Jim DeRosa Bad Business for Wedding Couples Entertainment Concepts Music and Event Services or Event Galleria
78Jim DeRosa - Wedding Theif!
Bad Business for Wedding Couples!
Jim DeRosa, from Event Galleria, now with Entertainment Concepts Music and Event Services, was contracted to photograph my wife and my wedding and prepare a wedding album for us. July 28th 2009 was our two year wedding anniversary and we still have no wedding album. I have contacted him on multiple occasions and he has either promised me things he has not delivered on or just ignored my calls and neglected to call/email me back. My wife and I have paid for our album in full. He has lied to my wife and me on several occasions. All we want is the photographs and memories from our wedding. Jim has stolen those from us.
To give you a warning of who Jim is, he has changed locations at least three times that I know of. He has operated under multiple business names. He has an F Rating for the Better business bureau with 32 complaints http://www.bbb.org/new-jersey/business-reviews/photography-and-video-services/event-galleria-in-florham-park-nj-90010011 He has been put on shame on you http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/Shame_Shame_Shame_Event_Galleria
We need to collectively stand up to this person and ensure he doesn't continue to conduct business in this manner. I have reached out to a few class action lawyers who can help us all and the many others out there that are in the same situation.
The last conversation I had with one of Jim's Subcontractors, Noel, I was told there are up to 50+ Albums that still have yet to be created. Jim is currently being sued by Noel's company, Noel Marie Photography, and no Albums are going to be made in the near future. The sad thing is Photography is only one aspect of Jim's businesses.
Jim is a bad wedding photographer coordinator and an even worse business man. If you are a person that has done business with Jim DeRosa and are in a similar situation to me we now have help. If you want to move forward and stand up to Jim DeRosa please e-mail your contact info below with a detailed outline of your situation and we will work with an Attorney at no charge to fight to get our money, photos/albums, videos/dvd's and memories back. I have also emailed a few newspapers about our situation. I hope to create awareness about what a thief Jim DeRosa is so no one has the same experiences that we did.
Jim DeRosa http://www.entertainmentconceptsdjs.com/ (newly started company)
40 Baldwin Road
Parsippany, NJ 07054
866-847-3984 Office
973-801-6720 Office #2
973-515-4534 Cell
or
8 Raquel Court
East Hanover, NJ 07936
Internet Reviews for Event Galleria:
http://www.forabetterwedding.com/vendors/EVENT-GALLERIA-review-20886/http://www.projectwedding.com/vendor/show/event-galleriahttp://www.merchantcircle.com/business/The.Event.Galleria.973-386-0829http://www.mobilebeat.com/diversification-key-to-profits-by-james-derosa/ (look at the comments below for this one)
Please post a comment in regard to your situation on my new blog about Jim DeRosa at http://jimderosaentertainmentconcepts.blogspot.com/ This way other wedding couples will know that he is working under a different name and don't get hurt by him. This blog will also act as a forum where we can get more information about this class action lawsuit, future newspaper articles and resolution with our complaints.
The lawyers recommendation was to do the following:
File a complaint with the better business bureau. https://odr.bbb.org/odrweb/public/getstarted.aspx?siteID=89
File a Complaint with the Office of Consumer Complaints (Division of Consumer Affairs) http://www.state.nj.us/lps/ca/ocp/ocpform2.htm
Take Jim DeRosa to Small Claims Court to get your money back. You can have another wedding photographer finish your Album, Video or whatever he has not completed. Get a proposal from another wedding vendor to finish what Jim has not completed and bring a copy of all of your paperwork, contract, mails ect. with you to court. http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/civil/civ-02.htm (There have been so many people that have taken Jim DeRosa to Small Claims Court so your case should be easy to win.)
My recommendation is the Following: [My goal is to have enough past customers of event galleria comment on these pages so when someone searches for his company on any search engine (google) our blog or reviews will come up next to his website.]
Please post a comment on my blog site about Jim DeRosa in regard to your experience. http://jimderosaentertainmentconcepts.blogspot.com/2009/07/bad-business.html
Please post a comment on my hub page about you experience with Jim DeRosa http://hubpages.com/hub/JimDeRosa-Bad-Business-for-Wedding-Couples-Entertainment-Concepts-Music-and-Event-Services-or-Event-Galleria
Please post a comment on Jim DeRosa's Rip Off Report Page about your experience. http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/0/477/ripoff0477185.htm
Go to the theknot.com and post your experience with Jim DeRosa on the Blog Page http://talk.theknot.com/boards/main_frame.aspx?page=ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=90 TheKnot.com is the largest forum for weddings. This is the best way to make people aware of Jim's bad business practices.
