ammed wrote on Thursday, Mar 18 at 08:45 AM »
angry bride, i am sorry to hear about your misfortune (far worse then mine)…it is very sad that people like this exist, and take advantage on a day that is suppose to be special/perfect….i am considering picketing their house in paramus so all their neighbors and friends no what scumbags they are….
« anger Bride wrote on Wednesday, Mar 17 at 04:12 PM »
Thank you scammed. We just called to see if this is true and we recieved the same message. We hired a attorney couple of weeks ago since we still have not recieved any of our stuff after paying 13,000. Very upset!
« scammed wrote on Wednesday, Mar 17 at 01:45 PM »
I am also in the process of getting ripped off by Mario Michele. I gave them a deposit of 2K for my wedding in September, however, I called to ask a question and hear a voice message that they filed for bankruptcy. Chances are Im never going to hear from these scumbags again. Hope they rot in hell.

« Unhappy Bride wrote on Friday, Mar 12 at 10:48 AM »
To Angry Bride,

I am having the same issue with Mario Michele. My next step was legal action as well but my husband has suggested maybe getting Fox 5 news Shame on you after them!! Lets get together a few angry brides and get them on TV.

Anyway, Lucy and Sonia do not return calls. I wrote them a letter, and copied my attorney to it, to which I received a written response saying to call and discuss the problem. I called, but they have not returned my call!

Mario Michele Studios is terrible, bottom line. Beware if you call them – I suggest you find someone else.

We have the same experience. We hired them for our wedding in summer of 2008 and we still do not have the finished products. Lucy and Sonia are both unethical, unprofessional and frauds. They have a F rating from the BBB and have many complaints online. They never return emails or calls. It takes them at least three emails before they reply back. At first they are very responsive and call when the deposits are due; however once all deposits are paid they put their clients on the back burner. It took over 6 months to get the RAW pictures and footage and once we did receive it discs were broken or the fiels would not open. Bottom line they have failed to deliver on the written and verbal contract and lack client service. If you would like to discuss, please leave your email address and I can contact you.
1 days ago by Elaine Pianin 0 Votes
We used Mario Michele for my daughter’s Bat Mitzvah May 2008 and I’m still waiting. Lucy and Sonia do not return phone calls. New Jersey Department of Consumer Affairs has told me to sue them!!! Elaine

My now husband and I booked Mario Michele for our wedding one year in advance. In that time, we made many payments and were contacted regularly to do so. Like they were starved for money! When it came time to make the final payment, I got nervous. They had just decided to move from Ridgewood to Hoboken in what seemed to be overnight, and we had recently seen what happened with Celebrations and thought it might not be a good idea to pay in full BEFORE we received services. It just seemed sketchy. But, I had signed a contract and was obligated to do so. So, we did, and were very nervous about it. We gave a certified check for the balance and went on. The morning of the wedding the photographer showed up very late, she spent little time with me and the girls, and rushed to the church to see the guys. I have no pre wedding photos of my bridal party (except a few getting their makeup done) – but TONS of my shoes, veil, dress and ring. The “assistant” was no less than incredibly annoying. He rushed and rushed us.. We were always on the move. Some pictures were nice, but most were shot at odd angles and weird closeness. Overall we were very disappointed. They rushed us through our wedding day so they could leave!! We were halfway through the reception and realized we had been taking so many (stupid) pictures, that we hadn’t spoken with our FAMILIES yet!

I have called and emailed numerous times about getting in to finalize our order (portraits & album)and have yet to be contacted back. We got married in early 2008!

BRIDES BEWARE! They will promise you the sun, moon and stars and you’ll believe them!! Its a fraud! BEWARE!

bbb.org/new-jersey/business-reviews...io-michele-in-ridgewood-nj-29003090

Has any one gotten a call back from these people? Any head way? My lawyer has made some.

In response to masterofkarate who said:

In response to mooshu who said:

As for our flat-screen, we spent $700 on a great 40-incher. But we did our research. And if it got stolen, we wouldn’t break down into a fit of tears. Most folks cry over investments they make with money they do not have and/or losses they wouldn’t have experienced if they’d been cautious…

Good luck to these folks in achieving refunds. I hope that the legal process doesn’t cost them more than the photo packages. But the more I learn about this place, the more I come to know that they should have dipped their feet into the water before diving in. The Ridgewood, NJ location, home to the first Mario Michele, received numerous complaints:

bbb.org/new-jersey/business-reviews...io-michele-in-ridgewood-nj-29003090

That being the case, why invest time, money, emotions and energy into the 2nd (Hoboken) location? Maybe blind faith in word-of-mouth. Maybe laziness.

Eh.

I’s done.

In response to masterofkarate who said:

its not really a big deal, yea maybe they should have done more research (maybe they did and the reviews for the studio were not that bad at that time–who knows!). my initial point was to stop critcizing these people for having extravagant weddings. who cares. i hope they get their money back. maybe wedding purchases are not that important to u but if you spent 6000 on your flat screen, regardless of how much research you did and something went wrong, youd prob be pretty pissed about that loss of money/product/whatever.

In response to mooshu who said: