I really really really wanted this to work out. I heard mixed reviews from other background actors about Joey's List some good, some bad, but there was enough good for me to give him a shot. I liked the whole online scheduling aspect of the service, and even liked how you can add extra photos free of charge. For the most part it started of good... but then a month and a half went by and I had been booked 3 times.
I wouldn't have thought anything of it, because I book myself plenty, but the fact I was almost always available and had only a couple restrictions but wasnt getting much from his site was a bit frustrating. What really frustrated me was my friends telling me how their services were booking them 3 or 4 days a week sometimes, and considering we have similar looks, it just didnt make sense that I wasnt being booked.
I know Joey worked at Central and has many ties still to Central, and he considers his business a listing service not a booking service because he understands how annoying it is to be on the other side and getting calls about "book my client" but it just didnt work for me.
I emailed him personally, he called and emailed me back, got defensive which is understandable because its his business, just felt like it was in bad taste to be aggressive about it, rather than try and suggest a solution. He did mention May, June and July are slow months, which make sense, but like i said earlier plenty of my friends are getting booked with their services ( not here to pitch anyone else) in this same time frame.
He was kind enough to refund me my money for this month... I will be taking that money and switching over to one of the other services.
Over all good learning experience, not so good booking experience. read more