Please post or FM me your contract packages with Duet. I booked them last week, and from what I've been seeing, I think I'm getting ripped of a bit. Maybe not, but I need a basis for comparison. I'm paying $3700 for 2 photogs, 10 hrs, e-pix, NO VIDEO. By the way, all the pix are at Giorgios because that's where the wedding is. Plus they need to be fed and there's a clause that it's customary to tip them.
Please let me know what you think. I just can't be uncomfortable with one of my main vendors.
Thanks.
Kathy
july06bride
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did you do any negotiating and ask them add things in for you??? how pics in the albums, what kind of albums, parent albums, i dont think you mentioned your whole package which will influence price
kmkelly
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No parents albums at all. I did no negotiating which was my fault. If I already signed the contract, is it too late to go back and talk to them?
Thanks for your help.
Soon2BeMrs2006
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my package includes 2 photographer and a videographer and a lot of extras and i'm paying just a couple hundred more than you are. i negotiated with them a lot
beautyq115
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I didn't book them but we saw them and they were ready to negociate...maybe you could re negociate...say someone you know is getting XYZ for this amount and see what they say Good Luck
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if you already signed the contract it may be too late, but you can still try. WE met with them and i negiotated at the first appt. but went home without booking to think it over. I decided I wanted extras, parent albums, engagement shoot, i want portraits for the parents. I went back for a second appt and negiotated more. if you negoitate you get a lot more thrown in
july06bride
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i would try negotiating...we are getting A LOT more and paying like 200.00 more than you
Soon2BeMrs2006
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Posted by july06bride
i would try negotiating...we are getting A LOT more and paying like 200.00 more than you
exactly
serendipity0680
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I woudl try negotiating, I am a Duet Bride too, my FI & I got the top of the line package which was like $6000 for everything, but we did negotiate & got lots of extras added.
MrsP2Be
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I'm paying around $600 more..are you getting any thank you notes? wall pictures?
LaurenluvsTJ
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we are paying the same and are getting the parents albums and 100 thank yous and the proofs. we paid extra for epix though. Believe me they were the best deal we saw!
kmkelly
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Thanks for the input everyone. I think I'll go see Eric and see what he'll do, he seems like a nice guy. Like I said, I went alone, and did no negotiating. By the way, I got one 10x10 album 30 pages (up to 60 images), an 11x14, and 8x10, a 5x7, and a 20x24. 60 Thank yous. No parents albums, he wanted $500 additional for each of these, which I thought was outrageous. We paid an additional $200 for the epics but that's included in the $3700.
Soon2BeMrs2006
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hmm i'm getting a similar package and i have video and i'm only paying couple hundred more than you. i dont get the 20x24 though
Swan06
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I was there that day when you were talking to Eric. I was the one patiently waiting for about a half hour + while you were with him. As much time as you spent, I'm shocked that you weren't negotiating.
Also, I think you tricked many brides by saying that he only gave you so & so and then at the end saying that you got a couple of extras.
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I'm not sure what you mean when you say I tricked many brides, as far as I'm concerned what I got weren't 'extras', they were standard. What I was saying is for what I'm paying, others are getting videoes done for about the same money.
If you need any further explanation, please FM me. I certainly assure you that it is not my intention, on this website or in general, to 'trick' anyone.
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Were paying 3,300 for 10 hrs. 2 photographers 100 thanks yous 2 parents ablbums (plus ours) 5x7's 8x10's and (1) 11x16
and i booked them like 3 weeks ago - they called it there winter discount -
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Posted by kellwolfe
Were paying 3,300 for 10 hrs. 2 photographers 100 thanks yous 2 parents ablbums (plus ours) 5x7's 8x10's and (1) 11x16
and i booked them like 3 weeks ago - they called it there winter discount -
no video?
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I'm paying significantly less than that for 2 photog's for 12 hours each, plus videographer for 12 hours (no parent albums, but it includes TY's and a bunch of 5x7's).
I basically told them what I wanted and what I would pay. They met my price demand.
ETA - I didn't do e-pics either.
kellwolfe
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No Video - FH doesnt want it - and he hasnt asked or said a word about anything so i didnt fight himon it
Shellycakes123
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Try Celestial, we met with him and hes such a reular down to earth guy. Very nice, and extremely reasonable. We are paying 3, 500 for a bride and groom digital book, 2 parent books, e pictures, 75 thank you cards(digital prints) a 16X20 enlargment, all proofs on cd with the rights to reprint them, the digital mini book, 2 photographers, all day with no charge for over time, and you can view your prints online the next day. He posts them on a site for your guests to see. tehre are no extra charges for touch ups and handcoloring. We shopped around and we really liked this guy! You get hard copies of your proofs 1 week after the wedding, and the books in 6 weeks. Hope this helps
