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6 Responses to “Working Overseas… Tips From The Big Gun + More”

1. on 19 Nov 2009 at 9:53 pm1    Isabella

   Thank you much for publishing our friendly warning and for your support and comments about our situation.
   with kind and sincere appreciation,
   Isabella Arevalo
   IsaTalent International

   
   
2. on 22 Nov 2009 at 11:18 am2    Mahmoud Taji

   One other reader sent me this email about the Voxbox people:

   “Hi Mahmoud,

   I saw your posting (about voxbox) and The same company sent me this email when I inquired about payment for another voice talent. It shows the depth of his unprofessional way of doing business. The only thing this person has done right is market himself – he has plastered his information all over the internet, making himself appear to be a large, well-established company. In reality, he is a charlatan who once played guitar in a failed rock band in India. It’s very sad – he does not pay his talent.

   …”The people I pay late are the inept ones. They are being made to wait for payment because they sucked at what they did.
   Yours Sincerely,
   Melroy D’Mello
   +919833020332
   http://www.voxbox.in
   Sent from my iPhone”

   I can assure you the talent is by no means “inept” and is one that my clients request repeatedly. This talent has almost 20 years experience and has always delivered a perfect performance!”

   after reviewing my voice over directory I noticed that I did include voxbox in it … they’ve been removed.

   If Melroy wants to clear his name (though the best way at this point would be that they make those pending payments first before trying to justify his actions.) then he can do so here. If he does decide to clear his name… his comments (if he leaves them) will not be posted until I get verification from these other voice over artists that they did receive their payments.

   Taji

   
   
3. on 23 Nov 2009 at 2:25 pm3    Peter K. O'Connell

   Taji:

   I had also written about this last week and this poor woman’s plight was also featured on Yahoo’s Voice Over Message board.

   http://blog.audioconnell.com/2009/11/20/be-in-it-for-the-money/

   Best always,
   - Peter

   
   
4. on 02 Dec 2009 at 7:33 pm4    Isabella

   Hi everyone! I am the Spanish VO female who was not paid by Vox Box and Melroy D’Mello in India. I truly appreciate all the support and feedback I have received from a ton of fellow VO professionals. The emails keep on coming non-stop! This goes to show us that even when we demand and receive a deposit in our pay pal accounts prior to commencing the project, we still cannot trust that we will be paid for our work. I also wanted to share that I received messages from Voice123, Voices.com and Bodalgo to let me know they had banned this character and his Box from their sites and had received complaints about them before my inquiries. I am posting an email from Aline, another female VO colleague who is not being paid by Vox Box. She wrote the following:

   From: Alline
   Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 4:08 AM
   Subject: problems with VoxBox

   Dear Colleague,

   My name is Alline, and I’m also facing problems with VoxBox. I even had to record (over 50 files) twice, as they asked me to record them as mono, low quality files and then complained about them. Almost 2 months have passed since I sent the files, and they keep on sending me excuses and apologies.

   I wonder if there’s anything we can do to stop them!

   I’m looking forward to hearing from you soon,

   Best regards,
   Alline

   
   
5. on 18 Dec 2009 at 2:04 am5    Jorge Velasco

   Hola Isabella,

   I’m really sorry about your situation and I will do my best to let colleagues know about these guys and their incorrect business behavior.

   Hope you get your money soon!

   Saludos desde Bogota, Colombia

   And Taji, congratulations on your GREAT blog. I’ve been reading it for months, but this is my first comment.

   
   
6. on 03 Feb 2010 at 5:03 am6    Priscilla

   I’m sorry I didn’t find this conversation before I recorded a lengthy E-Learning project (with numerous files) for Melroy D’Mello a couple of weeks ago. I haven’t been paid, and not one of my email inquiries have even been answered.

   I hope that a way can be found to alert even more of the international voice-over communinty about Melroy D’Mello. It would also be good for his potential clients to know about his refusal to pay for the voices that they will pay him to use for their projects!

   
   

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