Please beware of this wedding coordinator

[sparklingjewel]

140k ang service charge ng someone unknown and this disorganized and unprofessional? Kasing mahal ng high end coordinators? Really weird. No one ought to risk this amount of money on amateur suppliers.. scary.

[ayouweinlove]

^ from what I understand sa issue, yung 140k ay total ng naibayad ng couple sa coordinators, they got an all-in wedding package deal na which includes the coordination. malaki ang binigay sa kanila na discount sa all-in package kaya nagtiwala sila. I have watched the wedding video of the involved couple and natuwa naman ako at kahit paano natuloy padin at na-pull off naman ng maayos ang wedding nila.

[donya_dyosa]

yung mga kilalang suppliers .. sumasablay.. what more ang mga never heard. 

[reenabautista]

I'm sorry blessedspear pero ang lame ng defense mo. medyo ang kap*l ng mukha ng coordinator na dine-defend mo. right is right, wrong is wrong. as a business owner, dapat maayos dealings mo.  ang sabihin mo, irresponsable siya! mali siya sa kahit saang anggulo mo tingnan.

Hugs to you purple. strawberry ***hugs***  may araw din yang mandaraya na yan.

[aylatskie]

Pa comment Lang din because I know ang mahal magpakasal so hindi biro ang 140k. Knowing na may history na ang isang employee mo about money if I'm not mistaken kasi nabanggit nung defender na may same issue before like this. Bakit di pa tinanggal yung tao na yun and worst nagtiwala siya. 😟

[ayouweinlove]

^tama sis, tapos diba nalaman ng owner mismo na hindi pa pala booked yung venue at catering ng couple. dapat may confrontation na ginawa or action between the owner and the coordinator na assigned sa couple. tapos sinasabi nya ngayon na maganda daw ang working relationship ng company nila and the venue pero simpleng booking hindi niya mismo inasikaso. kung sana mas naging hands-on siya sa work ng coordinators niya edi sana mas nakampante ang couple even the mother. Nakita ko yung frustrations ng couple and the mother of the bride kasi nga parang binibigyan naman nila ng chance yung owner to correct the mistake kaso napuno narin sila. dahil the second time na nagfollow up sila sa venue eh hindi padin naka-book. haaaay..

"It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently." - Warren Buffett

[ohcmon]

I checked this Darlene's FB account (which wasn't difficult to find, by the way, considering ang dami niyang issues online pala), may profile picture sila ni Atty. Fortun so I guess client nga siya.

Ang bata pa nila ni hubby niya. I hope they do whatever needs to be done about their business issues. Tsk tsk.

[quennna]

Darlene's lawyers are associates of Atty. Raymond Fortun

sis, di nila client atty fortun.. si asst naman, relative nila

[moonie]

Ang laki pa rin ng pagkakamali  ni Diadem a.k.a. Darlene. Tandaan sana ng kapatid niya na hindi lang pera ang nakataya at that time kundi mismong kasal.  The contract that was entered into was to provide services for a scheduled wedding. Time was of the essence. But look at what happened. Bride found out that the person she hired hasn't even booked the reception venue, then she was told it was because a staff stole funds but was assured that everything will still be taken cared of as planned, but still no venue after a month.  If you were the bride, would you still trust the planner to deliver?  Tama lang na mag-alala sila. Panic mode na kaya naging monster bride.

And to the brother defending Diadem a.k.a. Darlene.  Ikaw na rin ang nagpost na wala ng pera ang kapatid mo.  Lublob pa sa utang  kaya nahatak na nga kotse niya, wala na rin laman accounts nila so it was impossible for them to deliver their services.  Clearly, pushing through with their services was no longer viable.  It would be a ridiculous gamble. The client was right in opting out and demanding their money instead or they might have just ended up not having a wedding reception.

As for the claim that the client extorted money, hijo, ang paniningil ng utang ay isang karapatan ng kina- uutangan. Hindi yan extortion.  Your lawyer should have told you that.  If the mom required the husband to issue a check as a guarantee that she will be paid then the husband can refuse.  Unless, he had a gun pointed at him, he should refuse because he apparently knows it will put him at risk.   Kaya nga ni-record niya ang usapan di ba? He wanted protection from  suit. Kaya he agreed to issue the check na rin.  I hope however that your in-law did not record a private conversation or he might end up being liable under the wire-tapping act.  By the way, that the mom asked for that bouncing check will not serve as a defense against the bouncing check law lalo na at naka- dalawang bouncing checks na ang na-issue ng kapatid mo at asawa niya.

