I posted my vendor reviews for my 9-29-12 wedding a while back. I wanted to post an update to a couple of them now that I have more information.
Smitty Dee's: I previously did not give them any grade, but shared the information I received from my planner on some tension and grumblings during my ceremony due to the transportation delay. I think it is worthy to note that Dimitri became aware of my review and called my husband to discuss the matter. He wanted us to know his side of the story and to explain that his issue involved becoming late for another bride's secondline due to our delay. Understandable. As I said before, I was not involved in the communication with him during the ceremony (obviously) and could only relay second hand info here. Now that I have seen my pro pics of the secondline, talked to so many of my guests, and my husband has spoken to the leader of Smitty Dee's himself, I can feel comfortable recommending them to other brides. Further, the band never actually attempted to charge us for the extra time. FWIW, the pictures are great- the band is professionally dressed, the grand marsall looks great and is engaging everyone, including myself, and the guests were thrilled.
Celebrity Limo- I stand my grade of an F. For those who followed my previous posts, I reported them to the BBB. They responded to my complaint, blamed the whole thing on the bad weather, and basically said it was all out of their control. However, they did refund a little over $400 to the credit card on file. They only did this so they could put this fact in their BBB response. I only learned of it when I received their response (recall that my last communication with them was when the owner hung up on me). The $400 does not begin to cover it, but it at least covered the 3 limos that weren't used at all. DH and I have decided not to pursue this any futher with them and move on from it. I hope my reviews here will help other brides from making the same mistake I did. I somehow overlooked previous negative reviews here.
Jennifer Zdon (Twirl Photography)- I have already posted a link of my sneak peek pics on her blog, but I just received all of my pictures last week and they are equally amazing. One last shout out for Jennifer! Also, I now have good pictures of my Christina O'Malley floral centerpiecs if anyone is still interested in checking out her work. I will be happy to email them if you PM me or post your email address here. I should get the DVD any day now.