- Report: #748644
Complaint Review: Big Shot Digital Photo - Medway Massachusetts
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andrea -
Quincy, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Big Shot Digital Photo
281 Villiage St. Medway, 02053 Massachusetts, United States of America
Phone:
617-872-3517
Web:
bigshotdigitalphoto.com
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Big Shot Digital Photo Joshua at Big Shot Digital Photo discriminate, unethically collected money, lied Medway, Massachusetts
My husband and I were planning for our wedding when we posted a
Craigslist ad for a photographer to shoot our wedding. We got about one
hundred responses. We were willing to pay someone for the job, when we
stumbled upon an e-mail from Josh Handverger from Big Shot Digital
Photo. In his response to our ad he stated that he had never shot a
wedding and would do it for free in hopes that he might get hired for
weddings in the future. I spoke with him over the phone and he sounded
lovely so I agreed to have him do it for free letting him know what we
would compensate him in some way. Not necessarily money. (i.e good
reference, a gift card, a small amount of money as a tip) This was okay
with him and he said in an e-mail after sending the photos from the
wedding that he had included a self addressed and stamped envelope that
was for us to pay him if we chose to. We were thinking of something nice
to do for him when out of nowhere he started sending very rude messages
over facebook informing us that he would take us to small claims court
if he did not receive the money "we had promised to pay him". There was
no such promise. There was no contract. I have proof of all e-mail
correspondence. He claimed he spoke to me over the phone and discussed
payment of, according to him, "a 100 dollar range". Originally we
decided to let him take us to court because we knew we were right and
that he would without a doubt lose the case. Upon speaking with family
members I was advised to send him one hundred dollars to avoid having to
take the day off of work, and to avoid the hassle. I took their advice
and got a USPS money order for 100 dollars and sent it to him via
certified mail. I wanted to make sure there was no way he could lie and
say he never received the money. Upon checking my e-mail to make sure
that he had signed for the money, I found that instead of signing his
own name, he had written "U R SO FAT". I am not sure that anyone would
want to do business with someone like this. We were scammed by Joshua
Handverger at Big Shot Digital Photo. I'm sure others were before this
and I'm sure others will be after. I am looking to put a stop to this
immediately. If needed I can provide proof all e-mail correspondence and
all receipts. I can also, provide his "signature" for the certified
mail that included his undeserved 100 dollars. And to top everything
off, our photos are grainy and extremely unprofessional. I do not want
this man to be able to own a business if this is the way he treats his
clients.
Craigslist ad for a photographer to shoot our wedding. We got about one
hundred responses. We were willing to pay someone for the job, when we
stumbled upon an e-mail from Josh Handverger from Big Shot Digital
Photo. In his response to our ad he stated that he had never shot a
wedding and would do it for free in hopes that he might get hired for
weddings in the future. I spoke with him over the phone and he sounded
lovely so I agreed to have him do it for free letting him know what we
would compensate him in some way. Not necessarily money. (i.e good
reference, a gift card, a small amount of money as a tip) This was okay
with him and he said in an e-mail after sending the photos from the
wedding that he had included a self addressed and stamped envelope that
was for us to pay him if we chose to. We were thinking of something nice
to do for him when out of nowhere he started sending very rude messages
over facebook informing us that he would take us to small claims court
if he did not receive the money "we had promised to pay him". There was
no such promise. There was no contract. I have proof of all e-mail
correspondence. He claimed he spoke to me over the phone and discussed
payment of, according to him, "a 100 dollar range". Originally we
decided to let him take us to court because we knew we were right and
that he would without a doubt lose the case. Upon speaking with family
members I was advised to send him one hundred dollars to avoid having to
take the day off of work, and to avoid the hassle. I took their advice
and got a USPS money order for 100 dollars and sent it to him via
certified mail. I wanted to make sure there was no way he could lie and
say he never received the money. Upon checking my e-mail to make sure
that he had signed for the money, I found that instead of signing his
own name, he had written "U R SO FAT". I am not sure that anyone would
want to do business with someone like this. We were scammed by Joshua
Handverger at Big Shot Digital Photo. I'm sure others were before this
and I'm sure others will be after. I am looking to put a stop to this
immediately. If needed I can provide proof all e-mail correspondence and
all receipts. I can also, provide his "signature" for the certified
mail that included his undeserved 100 dollars. And to top everything
off, our photos are grainy and extremely unprofessional. I do not want
this man to be able to own a business if this is the way he treats his
clients.
4 Updates & Rebuttals
voiceofreason
North Carolina,United States of America
Sumthin fuh nuthin
#2Consumer Comment
Tue, January 03, 2012
Someone's always trying to get something for nothing.
1: Why on earth are you using Craigslist to find a wedding photographer, instead of either getting trustworthy references, or gleaning such from the normal internet?
2: It's supposed to be your big day. Why do you trust its memories to someone who at best, you had to believe would be a novice/amateur just starting out? How cheap can you get?
3: You bitched about having to pay the man a lousy $100? Where on earth would find even a grainy photo crappy photographer to do a wedding for $100? Or even $1000 dollars, let alone a lousy $100.
4: How do you know he doesn't have a principal partner of Chinese extraction named U R So Fat? Perhaps not likely, but it is possible, in which case you are denigrating Asian Americans by mocking Mister Fat's name. The U R could be initials, perhaps Ulysses Robert, etc.
5: Please tell us how the $50 videographer did, or was your wedding shot using one of those $70 pocket camcorders?
6: Did you have a DJ, or just set an Ipod to auto play and shuffle?
I'd love to see you take this to court. Hopefully your judge will at least have a sense of humor and laugh at the "signature".
Owner
United States of AmericaWho scammed who?
#3REBUTTAL Owner of company
Tue, January 03, 2012
Hi,
This is truly unfortunate that this one customer unhappy over a $75 wedding continues to cause problems for my business.
She filed this report verbatim on dozens of internet sites and after being served with a Cease and Desist, refuses to take them down.
Please check out both sides of the story here:
http://www.bbb.org/boston/Business-Reviews/photographers/big-shot-digital-photo-in-medway-ma-124511/
And you decide who scammed who.
References are available.
Owner
United States of AmericaWho scammed who?
#4REBUTTAL Owner of company
Tue, January 03, 2012
Hi,
This is truly unfortunate that this one customer unhappy over a $75 wedding continues to cause problems for my business.
She filed this report verbatim on dozens of internet sites and after being served with a Cease and Desist, refuses to take them down.
Please check out both sides of the story here:
http://www.bbb.org/boston/Business-Reviews/photographers/big-shot-digital-photo-in-medway-ma-124511/
And you decide who scammed who.
Hundreds of references are available.
dissapointedinmiami
miami beach,Florida,
USA
Keller Williams Miami Beach
#5Author of original report
Sun, July 03, 2011
Follow-up:
All of the following people were left several detailed messages, including a certified letter, by me. None of which repsonded to me:
KW Broker Susan L. Lawson BK 3164367
LLC attorney and designated rep: Steven Baird, P.A. 5981 NE 6th AV Miami, 33136
Listing and buyer's agent: Jack Coden SL 687911 Cell 305 694 3943 Office 305 742 5225 [email protected] Jackcodengroup.com
KW Miami Beach owner/agent: Thomas Toolin, SL 3064437
Miami Beach Realty, LLC aka Keller Williams Miami Beach Realty Email [email protected] Website miamibeach.yourworkoffice.com Fax 305 695 111office 305 695 1112
Attached is a photocopy of my certified letter receipt to them requesting my deposit and pre-paid rents. It was signed by KW on 03/17/11
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