Weddingbee Boards Topic: Importance of Interviewing Your Vendors in Person

Weddingbee Boards Topic: Importance of Interviewing Your Vendors in Person http://boards.weddingbee.com/ Weddingbee Boards Topic: Importance of Interviewing Your Vendors in Person en Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:59:42 +0000 mattsonc on "Importance of Interviewing Your Vendors in Person" http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/importance-of-interviewing-your-vendors-in-person#post-634631 Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:10:51 +0000 mattsonc 634631@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ I will also say that I work in the wedding industry at a venue, and I have never once communicated with a client like that, no matter how much they annoy or anger me.  I have had some downright rude clients, but they are few and far between.  I think you are going to come across that in any industry.  Maybe its different if you own your own business, but I refuse to do business with other companies if they ever treat me like that.  I hope other brides/clients do the same with Russ. mattsonc on "Importance of Interviewing Your Vendors in Person" http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/importance-of-interviewing-your-vendors-in-person#post-634618 Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:07:58 +0000 mattsonc 634618@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ I normally don't get involved in boards like this, but felt that his response was inappropriate.  I did a little research, and unless cvanavi has been posting as different people for the last few years, what she is saying is the truth. <a href="http://www.facebook.com/NoRussMessick" rel="nofollow">http://www.facebook.com/NoRussMessick</a> <a href="http://www.weddingwire.com/reviews/russ-messick-dj-orange-county/ade30b38240e012f.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.weddingwire.com/reviews/russ-messick-dj-orange-county/ade30b38240e012f.html</a>   This post was from another Bee a while back. <a href="http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/socal-brides-do-not-hire-russ-messick-as-your-dj" rel="nofollow">http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/socal-brides-do-not-hire-russ-messick-as-your-dj</a> Circus Peanut on "Importance of Interviewing Your Vendors in Person" http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/importance-of-interviewing-your-vendors-in-person#post-634536 Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:47:02 +0000 Circus Peanut 634536@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ Whoa, this thread is intense. While I don't agree with calling a client a 'Bridezilla' or saying she was acting crazy, as someone who is self-employed I can kind of understand why Russ might want to respond. The fact that it's 11 months later makes sense because he probably just recently discovered this pops up now when you Google his name. No one knows what happened in the meeting except the parties involved. Russ is saying that the email posted in his name was fabricated, obviously the bride feels differently. Again, I will say that as someone with a business I understand that this is a potential nightmare. If he is indeed being represented unfairly then anytime someone searches this name they come up with a story depicting him as a monstrous jerk.  Again, I can't take sides without having been there. If this is really what happened, well, then it's just the truth. If it's not, then it makes me think of how upset I would be if there were internet rumors like this floating around about my business! Yikes! moderndaisy on "Importance of Interviewing Your Vendors in Person" http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/importance-of-interviewing-your-vendors-in-person#post-634468 Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:30:07 +0000 moderndaisy 634468@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ The term Bridezilla is only used by vendors who hate dealing with customers. If someone is paying for a service, they have a right to meet you first and actually ask questions about your capabilities before booking. If you don't need to have meetings and want to call brides crazy, you definitely came to the wrong place to 'defend yourself'. Obviously, in your meeting both of you realized it wasn't a good fit. And the bride was nice enough to tell you she wasn't going with you which  pi$$ed you off. Just learn from this experience that word of mouth is everything and if you're in the wedding industry you'd better suck it up and learn to be nice to the bride and groom who are writing the check. Gemstone on "Importance of Interviewing Your Vendors in Person" http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/importance-of-interviewing-your-vendors-in-person#post-634357 Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:56:23 +0000 Gemstone 634357@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ No bride ever deserves to be treated the way cvanavi was, period. This thread is turning ugly. Kittyachi on "Importance of Interviewing Your Vendors in Person" http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/importance-of-interviewing-your-vendors-in-person#post-634349 Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:53:25 +0000 Kittyachi 634349@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ Dude, you've come to the wrong place if you think calling a girl a bridezilla, claiming she is on drugs, and calling her one of "the crazies" you meet is going to get us to believe your side of the story. If your business is so booming and you have so many people that want to work with you and give you good reviews, then why do you give a s**t whether one person, who posted this 11 MONTHS AGO, thought you were unprofessional in a meeting? Me thinks thou doth protest too much.   RussEM on "Importance of Interviewing Your Vendors in Person" http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/importance-of-interviewing-your-vendors-in-person#post-634299 Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:37:45 +0000 RussEM 634299@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ Hello it's me Russ, If you’re wondering what is going on, then here’s information about what actually transpired.  (1).   This person did not hire me for their wedding and clearly she doesn’t know anything about the way I operate.  You will never find a negative post about my work, since the people that hire me get treated as if they are my best friends.  What couples find is that I run the most ethical and customer focused service available.  (2).   You’ve heard the term bridezilla.  Not a term I ever use, but in this case it’s applicable.  This person behaved as if they were abusing some type of substances.  Their behavior was nothing short of bizarre. I get thousands of people contacting me every year and I can book only 60 to 70 weddings per year, so I’m going to have a couple of crazies contact me and there is nothing I can do about that.    (3).  I'm competently shocked that this person would posted an altered email that I sent her.  She's really out to hurt my business and looks as though she wouldn't stop at anything to do exactly that.   There was nothing in the emails that I sent her that anyone would consider inflammatory.  She wrote that I had written good ruck, as if implying I’m racist?  I never would never do such a thing.  It really appears as though she has me mixed up with another disc jockey, which shouldn’t surprise me I guess since she appeared to have substance abuse problems.   (4).  I guess she’s implying that I’m uneducated and that I can’t spell?  I actually have a BA and an MBA all from highly esteemed universities. I’m about the most polite and honest person you could ever meet, and I’m the most professional disc jockey you’ll ever find.  Once again, it appears she has me confused with someone else.  (5).   I don’t give hard sells. This is laughable, since why would I need to give a hard sell when I have a couple thousand people contact me every year and I can only do 60 to 70 weddings per year?  I never even ask to set up a pre-booking meeting since i don’t have the time to do 2000 appointments per year and only have time for the people that hire me.  Other DJs do push for appointments and people to hire them in order to get couples to sign on the dotted line.  Once again, I think she has me confused with another disc jockey.  Conclusion:  Nearly everyone that contacts me are decent, honest and polite.  Yes out of the thousands of people that find me online every year there will be a couple of people that are not going to be hospitable to me for whatever reason and there is nothing I can do about that.  I encourage you to go to my site, read some of it and call me and you will find that clearly I’m not the one that’s the problem.  Once again, you’ll never find anyone that hired me that has one bad word to say about me.    Thanks for reading, Russ formerlybuttons on "Importance of Interviewing Your Vendors in Person" http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/importance-of-interviewing-your-vendors-in-person#post-339184 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:11:58 +0000 formerlybuttons 339184@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ Wow, cvanavi and Noelle -- so sorry you guys had to deal with those vendors!  They sound absolutely terrible.  Good thing you found out sooner rather than later!  I second Melissabegins -- Noelle, I hope you remember the name of the photographer who said that to you (what's with certain ignorant people assuming that ALL Asians are Chinese??).  And word of mouth is HUGE, especially in the wedding industry.  I can't believe how short-sighted and rude those vendors are!  Melissabegins on "Importance of Interviewing Your Vendors in Person" http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/importance-of-interviewing-your-vendors-in-person#post-339151 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:56:06 +0000 Melissabegins 339151@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ it's strange that these rude people don't realize that word of mouth is the most important thing for a business.  I chose my wedding spot based on word of mouth from a neighbor, Plus had a vacation there.  Now we have 30 rooms booked for them for a whole weekend, plus the catering and other wedding fees.  When I find something good, i tell all of my friends that are in the market or interested.  Same with something bad.  And this blog, my goodness.  The numbers are staggering! jingle96 on "Importance of Interviewing Your Vendors in Person" http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/importance-of-interviewing-your-vendors-in-person#post-339132 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:48:15 +0000 jingle96 339132@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ I can't believe that some vendors even act like that!! Like there are no websites, boards, or forums that brides talk about vendors who are rude and unprofessional, like the word wont get around!! They're the dumb ones really!