If each one of you can do half of these things than Jim DeRosa won't be able to take advantage of future wedding couples. This guy looked me right in the eye and lied to my face on several locations. He took my money and never delivered my wedding photos. My wife still cries that we don't have our wedding album. I need your help to make sure this doesn't happen to anyone else.
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My two year wedding anniversary is in September and, like many others, I still do not have my wedding album or any of my pictures. I have tried to contact Jim several times and on the rare occasion that I speak with him he tells me nothing but lies.
There were many problems dealing with Jim throughout the time leading up to my wedding and it finally culminated with this disaster.
My husband and I, along with our families, just want to have memories from our wedding.
My name is Katie and I was also advantage of by Jim De Rosa at Event Galleria. When we met he seemed like an honest man, I made the mistake of paying in full so that I could get a discount. I thought I was saving myself money, I did not! There were alot of problems tha occured before my wedding.
After many calls he promised to refund my $2,700 if I met with Noel. Noel would hand me the check if I was not interested with her services. After depositing the check, I found that he stopped payment on it. He then said he would give me back all but a 1000 deposit but that never came either. I have emails showing his promises and his check that he issued then stopped payment on.
Our 2 year anniversary is in September. We have no wedding album and are out a few thousand dollars. Thank you for creating this forum so we can collectively go after what we paid for and put an end to this. Please keep me posted on any class action lawsuits as we are ready to go. I submitted a complaint with the BBB about a year ago and that went nowhere. I will continue to follow the advice you listed above and go through all avenues avaiable to make some progress.
Dear Dave:
My husband and I were married on July 14, 2007. We used Event Galleria for the following services: wedding video, DJ and photography. Jim Derosa was our DJ, we received our wedding video about 5 months after the wedding, my name was misspelled. I met with the photographer, Noel, in October 07, to finalize the details of the wedding album lay-out, as we did receive our proofs soon after our wedding. All monies owed by us were automatically deducted from our checking account within days after our wedding date. Since then I have reached out through: voice message, and emails on all contacts affiliated with Event Galleria (Jim Derosa and Noel). I was thrilled when Noel finally responded through these monthly album updates. Supposedly, our album was in the final stage when Noel, in March 2009 stopped sending updates. Once again, I began to reach out to Noel through the phone and email to inquire about the missing monthly updates. I have not communicated with Jim Derosa since we received our wedding video in January 2008. I was under the impression that Noel and her husband, Jim were responsible for our album, as they had assumed the role of making excuses of why the album was taking so long, and in charge of these monthly updates. I was unaware that Jim Derosa and Noel were no longer business associates. Finally, in June I reported Event Galleria to the Better Business Bureau, and when doing so I came across Noel's new company and her contact information. With this, I email Noel through her new company address and basically begged her to at least respond to me and point me in the right direction. My husband and I had our first child July 4, 2009, his name is Brody, we would like to be able to show him our wedding album when he is older, this is what I had explained in my email to Noel. A couple of weeks later I received a phone message from Jim, Noel's husband. Today, I finally spoke to him and he explained that he and Noel had made an agreement with Jim Derosa, a while back, to finish some albums, ours of course was NOT included, and of course their agreement had been broken due to non-payment on Jim Derosa's part. Jim did give me this blog information, which I am grateful for, but I have some issues with all involved, including Noel, her husband Jim and Jim Derosa. How come no clients were contacted about all of these issues going on behind the scene? Why was it so difficult for Noel to respond to my on-going emails or phone calls? Why does Jim Derosa and Noel have new companies now, when both are not fair or honest business people, as proven from their previous business responsibilities? I think it is great that we are all coming together, so this does not happen to others, but what about our albums. Please contact me jaimehonbun@msn.com so we can further discuss a class action suit. My sister in law was married in September 07, and received the same services as I did, as well as NO ALBUM. Please contact me as soon as possible.
Thank you for the information, Jaime
Please, if you have facebook, join my group "Make Jim Derosa Pay"
Derosa worked with a close person to me and still screwed me over. He values no one, not even family. The man is a pathetic excuse for a man and karma will find him. Until the day that karma finds him, we need to let the world know just what he has done. He has screwed over too many people.
