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| This happens every week to Brides and Grooms in every city. Don't you think it's worth a few extra hundred dollars to hire a real professional for one of the biggest days of your life? |
| The Problems With Low Price Disc Jockeys "Don't let this happen to you on your wedding day!" |
Call my Boss if your unhappy?
| "Do not use ******** DJ service, They messed so many things up. I filled out a song list, and the DJ didn't have it. He also didn't have the song the wedding party was supposed to be introduced to or any of the names of the wedding party! He only announced my husbands name, the only name he had on this sheet of paper. I went up to talk to him, and he said call my boss if your unhappy. At my wedding!! And he continued to argue with me. After the wedding when I tried to contact ******** DJ service, no return call. Imagine that!" From Kelly r n 21 / Source: The Knot Forums Phoenix. |
Her DJ spent the night in Jail.
| "Do not use ********* DJ!!! They were paid in full and my wedding coordinator spoke with them twice last week to confirm the details. Wedding was last night and they did not show up, did not call, and neither the DJ or the owner of the company answered their phones. Jerks!!" From Laura mcc Source: The Knot Forums Phoenix |
She may never know how fun her wedding could have been.
| " ******* Entertainment did not play one of our songs or follow through on some dances that were important to me. They barely announced the cake cut, so not many people knew right away what was going on. I would not use them again! Not enough energy. We really didn't even need a DJ." From Rab41830 / Source: The Knot Forums Phoenix |
DJ demanded a tip at the end of the night?
| "We had met with ******** twice prior and discussed specifics including the order of reception, songs to play & not to play. We even gave him a CD of must play songs. It seemed he was very accommodating and agreed that we were all on the same page. However on the day of, it was very clear to both of us that he had his own agenda. He almost acted as if it were his show. We specifically asked him NOT to play cheesy line dance / group dance songs, but played them anyway. He demanded that everyone get on the dance floor, and even hunted down my sister that was in the bathroom! Had us all get in a circle holding hands to do the chicken dance. One of the songs we specifically told him NOT to play!!! Then he made us move to the center of the dance floor for the exchanging of our cake, and was egging us on to smush it on each other's faces. We clearly did not want to do that. The over all selection of music didn't fit the crowd. He never played any slower dancing songs, until we told him. We ended up leaving early (8:30) because so many guests had left because the music he was playing wasn't danceable for most of the crowd that was over 40. Plus it didn't help that they didn't tell you until the end that they require 20% gratuity with the remainder of the balance." From 8711 / Source: The Knot Forums Phoenix |
Why hire a Professional when you have friends?
| "We had a friend-of-a-friend DJ our wedding for $250. He was late and had equipment problems. In hindsight, we should have done the same thing we did with our photographer & caterer... Hired a professional." Source: Letter from Mobile Beat Magazine June/July 2006 |
A professional will always give you a contract.
| "My cousin was supposed to DJ at my wedding. I think he would have done a good job if he hadn't flaked out on us at the last minute. He decided to go to the Warp Tour concert instead." Source: Letter from Mobile Beat Magazine June/July 2006 |
Another iPod wedding disaster story.
| " We decided to save money and hook up an iPod through a speaker system. A lot of people complained about not being able to make requests, and the iPod kept resetting itself. My husband had to keep going over to fix it. It was embarrassing. We also forgot about a microphone for the announcements." Source: Letter from Mobile Beat Magazine June/July 2006 |
| "A friend turned us on to this guy who was half the price of most DJs. We thought this was great! The only problem was he would never return our calls. About two weeks before our wedding, his cell phone was no longer working. We had to hire another company, and lost $100 on the first guy whom we still never heard from." Source: Letter from Mobile Beat Magazine June/July 2006 |
A bad DJ can ruin a good friendship.
| "Oh my God !! Our DJ was the worst. He was a friend of my maid of honor. She said he was good so I hired him. Though the music was decent, everybody hated him. He was obnoxious and rude on the microphone. I guess he thought his jokes were funny, but this was my wedding! My husband asked him to stop talking. We should have hired the DJ my sister had at her wedding. He was very professional." Source: Letter from Mobile Beat Magazine June/July 2006 |
Unfortunately there are no "DO OVERS"
| "A friend told us about this guy who DJ'd on the side. He was a fraction of the cost of other companies. We found out why, when he started hitting on the single girls during the bouquet toss. He did many inappropriate things that were completely embarrassing. We learned our lesson. Unfortunately, we can't go back and do it again the right way!" Source: Letter from Mobile Beat Magazine June/July 2006 |
| "Friends don't let friends DJ their weddings! Ours was drunk the whole time. At the time, we figured, we couldn't tell him to stay away from the bar- after all, we're not paying him! We still haven't spoken since the wedding. There's definitely some tension there!" Source: Letter from Mobile Beat Magazine June/July 2006 |
Met her DJ for the first time on her wedding day.
