So now I know not to post on here the name of someone you are planning to book until you have a signed contract and paid the deposit!
As I posted a the day before yesterday, we met with Paul from Sunshine Entertainment, loved him and planned to book him yesterday. My FI emailed him in the early afternoon to tell him and ask him to send us contract to sign. He responded that he would be honored to be our DJ.
A few hours later he called back to say that he had just booked with someone else instead for our date. Apparently someone saw on here that we were planning to book him, called yesterday morning to make an appointment and booked him on the spot (AFTER he had agreed to work with us). He claims to not have known their date...but even if it was an honest mistake, that is some extremely poor organizational skills to not realize that he was committing to someone with the same date as a couple he had JUST agreed to work with.
I'm upset because we didnt get a DJ that we felt would be perfect for our event (but I guess if this is how he works-this is probably for the best), I'm upset myself for posting his name so someone else could rush to book him before we got a chance to pay, I'm just upset in general at the lack of organization and/or honesty in the situation in general...
So I guess couple lessons learned...don't trust everyone on the board and assume they are nice, don't mention names until you have a contract (someone might run out and grab them before you have a chance to sign), and don't trust all vendors to be honest people....bottom line-contract and $$ are what matters here, not your word.