THE PLANNING HOUSE LLC, THE LEARNING HOUSE LLC, MICHELLE ANGELINE FARRELL PERALTA CEO MICHELEE ANGELING FARRELL PERALTA WHO GOES BY SO MANY ALIAS IS A WEDDING CORDINATOR WHOS IS A CON ARTIST AND A FRAUD!! SHE WILL TAKE MONEY FROM YOU AND SET AN UNREALISTIC BUDGET AND SHOW YOU A LOCATION AND ITS NOT EVEN BOOKED WITH THE HOMOWNER SHE DOESNT FOLLOW ANY CITY LIMITS SHE HAS BEEN ON FOX 11 NEWS INVESTIGATES CHARGED FOR FRAUD TAKING OVER 50K IN VENDORS AND BRIDE/GROOMS MONEY LOS ANGELES California

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

THIS IS TO INFORM YOU THAT ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO I CAME ACROSS A WEDDING PLANNER BY THE NAME OF MICHELLE ANGELINE FARRELL PERALTA, FORMLY WITH THE GOOD TIMES GROUP NOW WITH THE PLANNING HOUSE LLC AND THE LEARNING HOUSE LLC.

I WAS JUST ENGAGED AND THRILLED ABOUT PLANNING MY DREAM WEDDING. I INFORMED HER ABOUT MY THEME OF MY WEDDING AND THE DCOR OF MY WEDDING I ALSO INFORMED HER THAT MY BUDGET WAS ONLY 50K SINCE MY FINACE AND I ARE PAYING FOR THE WEDDING OURSELVES.

I AM 28YRS OLD AND HE IS 35YRS OLD WE ARE BOTH PERSIAN AND COME FROM A BIG FAMILY. WE INFORMED MICHELLE THAT WE WILL BE HAVING 350 GUESTS AND THAT WE WILL NOT BE HAVING A CEREMONY ONLY A RECEPITON AND WE NEED AN ESTATE THAT WILL ALLOW US TO GO UNTIL REAL LATE AROUND 1:30AM OR SO. WE HAVE HEARD MANY HORROR STORIES OF WEDDINGS GETTING SHUT DOWN EARLY AT THESE ESTATES AND WE DIDN'T WANT TO COME ACROSS THAT PROBLEM. MICHELLE REASSURED US THAT SHE HAS THE PERFECT LOCATIONS TO FIT OUR NEEDS.

SHE SHOWED US MANY PROPERTIES THAT WERE NOT WITHIN OUR BUDGET. JUST FOR THE LOCATION ALONE THE COST WAS ANYWHERE FROM 17K-25K PER MICHELLE (ONLY TO FIND OUT LATER THAT IS NOT THE ACTUAL COST OF THESE LOCCATIONS WE VIEWED AND SHE WANTED TO POCKET THE REST OF THE LOCATION FEE) WE THEN INFORMED HER THAT THERE IS NO WAY WE CAN AFFORD SUCH LOCATIONS AND WENT OUR SEPARATE WAYS SHE CHARGED US 250.00 DOLLARS TO VIEW THESE LOCATIONS TO ONLY FIND OUT AT A LATER TIME THEY ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

AFTER A FEW MONTHS OF DOING MY RESEARCH I WAS NOT ABLE TO FIND ANYTHING AND SHE CONTACTED ME INFORMING ME THAT SHE HAS NEW LOCATIONS AND THAT I WOULD LOVE THEM.

I AGAIN HAD TO PAY 250.00 DOLLARS TO VIEW THESE LOCATIONS BUT THE 500.00 TOTAL THAT I HAD GIVEN HER WAS GOING TO GO TOWARDS MY WEDDING. WE SAW A LOCATION AT 7007 BIRDVIEW AVE MALIBU CA 90265 THE OWNER OF HOME IS ANTOINETTE BERGET. MICHELLE TOLD US AS WE WERE VIEWING THE PROPERTY THAT WE CAN GO UNTIL 1:30 AM AT THIS LOCATION, THAT SHE RENTS OUT THE NEIGHBORS TO THE RIGHT AND THE NEIBHBORS TO THE LEFT FOR PARTYS/EVENTS AND THAT NONE OF THE NEIGHBORS WILL CALL THE COPS TO SHUT OUR WEDDING DOWN.

