Another ripoff artist exposed!

[Proformance]

The client may know what they want, but don't know how to go about getting it done. That's why they hire a professional to handle the details. Hiring the wrong one doen't make them stupid, naive.

Yes, it does make them stupid.
How hard is it to ask for a list of references and actually check them?
How tough is it to ask for a resume’ or portfolio of past work?
God help the children when these people hire a baby-sitter !!

We really have to stop blaming clients for a bad event. They pay for a good one, and their responsibility stops there.....

They're stupid because of where they began

....kind of skipped over the part about paying the right person didn't you?

 

[JoeChartreuse]

Yes, it does make them stupid.
How hard is it to ask for a list of references and actually check them?
How tough is it to ask for a resume’ or portfolio of past work?
God help the children when these people hire a baby-sitter !!



They're stupid because of where they began

....kind of skipped over the part about paying the right person didn't you?

Ya know what Pro? I am against negative posting, but ANY good businessperson will tell you how wrong you are. The client is NEVER stupid for trusting who they believe to be a pro. Naive isn't stupid, it's just someone who never had the experience of hiring this type of professional before. You never got ripped of by a mechanic, or a car dealer, or a contractor, or some other sort of "professional before? Really? Then you are one of the very few living in the world today. If you have, like the rest of us, do you consider yourself stupid? My guess is no, and that you learned from your experience. Stop blaming the other guy.

I once had a bad event, and blamed the venue and their uncooperative behavior. They WERE uncooperative but you know what? It was MY fault for not figuring out how to get them to cooperate.

The fact is, if this complaint is legit, then you can't find someone to do as bad a job as this person did.

To repeat a very basic business strategy, the customer is always right. Where do you think this came from? Stupid salespeople? No- successful ones.

 

[Proformance]

To repeat a very basic business strategy, the customer is always right. Where do you think this came from? Stupid salespeople? No- successful ones.

The "customer is always right" is a sales strategy that advocates closing the sale and following through to some point of satisfaction based on legitimate customer needs.

I'm not excusing any rip-off. I just don't accept the notion that this makes DJs at large look bad. It just makes this customer look foolish.

The "customer is always right" does not absolve people who make poor decisions from the outcome of their own naive failure to do the important homework related to their purchase.

We're obviously not talking about a good DJ who had a bad day. The buyer most likely would have uncovered this incompetence well ahead of time simply by exercising a bit of due diligence before booking.

The customer may be right about this DJ,. But, shouldn't they have made an effort to be as right with their decsion as they are about their evaluation?

 

[DJMC]

R.... C... DJ operates a banquet venue called "The V........."

The reason I stumbled across this review, is because I'm always checking on MY reviews at various sites (KCRA Channel 3 "A-List", CitySearch, Yelp, Merchant Circle, Google, Insider Pages, & Judy's Book).

Yes, I do spend about 30 minutes per day checking on the various places to see if any new reviews have cropped up (like the one posted yesterday at "Yelp.com").

BTW, that TV station promo has turned out to be a godsend......we were one of 41 companies nominated in the Wedding Entertainment category. Despite a 2-month late start (we were nominated 1/2 way thru the voting period)....our company came in 6th place. Mike D's company came in 5th place).

 

[Proformance]

R.... C... DJ operates a banquet venue called "The V........."

Let's put him in the full service - half supplied column.

 

[JoeChartreuse]

Proformance, I have to agree there- the customer did look stupid. Yes, they should have done more research. They CAN be blamed for not knowing enough to do so. However, in the end, it was the "DJ" that didn't act professionally and screwed up the event. That's where the bulk of the blame belongs.