I think it would be in everyone's best interest to reach out to Jim DeRosa with your concerns or complaints through the better business bureau under Entertainment Concepts and Event Services. The good news is that Jim actually responded to my complaint. The bad news is he is most likely going out of business. Again, Jim is playing the victim card here. He has all of our money, pictures and/wedding albums. He is refusing to honor our contracts moving forward. He is going to take the easy road and file for bankruptcy so we will never get any compensation unless we group together now. I need your help. Collectively we are strong. I going to try hard to read all of the blogs and posts and organize them into a nice package for the class action attorney. If you can please email me directly with an outline of your story and all of your contact info it will speed this process along. Contact me at Dave@AlpinePainting.com
Contact Name and Title: James De Rosa
Contact Phone: 973-801-6720
Contact Email: jrderosa@mac.com
All Event Galleria and subsequent businesses have been closed. We are no longer in the event business in any way.
The problems started when Event Galleria sold its photography business to Noel Marie Photography. They have breached the sale contract with Event Galleria and have failed to deliver on their contract obligations. Along with their failure to honor the contract they have told clients that we still owe them money which is untrue and a total fabrication. We were reimbursing them for album expenses and our contract stated that we had until June 30, 2009. They breached the contract in April of 2009 because they were having operational issues.
In an attempt to try to help we stepped back in and have been trying to reacquire the images. Unfortunately, Noel Marie Photography has included some very unrealistic and costly stipulations in the reacquiring process forcing the situation to be delayed and angering everyone, including myself.
Now I have been the butt of anger from the outstanding clients even though we are not responsible. We are no longer involved in the event business and are only honoring the 6 or so contracts we have left, none of which are photography related. Whichever photo contracts are left are being handled by another company that is in no way related to Event Galleria or any of our other companies. We have taken down almost all of the websites and will have the remaining ones down in a few weeks.
I would still like to try to settle this and get the albums done but Mr. Scaturo has seen fit to create so many Internet related smears against me that it no longer seems prudent and since Event Galleria is permanently out of business and not legally bound I have to question the viability of continuing. He has seen fit to put my picture and my address on the Internet putting my family in danger.
We are no longer in business and are currently engaged in a business that is far removed from anything to do with social and wedding events.
Mr. Scaturo's issue is with Noel Marie Photography, not Event Galleria or myself. He has chosen to direct his anger towards me but I am trying to help. Unfortunately I am dealing with the same issues he is in trying to resolve this. I am not in hiding, but when Mr. Scaturo calls it is a blizzard of anger and profanities and I really don't want to be subjected to that. At this point, with the damage he's done, my ability to help has been significantly reduced.
This was my response to the BBB Reply from Jim DeRosa (Above):
Legally I have a contract with Jim DeRosa. He cannot subcontract his business to another company and now just expect his clients to deal with his subcontractor from here on out. Jim is trying to walk out the back door with his client’s money. After speaking with his subcontractor, Jim DeRosa has not paid them and now there will be no wedding albums made in the future. He is trying to take advantage of me and about 30-40 other young wedding couples by not providing services that were paid for through his company Event Galleria, now Entertainment Concepts and Event Services.
Jim changed his business name prior to our wedding. Jim is trying to close his business and not provide his customers with their wedding photos, memories or money back from services not rendered. At this point I do not want to conduct business with Jim DeRosa. I do not want him to "try" and make my wedding album with another one of his subcontractors. I am not willing to wait any more time. Two years and one month is long enough. All my wife and I want back, at this point, is our money so we can have a reputable, professional company create our album in a reasonable time frame. Please help me collect my money from Jim DeRosa and whatever company he is operating now.
This was my response to the BBB Reply from Jim DeRosa (Above):
Legally I have a contract with Jim DeRosa. He cannot subcontract his business to another company and now just expect his clients to deal with his subcontractor from here on out. Jim is trying to walk out the back door with his client’s money. After speaking with his subcontractor, Jim DeRosa has not paid them and now there will be no wedding albums made in the future. He is trying to take advantage of me and about 30-40 other young wedding couples by not providing services that were paid for through his company Event Galleria, now Entertainment Concepts and Event Services.
