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THE WEDDING HAS COME AN GONE AND STILL MANY LOCAL BRIDES ARE FEELING STOOD UP. BY THEIR WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER!
THAT'S WHY THEY CONTACTED 7 ON YOUR SIDE'S ROSS MCLAUGHLIN TO TRACK DOWN THE MAN WHO LEFT THEM FEELING JILTED.
Ross McLaughlin:
NOTICE ANYTHING? SOMETHING'S MISSING..LIKE THE PICTURES..THEY WERE TAKEN AND PAID FOR.. BUT TWO YEARS LATER MANY BRIDES ARE STILL DON'T THEIR WEDDING ALBUMS.
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IT LOOKS LIKE PERFECT DAY. THE PERFECT WEDDING...
Jennifer Markatos:"They were beautiful, I mean he is a professional but I don't have an album to show for it."
SHE PAID A LOCAL PHOTOGRAPHER GLENN BARNETT TO DELIVER.
Jennifer Markatos:"It was about 4 thousand dollars."
TWO YEARS LATER JENNIFER MARKATOS STILL WAITS.
Jennifer Markatos:"I had a pregnancy 15 month old son and I have no wedding album."
STEVE DEFRANK IS UPSET TOO..
Steve DeFrank:"We know of probably about 30 other couples in Washington DC."
INCLUDING HIS DAUGHTER CARA AND HER NEW HUSBAND JAMIE. GLENN BARNETT SHOWED UP TO TAKE THE PHOTOS, GOT PAID NEARLY 3 GRAND..MORE THAN TWO YEARS LATER THERE'S STILL NO WEDDING ALBUM.
Steve DeFrank:"You don't know who's behind the cloak anymore when he's going to get back to you, if he's going to get back to you." Andrea Hatch:"He owed me(NATS taking pictures) I sued him for $5,048.. he owed me more than that."
ANDREA HATCH WAS HIRED BY BARNETT TO HELP TAKE WEDDING PICTURES LAST YEAR BUT IS STILL FIGHTING TO GET PAID.
Andrea Hatch/Photographer:"I want to be paid for the hard work I put in."
IT'S A PORTRAIT OF 3 DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND MANY OTHER BRIDES HAVE POSTED THEIR COMPLAINTS ON LINE...SO WE GO LOOKING FOR GLENN BARNETT..BUT HE'S NO LONGER IN VIRGINIA.. WE FINALLY TRACK HIM DOWN IN NAPLES FLORIDA AND GET HIM ON THE PHONE.
Glenn Barnett:"In 2007 we made some business decisions that didn't turn out to be good ones."
HE SAYS HE TRIED TO HARD TO MAKE EACH ALBUM SPECIAL AND GOT WAY BEHIND.
Glenn Barnett:"I'm not trying to make excuses wish we could have been better communicating to people. We tried to communicate as best we good."
AND HE SAYS THIS BLOG KILLED HIS WEDDING BUSINESS BUT HE'LL STILL TAKE CARE OF EVERYONE.
Glenn Barnett:"Right now Ross I want to make my customers as happy as I can. I think I've got a plan in place to get remaining people albums in next 6 weeks.
STEVE DEFRANK'S DAUGHTER GOT HER ALBUM. BARNETT'S PROMISED TO PAY ANDREA HATCH HER WAGES AND JENNIFER MARKATOS? HER ALBUM IS ON ITS WAY.
Jennifer Markatos:"Okay yeah. You guys accomplished in two and half weeks what we couldn't accomplish in two years, so we're excited about that?"
Ross McLaughlin:
GLENN BARNETT SAYS HE'S NO LONGER DOING WEDDINGS AND IS TRYING TO REBUILD HIS PHOTOGRAPHY BUSINESS IN FLORIDA. WE'VE PUT OUR ENTIRE PHONE INTERVIEW WITH HIM ON OUR WEBSITE AND WE'LL BE FOLLOWING UP TO SEE WHEN THE ALBUMS ARE DELIVERED.
Click here for the phone conversation with Glenn Barnett.
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