SHE ALSO INFORMED ME THAT I CAN FIT MY 325-350 GUESTS AND THAT I CAN STAY OVER NIGHT AT THE LOCATION ALL FOR A FEE OF $12,000.00 WHICH SHE WILL BE MAKING AN ADDITIONAL 15% SO SHE WOULD GET $1800.00 DOLLARS MAKING THE TOTAL $13,800.00 AND HER CORDINATOR FEE IS $5000 AND SHE GETS 15% FROM THAT WHICH IS $750.00 AND THAT COMES OUT TO A TOTAL OF $7,750. MY FINACE AND I LOVED THE PLACE, ITS GOT VIEWS OF THE OCEAN, IT'S GORGEOUS AND EVERYTHING WE DREAMED OF! THE COST WAS WITHIN OUR BUDGET IT FIT ALL OF THE PRERESIQUTES WE EXPLAINED TO MICHELLE! SHE THEN GIVES US A BOGUS CONTRACT TO SIGN IN MAY OF 2007, WITH (NOT KNOWING AT THE TIME) A DIFFERENT NAME OTHER THAN OUR LOCATION.

THE NAME OF OUR LOCATION IS ENCHANTED SEA COTTAGE AND ON THE BOGUS CONTRACT SHE HAS THE ENCHANTED CASTLE. AS WELL SHE GIVES US A BUDGET BREAKDOWN SHOWING THAT OUR WEDDING WILL COST US ONLY 50K BUT SINCE ITS OUR FIRST TIME GETTING MARRIED AND WE WERE UNAWARE OF COST WE THOUGHT THIS WAS PERFECT AND DUE TO HER DECIET, FALSE CONTRACT AND WEDDING BUDGET, WE DECIDED TO SIGN THE CONTRACT AND HAVE HER AS OUR WEDDING PLANNER.

WITH MICHELLE MAKING 15% FOR EVERY VENDOR SHE REFERS ME TO I WENT AHEAD AND DID THE WEDDING PLANNING MYSELF. I LOCATED ALL OF MY VENDORS ON MY OWN COMPARING PRICES ETC I CAME TO FIND OUT THAT SHE HAD MY WEDDING CAKE ON MY WEDDING BUDGET CONTRACT AT 400.00 DOLLARS WHEN I CONTACTED BAKERS TO SEE WHAT KIND OF CAKE I CAN GET FOR 400.00 DOLLARS FOR 325 GUEST THEY ALL LAUGHED AND SAID NOTHING AND WHO INFORMED ME THAT I CAN GET A CAKE FOR $400.00 FOR 325 GUEST I ADVISED THEM MY WEDDING PLANNER AND THEY WERE SHOCK TO HEAR THAT A WEDDING PLANNER WOULD THINK A CAKE FOR 325 GUEST WOULD COST $400.00.

I THAN BEGAN TO QUESTION WHY I PAID MICHELLE 8K SHE HAS DONE NOTHING FOR MY WEDDING I HAVE DONE ALL OF THE LEG WORK WHILE SHE HAS WASTED MY TIME BY SETTING UP BOGUS MEETINGS NEVER DISCUSSING MY WEDDING ETC. IN THE PROCESS OF LOOKING FOR A CAKE I INFORMED HER THAT I HAVE EMAILED SEVERAL BAKERYS IN THE SURROUNDING AREA OF MY WEDDING IN MALIBU AND THEY HAVE QUOTED ME PRICES IN THE RANGE OF $1800.00-$3800.00 DOLLARS THAT I CANT FIND A CAKE FOR $400.00. ONE OF THOSE BAKERS WAS REGAL CAKES IN LOS ANGELES CA THEY QUOTED ME $10.00 PER PERSON. SHE TOLD ME THAT REGAL CAKES IS ONE OF THE MANY VENDORS SHE WORKS WITH AND THAT THEY WERE GIVING ME RETAIL PRICE AND IF I WENT DOWN THERE WITH HER THEY WOULD GIVE ME A BETTER DEAL. SO I DID. AND THAT WAS ALMOST 9 MONTHS AGO SINCE THEN I HAVE ASKED HER TO GIVE ME AN INVOICE OF HOW MUCH THE CAKE WILL BE AND SHE HAS NEVER GIVEN THAT TO ME.