| The initial meeting with the owner/coordinator of the *******company was pleasant and we were really looking forward to using this company for our wedding. They matched us up with a DJ that was horrible. We had arranged for music for the ceremony as well as the reception. The DJ arrived only to find out 5 minutes before the ceremony that he did not bring the music for the ceremony. I had to provide the DJ, who I paid good money for, a copy of the CD to be played during the ceremony. Then at the reception while introducing everyone into the reception he completely forgot a couple. Many of the songs that we had chosen did not get played and songs that we said we did not want were played. Overall I felt that the DJ was unprepared and not professional at all. I would highly recommend meeting your DJ before booking with a company. Source: 2007 Review from weddinwire.com |
| DJ -- ________, ___ and ____: B-/C+Late!! I was sheilded from this fact, or I would've gone bridezilla. They did microphones for the ceremony, and arrived *10 minutes* before the ceremony start time. The reader's mic didn't work, which _____ claimed was because of the wind......... I'm sorry, wind doesn't make a mic turn OFF. Make it harder to hear, sure... not turn off. Sorry. During the reception itself, I think _____ did a poor job getting the party started. He eventually picked it up, but I later found out that DAVE told him to. That shouldn't have to happen. _____ was great, though. Kept things gong smoothly. Overall I guess I got what I paid for, but I was disappointed.” DJ Review from The Knot Forums |
| “I have been thinking about my vendor reviews and what I learned from my experiences and how I could help you ladies out with your planning so you don’t make the same mistakes I did” Also I apologize for anyone who hired my DJ based on my recommending him before he even performed. I know that a few of you did. It might be worth losing your deposit to reconsider who you hired. I thought _____ & has wife were very nice and seemed helpful, and they cut me such a great deal. I have bragged on these boards for the last 10 months about how great my DJ was because he was nice to me on the phone and cut me such a great deal. $450.00 for 4 hours reception and $100.00 for ceremony mics. I really was kicking myself because I kept thinking I got what I paid for. Then when I got to the point of wanting to shift the blame (cuz we all do that ; D) I decided the fault lied with the more expensive DJ because he didn’t do a better job convincing me why he was worth more and saved me from this poor decision and myself. He is the professional after all. Sheesh! I outa call him and give him a piece of my mind. LOL J/K kinda…Just remember ladies cheaper isn’t always better. Be frugal when buying TP not your wedding pros.” A Post from The Knot Forums |
You get what you pay for!
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Cheap entertainment is not good.
This happens at weddings every week somewhere
| The initial meeting with the owner/coordinator of the company was pleasant and we were really looking forward to using this company for our wedding. They matched us up with a DJ that was horrible. We had arranged for music for the ceremony as well as the reception. The DJ arrived only to find out 5 minutes before the ceremony that he did not bring the music for the ceremony. I had to provide the DJ, who I paid good money for, a copy of the CD to be played during the ceremony. Then at the reception while introducing everyone into the reception he completely forgot a couple. Many of the songs that we had chosen did not get played and songs that we said we did not want were played. Overall I felt that the DJ was unprepared and not professional at all. I would highly recommend meeting your DJ before booking with a company. |
| I had booked a DJ with this company a few months before the date (we had a short engagement). We met with the owner of the company and he was very nice. He said he specifically picked a DJ that he felt would do a wonderful job. He seemed as if he had a lot of experience and we were very excited and happy with this meeting. The week before the wedding, we were told that our DJ could not make it because he had something come up where he works and that another DJ was chosen for us. We were a little skeptical, but we had all ready paid a deposit and didn't have time to find a new DJ on our own time. Needless to say, the week before was CRAZY busy with so many out of town guests coming in. I talked to our new DJ over the phone the day before the wedding while I was getting my nails done. The reception was a DISASTER. I wanted to cry, but tried to keep a tough face. For our first dance, he seemed confused and it took a second for him to realize what was happening. For the anniversary dance, he did it BACKWARDS and there was a minute (which feels like a lifetime when you're on a dance floor) where he stopped playing music all together (I just laughed and told all of the guests to keep dancing and pretend there was music). For the money dance, he stopped playing music while there were still guests in line waiting to dance with us. For the garter toss, he only announced "taking off the garter" and was going to stop after that. My brother-in-law had to go up to him to tell him that we wanted to "toss" the garter too. EVERYTHING else was perfect, except the music at the reception. I am still so bummed when I think back to it and I really feel that a DJ should be one of the best parts of your reception since he really has the power to make it enjoyable or not... and this was not enjoyable. |
