Complaint Review: Jeffrey Heart (Haber)- Jeffrey Heart DJ's Metro Event Group Video - Masters Ect - Manalapan New Jersey

This is an open letter on behalf of myself and my corporation to publics affected by or interested in recent events pertaining to Jeffrey Heart DJs Inc. For twenty years, Jeffrey Heart has built a solid reputation with the public seeking DJ entertainment and video services for private and public events. We have performed for the New York Giants, Helmsley Hotels, CBS Television (drama Now and Again premier) and even David Stern of the NBA at the American Park Restaurant (where we were a recommended entertainer). In addition to these corporate accounts, we have been the selected entertainment for hundreds of brides and performed at nearly every major venue in the Tri-State area from the Rainbow Room and Tavern on the Green in Manhattan, The Yale Club to the House of Blues in Atlantic City. Perhaps most importantly, we've been the proud performers at hundreds of Weddings and have books upon books of Thank You Cards, Emails and Reference Letters to prove our reputation. Most internet DJs or scam artists could not lay claim to this. Unfortunately , the casual malicious effort of one unsatisfied couple has placed the company in a dire financial situation and destroyed our reputation creating a domino effect that I will publicly address in this forum. The situation in question involves a couple who placed an angry blog about the services we rendered for their wedding, which has enjoyed high ranking on the Google Search Engine. Their grievances, while legitimate, were not handled through the binding contract they signed. Instead, they chose to use a public forum to belittle the company and left an open site for others (including our competitors) to literally make up malicious content which also enjoyed similar ranking-status in cyberspace. Within less then a month's time, upon searching our name, customers became scared off and canceled outstanding contracts, refusing to pay balances for jobs. Many subcontractors refused to work jobs they agreed to, putting the company in the impossible position of having to use avenues such as Craigslist.org to find entertainers. The personal health issues that struck DJ Jeff prior to the initial job in question (and are provable in the form of thousands of dollars in hospital bills) prevented him from performing at the initial event. This not only resulted in the couples complaint and subsequent blog, but made it impossible for Jeff to bandage the gaping wound on the company by covering the lost jobs himself. In the weeks and months following the blogs appearance, nearly every commitment the company had financially became impossible to meet. In addition, a once reliable videographer selected by Jeffrey Heart DJs to shoot several jobs refused to release tapes to anxious brides until being paid in full. The videographer resorted to what most would consider black mail against both Jeffrey Heart DJs Inc. and its customers. Moreover, he entered into side agreements that would invalidate the company's responsibility and make legal rectification infeasible. This combination of factors and events has taken a reputable company, with two decades of satisfied customers and subcontractor relationships, and reduced it to what many are calling an internet scam. Clearly, this open letter should put to rest the notion that the companies president (myself) and those associated with our company are on the run, in hiding and/or are unwilling to confront the tsunami of bad press that has taken the internet by storm in recent months. Moreover, if this was a scam the personal information of company employees would not have been made public by these angry parties. DJ Jeff AND his family have been personally harassed by several irate vendors, many of whom are not legitimate business entities. These individuals have taken personal information public and have made no legitimate legal effort to contact the company. In essence, there efforts are acts of vengeance, time which they could have used to pursuer there own work! Some of these vendors have legitimate claims to moneys owed, and Jeffrey Heart DJs is making every effort to compensate them in a timely manner in light of these events. Although we have been successful over the years, we would ask that all legitimate individuals please exercise patience and caution as they proceed with trying to recoup moneys owed. Please understand this is a corporation, and no one party is solely responsible for what has happened. Any efforts to threaten, black mail or harass individuals will be treated with the harshest effort by this company. Moreover, individuals who wish to throw in with parties who have taken irrational measures to rectify their claim will be treated by our company with the same level of seriousness. Be forewarned, our legal group has informed us that if you make it known that you have been contacted by these parties, you will be aiding and a betting individuals who may shortly be in criminal proceedings by this legitimate and reputable entity. We hope we can repair our public image and restore the good will of internet clients and vendors. Let this be a lesson to the power of the blogosphere and those who wish to exploit it. It takes great effort and investment to build a legitimate business and it certainly takes a keen knowledge and passion to please a quarter centuries worth of customers and provide contracted work for entertainers seeking gigs. This will be our companies only public response to this unfortunate scenario. Let our reputation speak for itself. Sincerest regards, Jeff President and Proud Founder of Jeffrey Heart DJs Inc.

Kristin, Sorry to hear about you never receiving the DVDs that you paid for from Jeffrey Heart DJs. I am a member of a group of DJs and videographers (10+) that has been similarly deceived by Jeff Haber. In a nutshell, we performed services for him on on a subcontracted basis and he never paid us. The amounts "owed" are in the thousands of dollars. The not responding to phonecalls and e-mails sounds very familiar. A variety of remedies is currently being pursued, the most promising of which is filing criminal charges against him in his hometown of Manalapan, NJ. We have already organized some of the information and are happy to share this with you if it can help your case. If you do a Google search on Craigslist for "Jeffrey Heart DJs" you'll come across some of our e-mail threads. You'll also read a horror story from a bride and groom (see Sara and Ryan's Story). Good luck!