Vendor bashing...

Nebb · November 2009

Horror stories?I know I heard of before someone bashing a vendor on here and the knot got sued or the knottie who posted it got sued. Can someone jog my memory here? OR another negative outcome to vendor bashing?

Pumpkin_Princess · November 2009

I don't know, but I don't really get it. I don't see why helping other brides by sharing a bad experience is so tabu. I was generally thankful when people shared.

mandysmear · November 2009

I heard of someone bashing her vendor and then the vendor asking her to take the post down.

squirrly · November 2009

I think the potential for that to happen is probably the root of the rules concerning vendor reviews. As in, you can only post factual reviews (she was late) not judgemental reviews (she didn't care about my wedding so she came 30 minutes late). I haven't heard any actual stories on the knot of it happening, though. (Someone getting sued over a review, that is.)

lyndausvi · November 2009

I've heard the same thing. But do not recall anything specific. I think a vendor review on the local level is helpful.

squirrly · November 2009

Yeah, we've had some borderline reviews on my locals. Knotties who crossed the line have typically been asked to repost just the facts. We've definitely got some negative reviews up, though.

buddhagouda · November 2009

Vendors pay a lot of money to advertise on the knot. The knot cares a lot more about making money than it does about anyone's wedding. Thus, they don't want any bad reviews ticking off the vendors that are paying knotmonkeytard's salary.

squirrly · November 2009

CS, the vendor should send their rebuttal to Knot Annie & she or the mod can post it on the vendor's behalf, but vendors aren't allowed to post as themselves at all. That's grounds for banning.

BeccaC1234 · November 2009

A girl on my local board called her dj "cheap" while she was making a recommendation instead of "inexpensive" so he canceled on her. She mentioned it to her DOC who found somebody willing to do it for free. Must be nice!

janedoe1113a · November 2009

You are allowed to post negative reviews of vendors as long as you're stating the facts and not making any defamatory comments. If the vendor wants to make a rebuttal to the post, they have to email Annie and go through her. Then, Annie will post the response in the thread.

tmm140 · November 2009

weddingwire.com gives you a great way to say what you really feel about the vendor without worry of "getting sued", I chose and UN-chose a lot of vendors by looking at that site.

betrothed123 · November 2009

I've heard of vendors backing out on contracts if a poor review is posted before the wedding.I think the knot doens't like it because some of these vendors pay to advertise on the knot. If the vendor is a paying customer, the last thing the knot wants is bad publicity for their customer. If the vendor is not paying for ad space on the knot, a review gets their name out there, whether good or bad, so it's basically free advertising for them.

TurtlesAllTheWayDown · November 2009

Vendors pay a lot of money to advertise on the knot. The knot cares a lot more about making money than it does about anyone's wedding.^ this.If you're complaining about your vendor before your wedding, then I think it would be a blessing if they canceled on you, and I'm not sure why you wouldn't do it first.

janedoe1113a · November 2009

Yea, I'm not sure why you would complain about a vendor before your wedding.

betrothed123 · November 2009

One of the girls on my club board was complaining that her photographer didn't respond to an email in a timely manner. It had only been like 2 days, and we were 10 months out. The photographer backed out because he could tell she was going to be overbearing the whole way through the process. I can't say I blame him.

buttaflai · November 2009

I am another advocate for weddingwire.com. Vendors can also flag a review, but then you supply evidence that you were in fact a customer (a scan of the contract) and your review is back up for other brides to see.

banana468 · November 2009

I've seen it a few times where someone posts a rather emotional review of a vendor and the vendor opts to sue for slander.I think this happened to someone on my local a few years ago and I don't know the specifics but I do know she wasn't allowed to discuss the vendors from her wedding once she was notified.The bottom line is that if you're going to post, it makes zero sense to post with emotion. Post the facts that can't be debated.

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