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Are we being hosed? PHX bridal show.

I want to find out if anyone "won" anything at the Bridal Show. I'm thinking some of the vendors call EVERYONE and tell them they "won" something when really they are just trying to drum up business. Anyone wanna share?

Re: Are we being hosed? PHX bridal show.

  • edited December 2011
    They call everyone...especially Celebrity China- I got calls from them each year- and I've avoided their 2 stands for the past few shows
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  • edited December 2011
    I've only heard from one of the vendors that I won something. Of course it wasn't something I cared about. The vendors I was really hoping would call and offer me something have not. Booo. haha.
  • edited December 2011
    Guess what?? I was a "big" winner from Celebrity China too!! What a crazy coincidence!! LOL!!! And the worst part is that they sell your number & email to other companies... I get at least 4 or 5 calls a day from telemarketers that I "won" something.
  • edited December 2011
    I won 25% of favor at Bonnie's Favors (Kettlecorn)- and a free slideshow of our pictures from Legacy Videography if we book one of their packages.
  • edited December 2011
    Yep, the Legacy Video one was who emailed me, too. what are the odds??? lol
  • jmh447jmh447 member
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    edited December 2011
    Do you guys think its worth going to the bridal show? Or is it just a big scam to get business?
  • sari5765sari5765 member
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    edited December 2011
    I think it is worth it, especially for DJs- it's a chance to talk to lots of them and weed out the "Slick Ricks."  That's what we did and then made appointments with those we got positive vibes from. Because after meeting face to face with creepy vendors who sound good on paper, we wanted to minimize any further frustration. 

    But yeah, don't give anyone your name. I get approximately 9,765 emails a day because I gave out my info at the show in August. Ugh. 
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  • edited December 2011
    Oh goodness- ok, that's what I thought.
    Evil, guess we both one on their hourly drawing....... haha!
    Whatever, I wish I really won something, but I think it's still worth it to go for exactly what Sari said.
  • edited December 2011

    I totally still think it's worth it to go just like Sari said. We definitely narrowed down our DJ list and found 2 amazing videographers that even managed to convince FI that it would be a good investment.


    Plus, there's a booze stand there, so that made it all more bearable too! :)

  • sld0618sld0618 member
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    edited December 2011
    I got a call that I won something and had to go to the Double tree resort  to claim my prize.  I didn't enter in any trips though, so I was like yeah, I'm busy, bye!  I think it's worth it, but it's annoying to get our info sold.  I'm getting a lot of stuff at my house when I never gave any vendors my address.  So that means that the bridal show itself sold our info.
  • sld0618sld0618 member
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    edited December 2011
    Ps. I'm clicking unsubscribe on all the spam email coming in now.  Most of them have that option.  For the others, I'm just deleting them.
  • edited December 2011
    Evil, which videographer are you going with?
    I feel so funny writing Evil haha.
  • edited December 2011
    hahaha i know, i signed up under that name years ago as a funny joke i share with my future stepkids, can't change it without starting a whole new account- boo!

    We are b/t two of them- Vongspoth Studios and Nobox Films. Both do amazing, movie-quality work and have very similar pricing. And the videographers for both are a husband/wife or boyfriend/girlfriend team, which i like. I think my FI is leaning towards Vongspoth, but we'll probably have a sit-down with both before we decide.
  • tarynmichelletarynmichelle member
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    edited December 2011
    I was just telling my fiance tonight that I am never going to one of these things again. I, too, was a big winner from Celebrity China, who now calls me at least twice a day. I've also gotten close to 50 emails from vendors who I didn't even talk to at the bridal show, which makes me think the information I gave when I ordered my tickets online was shared without my knowledge.

    Luckily I am pretty much done finding all of my vendors, as I found the bridal show to be a bit overwhelming. There's no organization to it at all, and I felt like everyone was a bit pushy. I just went for cake and alcohol samples...which there was NOT enough of! I only saw three vendors who had cake samples, and all three were quite dry. :( And I only saw one alcohol stand that was a bit pricey. Definitely was hoping for a better experience!
  • edited December 2011

    I got Nobox's demo- it looked amazing.... def $$$ though.... so I don't think it's hapening for us!

    And I agree, Taryn- I think this is my last time going. I did, however, like the Raspberry Rum Cake from Robert's :-)

  • edited December 2011
    That is too funny. Legacy Video is my brother in law and Sister in law. They do good work but calling every person who entered saying that they won is annoying.

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  • divine_chaosdivine_chaos member
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    edited December 2011
    The bridal show was so crowded and I also ended up getting miserable amounts of email as did my FI. We did meet and book our DJ AND new cake designer from going to the show. We already had dress, clothes, rings, venue, etc...so it served its purpose. i also appreciated the beer and wine stand and the fashion show was kind of cool.
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