Jim changed his business name prior to our wedding. Jim is trying to close his business and not provide his customers with their wedding photos, memories or money back from services not rendered. At this point I do not want to conduct business with Jim DeRosa. I do not want him to "try" and make my wedding album with another one of his subcontractors. I am not willing to wait any more time. Two years and one month is long enough. All my wife and I want back, at this point, is our money so we can have a reputable, professional company create our album in a reasonable time frame. Please help me collect my money from Jim DeRosa and whatever company he is operating now.
I also strongly encourage everyone to file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission, Office of Consumer Complaints (Division of Consumer Affairs)
http://www.state.nj.us/lps/ca/ocp/ocpform2.htm
and https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/FTC_Wizard.a
I spoke with a rep from the state already. This is going to be one of the most powerful tactics we can use to stand up to Jim.
Jim form a new company. We have to file a compaint with the BBB at his new company. To warn people how they going to be rip off by him.
We should protest in front of his new location to warn people about him.
My story is just like the rest.
My wedding was May 11, 2008. I also did not get my Wedding album. It is so frustrating I hate to even talk about it.
I remember sitting with JIm in his Florham Park office right after he moved form Baldwin Road I think. See my cousin went through a similar situation with Celebration Studios and I told Jim I was nervous that the same thing could happen to me. He used his charm and sweet talked me saying that would never happen. He knew the guy and was upset that he did such a thing. He assused me that Event Galleria was doing well and never had problem like this.
So I felt better for the time being.
Then at the half way point before my Wedding Jim ran a credit card he had on record without my knowledge. It took months to try and get him to credit it.Again right after my Wedding there was another un-autherized charge.
This guy is unbelievable, he paints such a pretty picture. We are all newly weds trying to start our lives out only to have our hard earned money stolen and our Wedding memories spoiled.
No album, no digital prints, lost money.
We have to protest against him file complaint again his new company.
My Story is like the rest of yours. My wife and I were married on July 28, 2007 and we still have no album. At least we got our proofs from that crook, not before paying our balance in full. If we had sat down with Jim from the very beginning I am sure we would not have dealt with that place. I remember from the first time that we meet Jim my wife and I just were not sure about him, should have listened to our guts. We meet with a very nice woman who sold us on the photography and video package (that was another fiasco) and once we signed up that was the last we ever saw her, she disappeared. From then on we dealt with Jim. We had a payment plan with him and all we wanted was an email confirming that they received our check each month and give us an update on the balance. My wife and I would have to make several calls and send multiple emails just to get it and then was told that he and everyone else there was very busy, too busy to simple return a call or email, but if Jim thought he did not receive your money he found the time to contact you then, no problem there. Anyway you all know this story I won’t bore you with the rest.
Has anyone received a BS e-mail from Events Galleria a.k.a Jim 'I'll take your money' DeRosa stating how all this is Noel Marie Photography fault and that he is trying to fight us to get our photos back so he can do the right thing by us all. What a great guy, the level of BS this guy produces is beyond compare. The e-mail also states how people have been writing defamatory things about him - I feel so bad for him, right - and that he would like to work with us on fixing this, but going forward all contact about photography matters will be handled by their attorney, Nabil Kassem. So now we have a lawyer who is going to get our albums made, I am sure he is very talented. This just keeps on getting better and better. I have not had the nerve to contact this Nabil Kassem because I am sure it will be a conversation of lawyer double talk and 'I can't really say anything at this time' and it will end with my blood pressure on overload and me fighting the urge to punch a wall. I hate, as I am sure we all do, this helpless feeling and the injustice of it all, but maybe karma will catch up with Jim one day and take a big bite out of this ass.
Someone got any new phone number that you can reach Jim. I have been waiting 2 years for my Album. This guy gets a new phone number every month and a new address.
Did anyone call the lawyer yet?
James De Rosa is a crook plain and simple. He is a very talented rip-off artist.
He pretends to be this moral family man and claims he wants to do the right thing. Actions speak louder than words.
Is there any truth to this claim that he has a gambling addiction? He is a pathological liar. That is a fact. If the gambling thing has any truth to it then this all makes sense.
He probably will do a Chapter 7. He has a history of this. He knows he can get away with it so he does. If anyone has the resources to investigate where he owns investment/rental properties, let people know so they can put liens on his "fair game" assets. One property is at the Jersey Shore (Somewhere between Belmar and LBI) I know that's a huge search area! There is another in the Trenton area. That's all I know. He's a slippery MoFo and puts more effort into stealing from people than "doing the right thing".
