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JadeC 
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Posted: 14 November 2010 at 7:40pm |
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Is anyone else being inundated with offers from photographers from the Alk Parent and Child Show??
I was so excited by the first email, thinking I'd actually won something, but now I've been contacted by 5 different ones!
So far I've been offered:
- $180 worth of vouchers ($80 of it is for the session)
- free session and free 5x7 framed (two different places have offered this!)
- just a free session
I really want to take one (or maybe 2!) of them up, but I'm a bit worried about a hard sell to buy more pics!
So is anyone else getting the same calls/emails/letters?
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Posted: 14 November 2010 at 9:10pm |
Not photographers, just a bl**dy life insurance company phoning every 5 mins 
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JadeC
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Posted: 15 November 2010 at 8:09am |
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Ugh gutted! Thankfully the life insurance people haven't called here!
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Posted: 15 November 2010 at 8:35am |
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I got the life insurance phone call and then also an offer (i think) for a free photo shoot plus one free framed 5x7 print- which would be one of the ones you (JadeC) got.
Havent had anything else yet though, but I dont doubt i'll get the life insurance guy call up again...
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Posted: 15 November 2010 at 8:42am |
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I didn't enter any of their competitions for that reason! There did seem to be an oversaturation of photographers at the show.
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Posted: 15 November 2010 at 8:44am |
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I signed up at a few photographers places last year as we had been thinking about a pregnancy shoot and never again - I got harassed something shocking by one of them! He literally phoned at least once a week at my work, on my mobile and at home wanting to book us in even after me repeatedly telling him we weren't interested. In the end DH answered a call at home and had to be quite rude and told him to stop calling as I'd already said we weren't interested, but the guy got annoyed with us saying no thank you and yet still phoned me at work one more time after that!! I didn't realise the pressure we'd be under!
I am a bit weary of all photographers 'free' deals now, but that's just me.
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Posted: 15 November 2010 at 12:19pm |
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I had the life insurance people last year. They rang when I had no income and I think also the bar DP was working at was closing/had just closed and he had no income. Telling someone its for the good of their family and will only cost $5 a week when they have no income whatsoever isn't helpful. If I had $5 then fine, but I don't
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Posted: 15 November 2010 at 1:47pm |
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I got the free photo shoot plus one free framed 5x7 print - haven't taken it up yet and am amused with DH being a photographer. Still, might be nice to have a pic with him in it!
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Posted: 15 November 2010 at 7:22pm |
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Never trust a so called "free" photo shoot! My friend got sucked in by this at a wedding show and went along for the photoshoot and eventually got her 5x7 print - but she was soooo pressured to buy more I think she did in the end just to shut the guy up.
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Posted: 15 November 2010 at 7:32pm |
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I got the $180 one, im still waiting for my voucher to be sent though, thought i would have it done and see....
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Posted: 15 November 2010 at 9:29pm |
 Manda08 wrote:
I got the $180 one, im still waiting for my voucher to be sent though, thought i would have it done and see.... |
I asked for a price list, and they assured me it "just wasn't possible", but a framed 8x10 is $280. So unless a 5x7 is much lower priced, since the session costs $80, seems like we'd have to spend money to get anything, so I'm passing on that one. Not much of a "prize" as they're trying to pass it off.
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AzzaNZ
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Posted: 15 November 2010 at 9:34pm |
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how can it not be possible to give you a price list. Thats not a great way to run a business. Rude!
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Posted: 16 November 2010 at 9:29am |
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I got this one:
* A one hour fun-filled photo shoot of you and your family (worth $100)
* An exclusive viewing of your images
* A framed 5" x 7" image of your choice (worth $150)
On their website you can get this for $50 so I wonder why its 'worth $250'? Does an 'exclusive viewing' mean you have to go back in to see your images?
Thats so strange they wouldn't give you a price list!
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Posted: 16 November 2010 at 12:58pm |
Jade C if the studio who won't let you see a price list is Southern Studios, then they are the most expensive darn place ever.
We got sucked in by them last year. We asked for a price list at our shoot, wanting to see how much we should budget if we decided we wanted any pics. They told us "no. not available". We should have known then. The pics were great but so so unaffordable for us (think $300 + for one photo). And they definitely hard sell 
Vivid Photography is good...prices are not great but ok.
Haven't tried any others.
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Posted: 16 November 2010 at 5:53pm |
sunnyhoney wrote:
Jade C if the studio who won't let you see a price list is Southern Studios, then they are the most expensive darn place ever.
We got sucked in by them last year. We asked for a price list at our shoot, wanting to see how much we should budget if we decided we wanted any pics. They told us "no. not available". We should have known then. The pics were great but so so unaffordable for us (think $300 + for one photo). And they definitely hard sell
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Yep, thats them! To be honest I don't really like their style of photos anyway, so not fussed about missing out on them.
I might have to make DH stop me from being pressured to buy from the others, I can be a bit of a wuss that way.
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Posted: 16 November 2010 at 6:01pm |
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If anyone wants the details of a good photographer, pm me - I know a couple of different people.
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Posted: 16 November 2010 at 6:53pm |
Oh Sh*t... how can they not have a price list! They just come up with a price on the day! Ok def not going to go for that!
Thanks for the heads up! 
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Posted: 16 November 2010 at 7:13pm |
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Damn - I got the southern studios too, but that's rubbish! Haven't got my vouchers yet either. Maybe that's a good thing!
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Posted: 16 November 2010 at 7:14pm |
I've been to Southern Studios and his work is fantastic - pity about not disclosing the price list though 
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Posted: 16 November 2010 at 9:25pm |
Manda08 wrote:
Oh Sh*t... how can they not have a price list! They just come up with a price on the day! Ok def not going to go for that!
Thanks for the heads up! |
I'm sure they have one, I think htey just don't want to disclose it.
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