AFTER WAITING AND WAITING AND WAITING I WENT AND GOT MY OWN VENDOR FOR THE CAKE AS I DID WITH ALL THE OTHER VENDORS. MICHELLE NEVER GETS BACK TO ME IN A TIMELY MANNER, SHE HAS WASTED MY TIME NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, AND SHE HAS NOT BEEN PROFESSIONAL AT ALL WITH ME.

I THEN BEGIN TO TRUST MY INSTINCTS AND I START TO GOOGLE HER NAME BECAUSE SHE NO LONGER WAS WITH GOOD TIME GROUP AND NOW IS WITH A COMPANY CALLED THE PLANNING HOUSE LLC. NOT TO MY SURPRISE I FIND A FOX 11 NEWS INVESTIGATES WEDDING PLANNERS AND THERE SHE IS BEING ACCUSED OF GRAND THEFT OF OVER $50,000 AND RUINING WEDDINGS, BY TAKING THE BRIDE/GROOMS MONEY, NOT PAYING THE VENDORS, ETC. MY FINACE AND I CONFRONT HER ABOUT THE DISTURBING ACCUSATIONS. SHE MANIPULATES AND LIES BY SAYING THAT THEY ARE FALSEY ACCUSING HER ETC ETC. SINCE WE ALREADY SIGNED THE CONTRACT AND WE WERE SO FAR INTO THE PLANNING OF THE WEDDING WE DECIDED TO KEEP HER UNDER ONE CIRCUMSTANCE THAT WE PAY OUR VENDORS DIRECTLY AND NOT HER! ON DEC 4TH WE WENT TO THE LOCATION WITH MY CATER, MY FLORIST, MY MOTHER AND HER. TWO WEEKS BEFORE THAT DAY I REQUESTED MICHELLE GIVE ME THE FULL NAME OF THE HOMEOWNER (SINCE SHE I DIDNT HAVE THE HOMEOWNERS NUMBER AND MICHELLE WOULD NOT ALLOW THAT I SPEAK WITH HER) SO I CAN GET HER A CERTIFIED CHECK FOR $6000.00 DOLLARS TO PAY HALF OF THE DEPOSIT FOR THE LOCATION. FINALLY THE NIGHT BEFORE AFTER BEING SO FRUSTURATED WITH MICHELLE AND EMAILING HER, TEXTING, AND LEAVING NUMEROUS VOICEMAILS SHE CALLED BACK WITH THE HOMEOWNERS FULL NAME. ON DEC 4TH SHE WANTED TO MEET UP AT THE STARBUCKS IN MALIBU TO GO OVER ALL OF MY VENDORS ETC. I MEET UP WITH HER AT 10:30 AM AND INSTEAD OF TALKING ABOUT MY WEDDING SHE WAS TELLING ME THAT THE HOMEOWNER WAS RACIST AND THAT SHE DOESNT LIKE ETHNIC PEOPLE AND THAT I SHOULD LET HER HANDLE THE SITUATION AND ANY QUESTIONS I HAD ETC. I KNEW WHAT SHE WAS DOING SHE WANTED TO PLANT THESE NEGATIVE THOUGHTS IN MY HEAD ONLY LATER THAT DAY TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHY. WE GO TO THE LOCATION AND THE HOMEOWNER INFORMS ME THAT MICHELLE DIDNT EVEN MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TODAY AND THAT I AM LUCKY BECAUSE SHE WAS HOME TODAY, MY MOTHER AND CATER DROVE FROM ORANGE COUNTY WHICH IS TWO HOURS AWAY AND MY FLORSIT FROM SAN MARINO WHICH IS ALMOST TWO HOURS AS WELL. MICHELLE THEN HAS AN ASSITANT BY THE NAME OF ANNE CHO MEET US AT THE LOCATION TO KEEP ME BUSY AND AWAY FROM THE HOMEOWNER. I WANTED TO GO INSIDE TO DISCUSS MY WEDDING DETAILS WITH THE HOMEOWENER I HAVE BEEN AT THAT LOCATION AT LEAST 5 TIMES AND IT SEEMED LIKE SHE WAS BEWILDERED AND KNEW NOTHING OF MY WEDDING OR ITS DETAILS. BUT THE HOMEOWNER BEING UPSET THAT WE DIDNT HAVE AN APPOINTMENT ASKED US TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT FOR THE FOLLOWING TUESDAY AT 11AM. MICHELLE LEFT THE LOCATION AND I WAS ABOUT TO LEAVE WITH MY MOTHER WHEN THE HOMEOWNER CAME OUTSIDE TO ASK ME A FEW QUESTIONS. SHE WAS BEWILDERED AT WHY I HAVE BEEN AT THE LOCATION SEVERAL TIMES WITH MY RENTAL GUY, FLORIST, CATER, AND MOTHER. I THEN INFORMED HER THAT THIS IS THE LOCATION OF MY WEDDING AND THAT I CAME TO HER TODAY TO GIVE HER $6,000.00 IN A CERTIFIED CHECK FROM THE BANK. SHE ASKED ME TO COME INSIDE TO DISCUSS EVERYTHING. I THEN FOUND OUT THAT

