Re: SCAM MAY RIP OFF FREELANC

[scorpio <scorpio -at- ARTNET -dot- NET>]

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> * Originally By: In:spj-l -at- psuvm -dot- psu -dot- edu
> * Original Date: 05-17-96  14:51

>          SCAM MAY RIP OFF FREELANCERS AGAIN

>          For Immediate Release

>          York Life Magazine is back in business, despite failing to pay
>          previous freelancers, after promising the cheques in the mail.

>          York Publishing, the corporate wing of this faulty magazine
>          has been in business for over eight years,  according to the
>          publisher.  However, the magazine has not produced a steady
>          publication schedule in that eight year history, and has always
>          seemed to go belly up just as the freelancers demand cash.

>          The last time, the phone lines were disconnected, and the
>          Christmas issue (Dec. 1995) never appeared.

>          Around this time, several freelancers contemplated legal
>          action, but nothing ever came of it, as it was thought York
>          Life's grave was finally here.

>          We were wrong.

>          "I saw this ad in the Toronto Star's classified section for
>          freelance writers, so I called the number," said Jordan Green,
>          a freelance journalist originally scammed over a $1000.00 by
>          York Life.  "When the receptionist answered the phone  York
>          Life' I almost threw up."

>          York Life, a lifestyle magazine serving York Region may be
>          back, but ought to be avoided, at all costs.

>          "Freelancers should stay far away from York Life, unless they
>          don't mind working for free," said Green.

>          Risk is a fact of life, but unnecessary risks like York Life can
>          be avoided.  Freelancers should require a retainer of at least
>          fifteen per cent of the total expected pay (minus expenses)
>          from any new clients, to ensure they can really put their money
>          where their mouth is.

>          For further information:

>          Jordan H. Green, Freelance Journalist
>               e-mail:  jordan -dot- green -at- guildnet -dot- org

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