CliveHurst Posted 23 March 2006 Posted 23 March 2006 Agency sign up - at a Hotel? If you have signed up with an employment or promotions agency at a hotel, and you are a member of the public, not a professional actor/extra or model; or you have not done any professional work in 'modelling' - which is why you joined the agency; and you have had no work from that agency; then you may be entitled to a complete refund under the 'Doorstep Selling Regulations'. A 'doorstep' means any venue other than the company’s premises, which means places like your home or at a hotel. Therefore if an agency gets you to sign a contract at a hotel, then you may have a legal right to a 7 day cooling off period. Which means, that within this period you may be able to exercise your legal right to cancel the contract, even if photographs have been taken of you etc. Therefore, you may have a right to a full refund without any deductions. If the agency does not show this cooling off clause clearly on the contract, next to your signature; then the cooling off period is in perpetuity. This means there is no time limit to when you may be able to exercise your right; to a full refund... If anyone feels that they have been mislead, or have not received a cooling off period; and would like to advise the Office of Fair Trading of their experiences, then contact: Consumer Direct Office of Fair Trading Fleetbank House 2-6 Salisbury Square London EC4 8JX Telephone Consumers Direct: 08454 04 05 06 Below is a specific case which has determined European Law on 'Doorstep Selling': Travel VAC SL -v- Sanchis C-423/97; [1999] EUECJ C-423/97 22 Apr 1999 ECJ Consumer, European A contract for a time-share sold away from the registered office of the vendor was subject to the doorstep selling directive, and a right of cancellation applies. This may be so even if it had been signed at the time-share complex, if that was not the registered office of the company. The consumer can renounce the contract without proof of any duress and may not suffer any penalty for this. As per my BBC Radio Leicester interview this morning at 8-15am
The People's Hero Posted 23 March 2006 Posted 23 March 2006 Agency sign up - at a Hotel? If you have signed up with an employment or promotions agency at a hotel, and you are a member of the public, not a professional actor/extra or model; or you have not done any professional work in 'modelling' - which is why you joined the agency; and you have had no work from that agency; then you may be entitled to a complete refund under the 'Doorstep Selling Regulations'. A 'doorstep' means any venue other than the company’s premises, which means places like your home or at a hotel. Therefore if an agency gets you to sign a contract at a hotel, then you may have a legal right to a 7 day cooling off period. Which means, that within this period you may be able to exercise your legal right to cancel the contract, even if photographs have been taken of you etc. Therefore, you may have a right to a full refund without any deductions. If the agency does not show this cooling off clause clearly on the contract, next to your signature; then the cooling off period is in perpetuity. This means there is no time limit to when you may be able to exercise your right; to a full refund... If anyone feels that they have been mislead, or have not received a cooling off period; and would like to advise the Office of Fair Trading of their experiences, then contact: Consumer Direct Office of Fair Trading Fleetbank House 2-6 Salisbury Square London EC4 8JX Telephone Consumers Direct: 08454 04 05 06 Below is a specific case which has determined European Law on 'Doorstep Selling': Travel VAC SL -v- Sanchis C-423/97; [1999] EUECJ C-423/97 22 Apr 1999 ECJ Consumer, European A contract for a time-share sold away from the registered office of the vendor was subject to the doorstep selling directive, and a right of cancellation applies. This may be so even if it had been signed at the time-share complex, if that was not the registered office of the company. The consumer can renounce the contract without proof of any duress and may not suffer any penalty for this. As per my BBC Radio Leicester interview this morning at 8-15am CLIVE HURST OUT. Bring back Levein. And Trev. And Gerry.
Babylon Posted 23 March 2006 Posted 23 March 2006 I don't think the ugly buggers on here will believe they are being signed up as models.
Nationwider Posted 23 March 2006 Posted 23 March 2006 the cooling off period is in perpetuity. ...has a nice ring to it.
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