Now, instead of challenging the client to file cases against your sister bakit hindi niyo na lang bayaran ang utang niya.  Parang hindi nga kapanipaniwala na naka-hire kayo ng lawyer much less someone from the Fortun law firm.  I'm certain, if you do have a lawyer as you claim, their advice would be just to pay up those your sister owes kahit paunti-unti like originally planned.  Lawyers aren't hot on getting clients who are obviously in debt.  Mahihirapan din silang pigain kayo para sa legal fees nila

[overseasbride]

BUSTED si koya. Hahaha. Masyado obvious.

Anyway, naiintindihan ko frustration of the couple and the mother. Hard earned money yun. Nag shed ng budget ang couple for that tapos itatakbo lang. Not to mention na ang wedding budget ay equates to years of savings para lang makapagpakasal ang couple. Kaya kuya, sorry pero di kinakagat ng mga readers yung pagtatanggol mo. Be fair with your clients.

[overseasbride]

p.s. natawa ako sa "pathetic liars" ni kuya. Hahahaha. Napakaprofessional 

[quennna]

kaso lang... tahimik na si kuya...
san na kaya sya

ts, ano update kaya sa friend mo? may narefund na ba o nagmamatigas pa rin sila?

[moonie]

Raymond Fortun also does wedding photography right?  I saw some of his work online years ago.  Maybe that's how Diadem a.k.a. Darlene met him.  That's how she had a photo with him. 

[Cheroppy]

Thanks sa warning sis!! I hope mabalik na sa friend mo yung pera nila.
Nakakatakot na nakakagalit naman yung mga ganitong manloloko, hays.
Tapos sila pa yung galit. Tsktsk.

[misisdelapaz]

Hi mga sis, i am one of the bride ng grace and elegance. We got married last December 2014, everything went well i can say. But what really made me sad is yung mga wedding pictures namin hindi pa nakukuha, na part ng package nila. I tried contacting them several time pero wala na nagrereply eh. Kahapon tinext ko yung isa sa assistant nya nagreply sya and said di na sya part ng G&E  at matagal na daw ng nagclose. I just want the photos kahit nga wag na video eh, kahit unedited na kami na bahala umayos. Pero sana lang maibigay pa din sa amin. I hope someone could help us, di ko alam what we have done wrong bakit kelangan nila gawin sa amin yun. :-(

[britzm]

Nasubaybayan ko ang drama netong grace and elegance sa wedding suppliers ph.
Marami ang na scam nila.tapos gumawa pa ng fb page ng mga legitimate suppliers kuno. Nagpopost sa wsp na magsend daw ang mga legitimate suppliers ng mga papeles nila, dti, business permit etc to prove they are legit. May nag react sa wsp sino daw ba siya at bakit nanghihingi ng mga ganun. Ayun, pa anonymous pa siya hanggang sa na trace yung ip address niya. Iisa isp address nila ni darlene. Ang dami niyang palusot. Hehe

[bettebette]

Nagtaka lang ako paano na force pumirma sa cheque na alam naman nyang magbabounce? Criminal act napo ang BP 22, FyI. At para pwersahin kang pumirma sa bouncing cheque ay isang bagay na mahirap patunayan sa court, kahit backupan pa yan ng text messages. Pwera nalang kung may video/cctv ka na tinutukan yung bro in law mo ng baril or anything nung  mga tiga Tulfo na ma eendanger yung life nya.
Mahirap pagtanggol ang mali.

[r@ven]

hello sis,
kame naman ng husband ko last year (2015) kinasal, hindi ko na rin sila makontak, hindi pa nila naiibigay yung mga photos ng wedding namen pero yung video nakuha na namen ako ang kumontak dun sa nag video ng wedding namen, i tried contacting   the photographer her name is graciela aloba, pero nung naka usap ko yung videographer pati daw sila was block in fb by graciela. si graciela din ba ang naging photographer nyo? Thanks

[Rory_Lorelie_Gilmore]

Wow, wala ako masabi na may guts pa si Kuya na sumagot ng pabalang, at ipakita how rude he is in a platform na alam nya madaming b2bs na makakabasa.

Kuya wala ka sa lugar. Buti naman at nanahimik ka na. 

[misisdelapaz]

Sis r@ven d ko nakuha [textspeak!] name ng photographer eh. Pero sila din nagcover ng prenup namin. Okay naman [textspeak!] prenup namin kasu yung sa wedding talaga wala. Hayysss... I tried reaching out talaga halos magmakaawa na ako wala talagang reply eh. Minsan pinagpapasadiyos ko na lang kasu di ko maiwasang isipin, yung pictures pa talaga yung nawala. Tsk :-(