The Rest are reviews from Weddingwire.com Phoenix
| The initial meeting with the owner/coordinator of the company was pleasant and we were really looking forward to using this company for our wedding. They matched us up with a DJ that was horrible. We had arranged for music for the ceremony as well as the reception. The DJ arrived only to find out 5 minutes before the ceremony that he did not bring the music for the ceremony. I had to provide the DJ, who I paid good money for, a copy of the CD to be played during the ceremony. Then at the reception while introducing everyone into the reception he completely forgot a couple. Many of the songs that we had chosen did not get played and songs that we said we did not want were played. Overall I felt that the DJ was unprepared and not professional at all. I would highly recommend meeting your DJ before booking with a company. |
| I was actually talking to the place I had my reception today and they apologized for how unprofessional my dj was and what a poor job he did. Everyone talks about how beautiful my wedding was and how bad my dj was till this day. He showed up as I was walking down the isle, he was in a wife beater, he played the wrong song to announce us, left the list of people to announce at home of the wedding party, didn't play one artist we asked for and made rude comments over the speaker. Overall it was a very bad experience. If I didn't pay cash I would dispute the charge and get my money back it was that bad. |
| I had a very positive initial meeting with this group. They were extremely professional and went above and beyond in their initial presentation to me. However, the DJ that was then assigned to me did not meet with me until a few days before my wedding, was late to set up, and then did not seem to know how a wedding worked. He didn't know how to pronounce my parents' names (despite having been told), and we spent about 15-20 minutes waiting outside the reception hall for him to announce the wedding party. When the reception started, the music was way too loud (we kept telling him to turn it down, but he couldn't hear us!), and he didn't try and engage the crowd at all. He would have been a good DJ for a club or dance party, but not for a wedding. The business owners were very professional, but my DJ experience was lacking. |
| Leading up to the wedding, Rob seemed like a dream come true. We met several times, and he seemed like such a nice guy, and so professional, understanding, helpful, etc. I had requested some pretty specific music, and he made it seem like it would be no problem at all. I wanted soft piano music, during the cocktail hour and then big band, swing, jazz, etc. for the reception. However, during the cocktail hour he started playing a lot of the big band style music that I had really been looking forward to dancing to - and obviously couldn't because we were taking our formal pictures. At the time, I thought - oh well, no big deal, try not to sweat it. Unfortunately, things got much worse after that. He did play the songs I had requested for my first dance with my husband, and the daddy/daughter dance, but immediately following that he played "Shake your Booty". NOT what I wanted, AT all. But I didn't want to cause a scene or make a big deal about it, thinking he'd get back to the music I wanted after that. NOPE. After that he continued to play more disco. I started to voice concerns, and asked him to play the music I wanted and he said he'd take care of it. When he continued with the disco, my husband, the best man, my maid of honor AND my brother all went to him in turn and asked him to play the right music, as it was beginning to upset me quite a bit. After about 45 minutes of disco, and multiple requests from various people (meanwhile, NO ONE was dancing) he finally started to play the right music. My other problem with him was that he told me to give him a list of must play songs prior to the wedding, and I did so. I gave him 20 songs that I wanted to hear and I expected to hear them throughout the evening. This didn't happen. Instead, he played my requested songs all in a row after about 10:30 in the evening, when people had pretty much stopped dancing and some guests had even started to go home. All in all, I was extremely disappointed with this DJ, and would not recommend him to anyone. |
| These guys didn't play anything except the "special songs" that we requested. They were raunchy at the garter toss even though we asked them not to, and the guy we met with was NOT the guy you did the reception. I would not recommend them at all. |
The letters are endless
Disc Jockey's get the most complaints of any wedding vendor
Very common with muti-system companies
These are just the complaints that I found posted on-line in Phoenix alone
No Class
Phoenix DJ
| DJ Attitude There's a good reason why they put him outside. |
