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A wedding network photographer.. good or bad??

Michelleb2587Michelleb2587 member
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I booked the photographer A wedding Network from Watertown CT and after I booked and gave them my deposit I have heard nothing but bad things I was wondering if anyone personlly or has heard anything about them. I am like freaking out if I should use him or not!! SOMEONE HELP!! lol
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Re: A wedding network photographer.. good or bad??

  • starrbuk13starrbuk13 member
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    edited December 2011
    personally, i think i'd stay away.  i have never heard of them, and from what i've found by googling them, it doesnt look good.  

    they have an F on the bbb website.  http://www.bbb.org/connecticut/business-reviews/photographers-wedding/a-wedding-network-in-watertown-ct-87065467

    they have also been sued twice in CT Small Claims court.  if you go to this link & enter their name, you will see the 2 suits.  it looks like they don't even bother showing up to court & then when they automatically lose, they don't bother paying.   http://www.jud2.ct.gov/Small_Claims/sc_SearchParty.asp

    don't give these people any more money.  if i were you, i'd cut my losses and find another photog.  if you paid the deposit via credit card, you can likely dispute the charge and hopefully get your money back!  you may want to file a complaint with the BBB, the Dept. of Consumer Protection, and the attorney general's office too.
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  • starrbuk13starrbuk13 member
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    edited December 2011
    just wanted to add...i don't mean to be harsh about it, i'm sorry that you're going through this and i know it sucks.  i had a vendor screw me over this exact same way...we hired him, he was horrible about communicating with us.  he ended up breaking the contract 3 weeks before our wedding & not giving us any of our deposits back.  *Luckily* we got back $1500 from our credit card company, but the other $1500 i took him to small claims court, won my suit, and he won't pay me.  Now he's out of business and I know I'll never see the money!
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  • mwitter80mwitter80
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    edited December 2011
    My friend is in the middle of a lawsuit with them still and her wedding was 2 years ago
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  • fcampanuolofcampanuolo member
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    edited December 2011
    they are bad. we used them last year for my wedding, well its been a year and i still have no pictures. we called over and over and e-mailed and still have no pictures. he was very unprofessional and was cought on our wedding video saying he was f-ed up on some good sh*t yep all on the video. so no dont ues him you will be so sad when the greatest day of your lives are not on film for you to enjoy. if i could pay tripple to go back and get someone else i would. sorry good luck.
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  • JayLover11JayLover11 member
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    edited December 2011
    BAD!!! I am very sorry you have to go through this.. I actually hired him and fired him!  Like the saying goes " you get what you pay for."  The owner/ head photographer is unreliable and unprofessional!  He sounds like he is constantly on "something".  When he took our engagement pictures he told us it would take a week.  We never heard from him until two months later.  I actually tracked down his business/partner photog and asked him what was going on..  Countless e-mails, phone calls through his personal cell and the gallery phone, I was finally able to get a hold of him.  I also filed a complaint with the state about him.  The gallery phone was out of service and his cell phone voice mail box was always full..  He is a disgrace to good photographers out there..  I walked away from the deposit and AWN, but it was minor rather than to deal with that low-life unreliable photographer.  Sorry again...
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  • ryanshell97ryanshell97 member
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    edited December 2011
    i booked them about 2 years ago..gave the deposit..and then didnt hear anything until it wsa time for the 2nd payment, of which we sent. about a month before the wedding, which was in nov, we did our engagement shoot. i was contracted tohave 2 photographers and 1 videographer. only raaz himself came and the videographer. i have not gotten anything completed from him.....ALL MY PICS ARE UN-EDITED AND THE VIDEO IS RAW!!!!! i am livid. i have left several messages, and i called today, and he was on the other line b/c i heard the 'beep' and didn't return my call. i will be taking this to the next level.
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