ON HER PROPERTY THE MAX GUEST ALLOWED IS 175
FOR THE CITY OF MALIBU I WILL NEED A PERMIT
IN THE CITY OF MALIBU I WILL HAVE TO SHUT MY MUSIC AT 10PM AND MY WEDDING AT 11PM THAT THE COST OF LOCATION FOR THE MAX GUEST OF 175 IS $16,000.00 THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT MY WEDDING OR MY WEDDING DETAILS IN THE CITY OF MALIBU YOU ARE ALLOWED TO ONLY HAVE 4 WEDDINGS PER YEAR IN THE ESTATES THE OWNER OF THE LOCATION HAS NEVER SIGNED ANYTHING WITH MICHELLE AND SHE WAS BAFFLED AT WHERE MICHELLE GOT THE PRICE OF $12,000.00 FOR THE LOCATION AND WHY SHE WOULD LIE TO ME
AS WELL THE OWNER HAD HER OWN CONTRACT AND SHE DOESNT DEAL WITH THE WEDDING PLANNERS BECAUSE THE WEDDING PLANNERS JACK UP THE COST OF THE LOCATION TO POCKET THE MONEY.

I WAS ENRAGED, I CANT BELIEVE MICHELLE WAS GOING TO TAKE ME FOR A RIDE, SHE IS A CON ARTIST AND A FRAUD. SHE TOLD ME EVERYTHING I WANTED TO HEAR SO I WOULD SIGN THE CONTRACT AND GIVE HER THE $7550.00 DOLLARS. KNOWING THAT I COULDNT HAVE GONE PAST 10PM AT THAT LOCATION (ONLY LATER TO FIND OUT THAT ITS THE RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR MALIBU) WHAT IF MY DATE WAS TAKEN OR WORSE SINCE IN THE CITY OF MALIBU YOUR ONLY ALLOWED FOUR WEDDING WHAT IF THEY ALREADY HAD 4 BOOKED.ON TOP OF THAT I CANT HAVE THAT LOCATION SINCE I HAVE 325 GUESTS AND ITS OVER OUR BUDGET. (WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO BE 50K AND ITS NOW ALMOST 113K) SHE WAS GOING TO WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTESO I WOULDNT HAVE A LOCATION AND THEN TAKE OFF WITH MY MONEY, OR ASK FOR MORE MONEY TO GET ANOTHER LOCATION WHO KNOWS WHAT THIS EVIL, COLD HEARTED AND VINDICTIVE WOMAN IS CAPABLE OF.

