I have debated leaving my review of EP Event Group’s services for a little over two years now for my wedding in October of 2022. The package I picked included photos, video, DJ (including ceremony music), and MC; with an engagement shoot included. Nick must have been a used car salesman before working in the entertainment industry, as he promised professional work at a discount but delivered a lemon. No consultations were done to ascertain the style of photos we were looking to receive, and it may not have mattered as the final product received were not at a basic level of competency. Before we even started receiving the final product the issues started the morning of my wedding. The photographers Nick sent were dismissive and hard to communicate with – I had planned on doing a dress reveal for my bridesmaids, I pleaded with the photographer to turn the camera around to capture their reactions, but it fell on deaf ears. They continued to take photos of everything but what I was asking. The DJ ran late and completely missed the ceremony. This caused my bridesmaids and I to scramble trying to find someone to help with ceremony music while finishing up getting ready. The photos we received were not up to the typical standard found in the wedding industry – several key points of our day were missed by not one but TWO photographers such as the groom prep, first look, feeding each other the wedding cake, flower guys starting the wedding procession, and several group photos with some loved ones. They also somehow managed to miss the moment of our wedding kiss! The photos we received were not corrected and many were left either in a low resolution or an unnatural tint color. The photographers followed each other throughout the event instead of capturing 2 different perspectives of the wedding day. The edited video files we received were poorly received as well. We were not given an opportunity to collaborate with the person editing the video, for example we had no say in what song they chose to overlay the video with. These edited videos came off as gimmicky and had a sort of promotional video quality about them. During my initial post wedding email to get a refund for the ceremony music (which I assumed would be a no-brainer since the DJ did not show up) his exact response was “I don’t know what you want me to refund you he basically was doing it for free anyway I don’t normally charge for ceremonies being I’m doing the wedding…”. After going back and forth over contract deliverables with Nick over email unsuccessfully, we scheduled a day to meet in office. We ended up getting money back along with the promise of additional photos on their way and the raw video footage. In order to provide 800-1000 images as written in Nick’s own contract, their photography/ videography team resorted to taking screenshots of the videos they took – we could tell as some of those screenshots still had the timestamp on the bottom! Not as important, but worth mentioning the engagement photo shoot pictures came out equally as bad – we often get the comment “you guys look like you were photoshopped into the scene”. Overall, it was a huge mistake going with EP Event Group for one of the most memorable days of our lives. Even today I still have no wedding photos hanging on my walls due to the poor quality. I corroborate with the other 1- and 2-star reviews – I also experienced Nick’s defensive attitude while discussing the unacceptable final product. Unsure if it is a common tactic he employs to buy more time, but similar to another poor review I read – he had a family member pass away during the time we were emailing back and forth adding more time for his team to finish their work; or maybe he was hoping we would drop our concerns altogether. In the end it was the right thing for him to return some of the money, however we are never going to get photos of those memories his team missed. If you are thinking of going with EP Event Group, I implore you to reconsider, please support your local free-lance photographers in your...
Read moreI live abroad & my May 2020 wedding was cancelled, like many, due to COVID. With all of the travel restrictions we decided last minute to hold our wedding in NY. We started planning in April 2021 for an August 2021 wedding. I was scrambling for new vendors as I didn’t have much time & stumbled upon EP Events Group through the Knot. After speaking with Nick I thought the package was too good to be true. He was available, & offered me an MC/DJ/Photo/Video combo for a very fair price. As much as I thought it was too good to be true, I went through his reviews on Google & Facebook & felt that he was worth it & booked. He asked for a $200 deposit & that I can pay the balance whenever I see fit & that the entire payment was fully refundable. I also asked for a TV to show a sideshow, but when I got the contract the TV wasn’t listed, so I asked Nick & he said “you’re already get a lot from me, the TV will be an extra charge.” I thought that was odd as this was something we had discussed on the phone. The extra charge didn’t bother me, but I just expected to get what I had asked for listed on the contract. Nick fixed the contract & added the TV & extra charge. I then asked Nick to be put in touch with the photographer to get an idea of his style & go over the timeline & some photos that I had envisioned. (His website shows maybe 10 pictures) I’m emailing back & forth with Nick & he gives me Nicks email (same one I’m writing to), for the photographer. I was a bit annoyed by this but I let it slide, & I instead told Nick what I wanted from the photographer. He told me they are very busy over the next 2 weeks but I got “a deal of a lifetime” and I should trust him & he’ll send to me in 2 weeks everything. I was patient & trusted him & waited 3 weeks before I reached out again as I had yet to hear from him. I also wanted to confirm the start time as the contract said 2pm start but Nick said they first arrive at 2pm. Nick was always a bit delayed to answer me & I’d email him a few times before getting a response, but he finally tells me that to start at 2pm will be another charge per professional, & that he’ll send me the photos, the link for me to make my music playlist, & amended contract with new start time & added charge. After this, I didn’t hear from Nick again for another few weeks. I reached out to him again right before Memorial Day. Nick tells me I’ll get everything I need on Monday. Well that day came & I got nothing. I emailed him a few times & still got no response. We’re in the beginning of June, & I just felt like he was flaky. As I live overseas, it’s hard to call with the time difference, but I didn’t hear from Nick for a few weeks so I called him & he rudely says “I know who this is & normally I wouldn't answer the call but I’m only answering because you’re calling from Israel”. He then goes on answering all of the questions in my email, clearly showing he read them all. He then tells me very rudely that someone in his family is dying so he’ll get everything to me soon. I wasn’t sure what to say. I understood that he is going through a family emergency & I truly felt bad, but he had basically ghosted me for a few weeks, I thought I at least deserved an explanation or that he could have asked one of his workers to manage his clients during this time. After this phone call, he told me I’d get everything I need on the next Monday. Well Monday came & he finally answered my questions, but he didn’t send me the photos, updated contract, or the link for the music. With 2 months to go I decided to cancel our contract & asked for my $200 deposit back, which, of course, he didn’t respond to. I reached out 2 more times before he finally answered my message, & first said “you get your refund a day after the wedding” (which makes zero sense to me as that wasn’t in the contract & I cancelled, so why wait until the event) but then he sent my refund... It was very disappointing working with Nick & I hope that in the future he is more responsive with his clients to ensure a stress free & smooth event...
