To whom It may concern,
DJ RonnieB is a Scam. Do not do Business with them.
They will cheat you out of payment or send you a sub par and unskilled DJ to run
your Event. The website is deceptive and shows DJ and Lighting that he can not
guarantee. This company Sub contracts DJ's without any knowledge of their
experience and sells them as if they are his trained professionals. They are
based out of Chicago Illinois area, but they represent themselves as if they are
local to you. DJ RonnieB books an event, takes payment in full up
front, Calls or emails a local DJ in your area in a panic, begs them to cover
the event, sends a contract (very official looking I might say), Promises
payment is in the mail, They perform the event, then he Never pays the DJ
company, instead, he quietly disappears, ignores your emails and never ever
contacts you again. A quick search of his name online turns up multiple
complaints. DJ RonnieB offers no physical person to ever communicate with. You
will always get an answering service when you call. Prior to your event you will
have lots of email correspondence with him. As soon as the event is over you
will see him drop off the face of the earth. In this age of Internet planning
and booking, don't be deceived by an easy to use website. Their prices are very
low for wedding and schools events, this is why he is able to suck so many in.
Obviously this business plan can not remain sustainable. All things eventually
catch up with you. Please do Your research before using this company. Know what
Your Getting and Getting into.
The following line of correspondence took Place between
Myself and Ron Beam through Email.
April 30th 2010 To Destination Events From Ron Beam
Hi-
I am in desperate need of a very last minute DJ for a High
School Prom in Gold Beach. We are a national DJ company based out of Chicago and
we normally have a DJ in that area of Oregon, however he just canceled on us
last night due to an emergency and now we need this gig filled ASAP. We were
hoping that you could please, please help us out. We only charged the client
$400 for the prom, and we would be willing to loss any profit on it just so we
can get it filled and make the client happy. I know it's a far drive for you,
but if you could please help out with this that would be great!!! Let us know
what kind of deal you could make us. Thanks!!
--
Ron
Beem
President, DJ RonnieB
Productions, LLC
On Apr 30, 2010, at 11:26 AM, "Destination
Events"
What is the Date? you never mentioned date, time or
exact location. We could maybe cover it if I have all the details.
Thanks,
Casey
On Apr 30, 2010,
It's tomorrow may 1 at 7 pm in gold
beach
Ron Beem
President, DJ RonnieB Productions,
LLC
On 4/30/2010 11:52 AM, Destination Events
wrote:
I can Cover this event. Distance will require me to
put a DJ up for the night in a hotel. Best Price I could do is $550. If you want
me to cover this event Please let me know ASAP.
Thanks,
Casey
On 4/30/2010
Ok that's fine, like I said I would rather get the
event covered then upset the client. I've just emailed over a e-sign contract so
you can get paid. The prom starts at 7pm and is at:
Event Center on the
Beach-Fairgrounds
XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
The contact person is
XXXXXXXXXXXXX and her number is XXXXXXXXXXXXX .
I've also attached a PDF
of the music worksheet, basically it's just top 40 music.
Ron Beem
President, DJ RonnieB Productions,
LLC
April 30th, 2010 Destination events
said:
Sound Great we will do it. How do we work out
payment. I'm a little uncomfortable without a contract or money in hand. Can We
be paid by you prior to the event. I can accept credit cards. We can do contract
too if you like. Let me know. But We are good to go.
Thanks,
PS. Do we need to contact client? Is she expecting
a contact or can we just show and do the event. What time is set up? and How
late is it scheduled?
Thanks,
Casey
On 4/30/2010 12:40 PM, Destination Events
wrote:
Ok sorry, I didn't see the other email with the
contract. I'm filling that out now. How do we do payment in this
situation?
Casey
On 4/30/2010
In answer to your other email, there's really no
need to call the client unless you want to. The prom is supposed to start at 8pm
and go until 11pm. I told them you would be there around 6 to setup just to play
it safe. For payment I just mailed out a check to you. Let me know if you have
any other questions, and Thank You very, very much for covering this at the last
minute for me!!
Ron Beem
President, DJ RonnieB Productions,
LLC
On 4/30/2010
Ok Sounds Great.. We will most likely arrive
between 6 and 6:30. I noticed on the contract that I put the wrong zip code. It
should be 97477.
Thanks. We will give the Gold Beach Kids a great
time.
Casey
On 4/30/2010
Ok sounds great Thanks!!
Ron Beem
President, DJ RonnieB Productions,
LLC
This is the last correspondence I have had with Ron.
His email above stated that he "just put the check in the mail" on
4/30/10.
As of today (5/13/10) I have still not received payment
from him. I sent the following correspondence to him on 5/11/10.
