I had the zoom meeting with her, along with several others. She did her pitch, played the "Scam, No Scam" game, all of which led up to her asking for $2,997 for the Miami Event. During this time, someone mentioned the company "Nine9," which claims to be "an unagency." I wrote in the chat box, warning everyone that Nine9 are scammers, due to my own personal experience with them where they deceptively tried to get me to spend over $1,000 on a portfolio. But before I could elaborate, Alycia panicked and told me not to say that and then demanded that I delete the comment before doing it herself. I thought that was rather odd. Why would she have a problem with me trying to warn everyone about them? I found out later on, where after finding out that I would be asked to spend almost $3,000, I told her that if it was just me, I would certainly go for it, but with the amount of money being spent, I would need to discuss it with my wife, as I would expect her to do with me. Anyone who is married would tell you that no one should spend a large amount of money on something without talking about it with each other first. After I told her that, she proceeded to try to emasculate me and belittle me. Even after I told her that I actually have an agent and have worked on a few independent films, she belittled my experience and then told me that I should find another hobby. It became obvious that she cared more about getting money out of me than anything else. I would have thought that being in a relationship with someone herself (she mentioned having a fiancée and a son with him--I'm guessing it was with him, anyway), she would understand the idea of discussing with one's significant other before spending a large amount of money on something like this. But no! She proceeded to degrade me and even made a derogatory reference to my anatomy. Very unprofessional of her--not to mention the fact that it's a form of sexual harassment, which I thought was supposed to be eradicated from the industry by the "Me Too" movement. I wonder how she'd like it if someone mentioned her IMAX-sized posterior. Anyway, she turned out to be a vile, disgusting woman, and is clearly a scam artist. If you get any invitation from VIP Ignite, ignore it, and avoid it!
Recommendation: STAY AWAY FROM VIP IGNITE!
And by the way, my wife is 100% supportive of my acting endeavors!