Read moreNick told me to send in a form online so that he could remember to give me a call back that following Monday. I found that a little odd, isn't that his job to write it down and not forget? He kept repeating that it was the holiday and he was swamped, so I looked past this, and sent in the online form. I trusted him after researching his pages, finally giving him my credit card number, hopeful in locking us in with the mirror, which he claimed rented like hot cakes. He took it gleefully. Monday came and I waited. It was almost six thirty at night, and still no call. I was worried and finally decided to call myself. Nick answered forgetting who I even was, and told me he had been held up at an event, and that he would “call me back tomorrow, and we’ll go over all the details,”. Owning a business myself, I know how it can be sometimes, so I felt for him and told him it sounded like a plan. Low and behold, the next day was the same story! I waited all day! All day! And when I, yes you read that right, I* FINALLY called him myself (how unprofessional, no?) he was a bit crude saying more or less “what details do we really need to go over?” I told him for the second time: “Its the gold trimmed mirror we need, it goes with the theme, and are you ready to discuss the photo’s prints?” He went over the times again (as if I even asked that) rushing me off the phone, explaining this time (unlike the other dialog we shared the conversations before) that his staff would go over the photo details upon arrival, WE DIDNT NEED TO OVER THE PHONE LIKE HE PROMISED, ANYMORE?. He said it as if this was something we had even had a chance to discuss already. He spoke curtly to me as if I was pestering him, as if he already gave me my fair share of plans that one deserves after paying 800.00$ for a rental. You would think someone so confident in talking to his customer in the manner he did, didn’t need the 800.00$. HE MUST NEED IT THOUGH, CONSIDERING AFTER BRINGING IN THE WRONG MIRROR THAT I SPECIFIED THE TWO TIMES I DID HAVE THE CHANCE TO (FIRST CONVERSATION, AND THE THIRD), HE HASN'T REFUNDED ME MY MONEY! WHEN THE WRONG MIRROR ARRIVED, I CALLED AND EXPLAINED AFTER ALL HIS CONFIDENCE IN CURTLY ASSURING ME “I GOT THIS! DON’T WORRY MY STAFF WILL BE THERE AND YOU’LL BE HAPPY!” HE DELIVERED THE WRONG MIRROR, ALL HE COULD SAY IS “WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO, LADY?” Following this, I was a but frustrated. He kept blowing me off when I called, therefore he missed the major detail here. Who wouldn’t be frustrated? Had he sat down like a professional and spoke the details with me, instead of treating me like a pest, and rushing me off the phone with false promises, I WOULD HAVE HAD THE RENTAL I PAID FOR. So my frustration must have bothered him, and thats when he started cussing and calling me a fu*king moron, asking me to stop talking, because I’m giving him a headache. Hmmm maybe your profession isn't fitting for you, if you get headaches from people talking pretty calmly, especially considering you failed to do your job properly. Maybe thats also the reason you rushed me off the phone the prior phone calls too. I don’t know though, you were pretty chipper before you had my 800$! The icing on the cake, is when he kept swearing and screaming at me, as if I mistreated and wronged him, and told me to tell HIS MEN TO PACK IT UP! hahaha! DONT RENT FROM HIM! HE STILL HASN’T PAID ME BACK 800$ WHEN HIS MIRROR WASN’T EVEN FULLY ASSEMBLED BEFORE HIS MEN PACKED IT UP AND LEFT. ALSO HE LIES. When I first called and he answered, he told me his men would be there soon, but his men were already there setting up. He must of thought his staff was late and that was the reasoning for my call, but it wasn’t, and why did he lie? BECAUSE HE RUNS HIS WONDERFUL...
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