5/11/10 Destination Events Wrote:
I'm following up on the event we performed for your
company In Gold Beach Oregon 11 days ago. You mentioned that the check was in
the mail to us on that Friday. I have seen no payment yet. Can you confirm that
it was sent and the mailing address it was sent to.
Thank You,
Casey Westover
I also left a phone message on his cryptic
answering service.
I have received no response to either. Today, I
again Left a phone message and an email.
Today's email reads as Follows.
5/13/10 Destination Events
wrote:
Ron,
I am a little confused why you have failed to return my
emails and my phone calls. I have searched your company on line (should have
done that before working with you) and found several complaints from other
companies concerning your business practices. Now I'm very concerned that you
are not going to pay us for the work we did. I have left 2 messages on your
answering service and sent now 2 emails to you with no
response.
I called Gold Beach High school to find out if they had
paid and they said yes. I also asked them how our services were. They were
beyond pleased and would like "Us" next year.
I have fulfilled my end of this obligation and am waiting
for payment now. I was told that "the check is in the mail" prior to the event.
I should have long since received it by now.
I am placing faith in you at this moment that you will
follow through with the contract.
I would appreciate contact of any kind. I believe you to
be a professional company that will honor your word and your
contract.
Please email me to let me know the check number and the
date that it is put in the mail.
I also would like to forewarn you that I will utilize all
email correspondence between us, your online contract, and any online complaints
or fraud reports against your company should I need to pursue this matter
legally.
Thank you in advance for your quick
response,
Casey Westover
May 13th,
2010
To my surprise I received a
phone call from Ron Beam today. Though I must confess I'm not sure he meant to
call me. You see after I sent him the last email above I called his answering
service and left a short message that simply said. I'm hoping to chat with you,
please call me back.. and left my number. I believe that he thought he was
calling a potential client back because when I answered the phone he was
completely caught off guard when I said "Hello this is Casey" and said... "Oh um
.. uh this is Casey?".. I chatted with him cordially letting him know I was
disappointed in not having received payment yet. He assured me that it is on the
way. In fact said I should have received it within 10 days of the event. I asked
him If he put it in the mail on the Friday before as he had told me in the
email, and he said "well no.. we have a payroll service that handles that for
us." I pushed to find out when it was mailed or would be mailed and he said he
would call me back within in an hour with the check number and the day it was
mailed. Alas that was 5 hours ago now. I may be a little bit nit picky on this,
and perhaps I should allow a few more days for the check to show, but Over all
I'm just not impressed with the way this whole thing is being handled. I'm
still up in the air on whether this is a scam or not. He also promised me he
would overnight the check to me if needed to which I said, That would be great.
Since he has not called me back I assume that has not happened either. Lastly I
asked for another number to reach him as I do not like being sent to the
answering service every time I call. He said "No this is the only line we
have"
I hate to resort to Filing on
line complaints but it is clear this company has a problem fulfilling its
obligations. They fail even to have the professionalism to call or email back a
contractor. Un less this matter is remedied soon, I will be posting this same
posting on several other complaint sites as well as the national wedding and
disc jockey referral services that Ron Beam uses, and the many DJ forums in the
industry to forewarn other DJ's of his deceptive tactics. Furthermore, I will be
seeking legal remedies as well.
I am saddened that it has
come to this. The DJ community use to be one of trust and friendship and helping
out a friend in a pinch. I am saddened that large unprofessional companies have
cheapened the industries standards to a point of distrust
and fraudulent communication.
May 13th, 2010 6
PM Destination Events Wrote:
Ron,
I believe I am being very cordial about all of
this. I am concerned however that you promised to call me back with the specific
information on my payment within 1 Hour and I have yet to hear from you. I do
not mean to be a jerk about this. But you have to admit that the online
complaints about your company are pretty compelling. I understand. I own a large
company, I employ many individuals, I get that sometimes unwarranted complaints
come in. I do not give credence to all of them, nor should you. It is part of
doing business. However I am disappointed in the way you have chosen to handle
this matter. Your lack of clear communication with real answers is just
unprofessional. I am giving you the opportunity to restore faith in you and your
business practices. Please respond to me by way of Email or phone call detailing
exactly how and when I will be paid (I would prefer a credit card quite
honestly).
My address to overnight the check to
is
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
If you have not communicated with me by tomorrow in
someway explaining when I will receive my payment, I will have no choice but to
begin legal action and reporting your company for not fulfilling your
contract. I will begin by contacting any and all complaint and fraud report
sites, BBB, and The Illinois Secretary of State.
Again, I am hopeful you will prove me wrong, please
restore my faith in the decency of others.
May 17th
I have not heard anything from Dj Ronnie B. As I had assumed was the case,
I don't believe their will be any future contact between us. I will begin my
legal action. If I do receive payment I
will amend this complaint with updates as of right now It is not looking very
hopeful, and legal action will be perused.