Since I have been threatened with legal action of libel by David after my initial review, I am only allowed to state facts and not my personal opinion. While I understand I submitted a harsh initial review, it was nothing short of honest and I wanted to share the experience we had so that others may make a more knowledgeable decision regarding their vendor choices. Additionally, I do not believe clients should be subject to their vendor making false accusations about a marriage certificate and having legal action against them for sharing their experience.
Pros:
He had neat lighting and a snow machine
He meets with clients prior to the wedding date
Cons:
He was late to our ceremony
He came earlier in the day to set up so his equipment was there but he was late for the actual ceremony and we had to wait to start until his arrival
He set up a fog machine (we did not want a fog machine) that was set off during my father daughter dance. David states he does not know who plugged in the fog machine or turned it on. All of his equipment is run by remote controls but regardless, a fog machine takes liquid and he brought the machine and set it up with liquid. After the machine filled the dance floor the fire alarms went off causing the fire department showed up. This alarmed many guests and as such, my Dad and I cut our dance short
In our opinion, we could not understand David speaking on the microphone
In our opinion, the songs abruptly moved from one to the next. We did not feel they were faded together at all.
He played the wrong song for the bridal party entrance although i corrected him at the rehearsal
He was at the venue until 1am but we needed to be out by 11:30. We then had to pay the overtime fee for the venue
o The timeline stating the time vendors needed to be out was emailed to David as on January 24th
The He stapled cords into the walls at the venues and although he was told not to, he spackled the staple holes and causing us to lose some of our damage deposit
o He did try to pay the venue directly but since he was not who they had a contract with they advised me to get the money from him. Since this was a cost from him stapling up the wire to the snow machine I agreed to cover this expense. My husband and I were expecting to be refunded the overtime charges he caused from staying late so to me this was not a big deal. But David has since retracted his statement of wanting to turn the mistakes into a positive situation.
David was unhappy with the damages and late fees the venue reported to the coordinator and I. On February 27th He wanted a copy of my contract because "I plan on taking further action in discussing Nelda very untrue comments about me and what happened with our working relationship."
A wedding is an emotional day and as such, I had a lot of strong feelings about the mistakes that happened after spending over a year of planning. I did write a truthful but opinionated review that conveyed how I personally felt about his work and the information that was given to be about the events that occurred from both the coordinator and the venue. A few days later, I received the following email:
o Kristen,
You need to stop writing untruthful comments about what really happened on your wedding day. I tried to take care of my mistakes but you would not even give me the time of day. I am about ready to file charges that your wedding license was forged and is not legal. You should think about what you are doing!
David
We received our Wedding License by the courthouse and nothing was forged. Further, David had nothing to do with my wedding license or my marriage certificate.
When I did not respond or remove my review I received an additional email:
Dear Kristin,
After giving this a lot of thought, I have decided to retain legal counsel so that I can file and pursue legal action against you for your personal attack on me and the lies you have included in your reviews that you have submitted to Wedding Wire, The Knot, & Yelp. It is one thing to write about my mistakes which I did try to make right on, but when you make this a personal attack against me and lie about what went on at your wedding day, I won't stand for it. I have contacted Kerra and will be getting supporting facts form Julie, Emily & Kerra as well from Colin who was there and witnessed the conversation with Alyson at the venue about what was factual and the fabricated lies you said in your reviews.
This email is not meant as a threat; but as a courtesy. If you would like this to all go away, then I would suggest you rethink what you wrote and remove the untruthful information on your reviews. If I don't hear back from you or see the removal of these reviews, I will proceed in legal action against you for libel.
Yours Truly,
David Anderson
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