There’s a magician by the name of Rob Matthies working in Vancouver right now with a company called Vancouver Birthday Party Rescuers, and he’s gaming search engines so that if you do a search on a Vancouver magician’s name with the word magician in it (eg: “Bob Jones magician”), then one of his hundreds of videos will pop up that have been uploaded to Youtube, Metacafe, Dailymotion, etc. that have been cross-indexed so as to improve his search results, frequently referring to Bob Jones by name, or else referencing him in the video descriptions. Making matters worse, he frequently goes nameless in these videos, so there’s a chance people might think that Bob Jones IS the $75 Elmo mascot you can invite to your party, if only you call the listed phone number.
I just want to make it clear for anybody who might have come here because I gave away my real name a while ago, or who has been searching for quality magical entertainment in the city of Vancouver, that I’m not affiliated with this guy at all. Hell, I’m not even currently in Vancouver.
Efforts to get in touch with this guy to get my name removed have been fruitless. I’ve contacted other magicians and they’ve said that so long as you haven’t trademarked your name, you’ve got no legal recourse.
If you’re at the point where you’re thinking that you’d rather not pay a higher price than what this idiot Rob Matthies is offering, do yourself a favour and don’t hire a magician, because these actions of his lack class, professionalism, and if he puts the same effort into serving your needs as an entertainer as he does into editing his videos, you’re just going to regret having hired a magician in the first place, and that hurts the entire industry, not just this guy.
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