is weird. I did some digging and found out that Disney actually sued him a while back for using his characters unlicensed. This guy is a weirdo and very unprofessional do not do business with him. If you're looking for a costume characters tray, it's a party. They are way better, professional, and SAFE not a criminal crackhead.!! read more