Thursday, August 18, 2011

I urge you Not To Use Gary Leli Photo and Video

My wife and I got married on June 14th 2009.  It was a beautiful day and everything went better than could be expected.  EXCEPT, the video.  We hired Gary Leli Photography and Video out of St. James New York in Suffolk County.  It has been over two years and we still have not received our Video.


Gary does not do his Video’s; he outsources them to another party, a company called Moments to Remember.  This company is holding all of the work Gary has outsourced to them because Gary has not paid them the money for the work done.  I say SHAME on both of these companies. 
My wife and I paid in full for our wedding video and now we may never see it.  Gary also puts in the contract that if he is unable to complete the work, he is only responsible to return the money paid. This means all memories are lost and it is almost like you decided you actually never wanted a wedding video or wedding photos when you actually contracted with one. 
Gary may have called me back 5 times in over two years.   He sends me response emails promising the video will be ready for me at a certain time and than just ignores that deadline.   Gary runs a terrible business he is 100% unreliable, and if you use him for your wedding you risk not getting the product you paid for. 
If you know Gary personally and you really want to use him, I suggest either bringing a lawyer to sign the contract or making sure you are entitled to a lot more than reimbursement of the money paid if he can not complete the work. 
For the pain and suffering he has caused my family, I would hope readers of this blog with empathize and not use him for any event.