I feel for his family because their father/husband is a degenerate piece of "xxxx". They probably are clueless as to how he puts food on the table, ect.
He is a crook and fraud is his specialty.
The lawyer is not returning my calls. Anyone have the same problem?
I found one of his property he owns. http://mcweb1.co.morris.nj.us/TaxBoard/TRPropertyD
Here another web - site with the property.
I highly recommend that everyone reaches out to Help me Howard at http://weblogs.wpix.com/news/helpmehoward/ in order for Howard to do a story on what a crook Jim DeRosa is. He is similar to Fox 5's Shame on You.
I have more properhttp://mcclerkweb.co.morris.nj.us/or_wb1/new_sch.a
all you have to do is put his name in there
You have to use the first name James.
The latest scam from Jim!
http://newjersey.craigslist.org/rts/1437675702.htm
Own A Piece of the Jersey Shore
The web - site is http://tax1.co.monmouth.nj.us/cgi-bin/m4.cgi?&dist
i have more web - site http://tax1.co.monmouth.nj.us/cgi-bin/inf.cgi
We were going on a family vacation this past summer -- he double booked the place told us the night before. I wouldn't even call it a vacation home - wouldn't recommend it for a dog to sleep there. He promised and swore he would return our money -- have not seen a cent! He is a pathetic man - didn't realize how many people he has scammed
That's why it's important everyone takes the initiative and follows through with contacting the Office of Consumer Complaints (Division of Consumer Affairs) http://www.state.nj.us/lps/ca/ocp/ocpform2.htm
They're the ones that are going to get the ball rolling with this, the last I spoke with them they were well aware of what's going on and had Jim's info on hand. The more complaints the stronger our case!
I don’t recommend anyone posting any comments on this site in a threatening manner of any kind. Jim DeRosa contacted Hub Pages and expressed that he feels individuals on this site have been threatening both him and his family and he wants the site removed.
Everything that I have ever posted has been accurate and in a non threatening manner. I expect the same from everyone who posts a comment on this site. I understand all of your frustrations. I know you are individually out thousands of dollars and more importantly your wedding memories. I am too. But the best way to get back what Jim took from us is to take legal action.
Here is the best way to do that:
Take Jim to small claims court. You should sue him personally. Reason being is he, most likely, didn’t incorporate until after you signed a contract with him. This means he is person liable for reimbursing you to have another photographer pay to have your wedding album completed. Make sure you bring a document from the state of NJ that says when he was incorporated with you to court. Brian A, can you tell everyone where they can get that document. Also, he will most likely not pay you when he is supposed to. So, after you win your case, you should go down to the special claims division of the Morris County Court and Docket the Judgment. This will act a somewhat of a personal lien on Jim’s assets. Here are a few other things you need to bring with you to court… Your contract with Jim, Event Galleria. Checks, credit card statements or receipts that you paid Jim. If he did, in fact, charge your credit card without your authorization, It is credit card fraud and he can go to jail for that. Jim is going to say that he sold the business, but you have a contract with him so it shouldn’t be a problem. Stay persistent. Don’t let his attorney push back the court day and try for an extension. That is Jim’s move.
File a complaint with the Office of Consumer Complaints (Division of Consumer Affairs) http://www.state.nj.us/lps/ca/ocp/ocpform2.htm They are the ones that can push for a class action lawsuit against Jim DeRosa. As you can see by this newspaper article we can win. http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/11/chester-b The judges at Morris County Courts are familiar with our cases. So are the people at the office of consumer Complaints. Ask for Linda Palma. She is a big shot over there and the main person handling our case. 973-504-6103
Don’t give up! We are getting close to getting our memories back. Tell everyone you know about your situation and what Jim DeRosa did to you. The more people that know that better chance that new people won’t get hurt by Jim DeRosa.
How long more until we get our money?
Shame on You, Jim DeRosa, Event Galleria, Entertainment Concepts Music and Event Services
Michelle Martinez says:
4 months ago
My wedding was in May 2009 and I was screwed by him. He has half of my money and NoelMarie Photography has the other half. Jim DeRosa has not given my deposit to Noel Maria for my Thank you, big pictures and my photo album. I contacted the Better Business Bureau on Jim DeRosa and will be filing a complaint.