Hi all. I live in California. I learned the lesson of not hiring anyone off Craigslist a few months ago, when my wedding videographer, who shot my wedding in June, failed to deliver our video within his verbally promised "3 weeks". This was in June of this year, and he has since stopped returning my emails and phone calls.
I have a receipt from him, promising to deliver the video and proof of payment. Unfortunately, the receipt does not include a date promised for the completed product. We discussed this over the phone only, and he said he averages 3 weeks. This was 5 months ago. I have probably about 40 emails since then, of us conversating asking where is the video, its almost done, so on and so on. Several of the emails include him saying "It's done, I am putting it in the mail tomorrow" (months ago). Several others include excuses (family deaths, etc.), which I have since found out that he used on other customers years ago. He is basically a con man that has disappointed many other people with not delivering their videos. I do not want to provide his name here, so I wont include the link to the wedding forum thread of people discussing him.
My question is, do I have anything to work with? Can I consider taking legal action?
Thanks in advance!
I have a receipt from him, promising to deliver the video and proof of payment. Unfortunately, the receipt does not include a date promised for the completed product. We discussed this over the phone only, and he said he averages 3 weeks. This was 5 months ago. I have probably about 40 emails since then, of us conversating asking where is the video, its almost done, so on and so on. Several of the emails include him saying "It's done, I am putting it in the mail tomorrow" (months ago). Several others include excuses (family deaths, etc.), which I have since found out that he used on other customers years ago. He is basically a con man that has disappointed many other people with not delivering their videos. I do not want to provide his name here, so I wont include the link to the wedding forum thread of people discussing him.
My question is, do I have anything to work with? Can I consider taking legal action?
Thanks in advance!