THE FOLLOWING TUESDAY I MET UP WITH HER AT THE COFFEE BEAN IN RESEDA AT 11AM. I INFORMED HER OF WHAT I FOUND OUT WITH THE HOMEOWNER AND THAT I WANT MY $7550.00 DOLLARS.($1800.00 DOLLARS OF THAT BEING 15% FOR THE LOCATION THAT I DONT HAVE $500.00 DOLLARS FOR VIEWING THE PROPERTIES AND $5750.00 FOR A CORDINATOR FEE WHICH I HAVE RECORDS OF GETTING MY OWN VENDORS AND PLANNING MY OWN WEDDING) SHE THEN CONTINUED TO LIE AND TALK HER WAY OUT OF IT SO I CALLED THE HOMEOWNER AND PUT HIM ON SPEAKER IN HIS EXACT WORDS HE SAID HE NEVER SIGNED ANYTHNG WITH MICHELLE THAT IF SHE STEPS FOOT ON HIS PROPERTY HE WOULD CALL THE POLICE AND THAT HE IS NOT GOING TO DEAL WITH MICHELLE! SHE THEN TOLD ME SHE DIDNT HAVE THE MONEY TO GIVE IT BACK THAT IN HER EXACT WORDS THERE IS NO MONEY. SHE THEN GETS IN HER CAR AND LEAVES. THE NEXT DAY SHE CALLS MY FINACE AND LEAVES A MESSAGE SAYING THAT SHE CANT COMMUNICATE WITH ME BECAUSE I AM TOO EMOTIONAL RIGHT NOW AND THAT SHE IS GOING TO GIVE US OUR MONEY (I HAVE THAT MESSAGED SAVED) HE CALLS HER AND SHE THEN HAS THE NERVE TO INFORM US THAT SHE HAS ANOTHER LOCATION FOR US ETC ETC. HE TELLS HER LOUD AND CLEAR WE DONT WANT TO WORK WITH YOU WE JUST WANT TO RESOLVE THIS AND GET OUR MONEY BACK. SINCE THEN WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED OUR MONEY OR ANY INDICATION THAT WE WILL GET IT BACK. SHE IS A THEIF AND UNDER FALSE PRETENSES TOOK OUR MONEY KNOWING THAT SHE WAS GOING TO DO NOTHING FOR US NOT OFFER ANY SERVICE BUT DISERVICE AND LEAVE US HIGH AND DRY WITH NO LOCATION. THANK GOD WE DIDNT PAY FOR THE INVITATIONS YET OR ORDER THEM. WE THOUGHT THAT WE TOOK CARE OF ALL OF OUR VENDORS IN A TIMELY FASHION GIVING THEM THEIR DEPOSITS ETC SO WE CAN BE LESS STRESSED AND ENJOY PLANNING A WEDDING AND YOU WOULD THINK THAT WITH A CORDINATOR IT WOULD BE A PIECE OF CAKE, MICHELLE ANGELINE FARRELL PERALTA (SOMEONE WITH SO MANY ALIAS) HAS MADE THIS A NIGHTMARE FOR US. WE NO LONGER ARE AHEAD IN OUR PLANNING BUT NOW WITHOUT A LOCATION FARTHER FROM IT MAKING IT EVEN MORE STRESSFUL BECAUSE OF THE HOLIDAYS. I HAD TO CONTACT ALL THE VENDORS AND TRY TO FIND A NEW LOCATION THAT WILL ALLOW MY GUEST COUNT OF 325, THATS WITHIN OUR BUDGET SINCE NOW WE ARE OUT AN ADDITONAL $7,550.00, A LOCATION THAT WILL ALLOW THE TIME FRAME WE ARE LOOKING FOR, THAT WILL ALLOW THE VENDORS WE HAVE SIGNED CONTRACTS WITH AND GAVE DEPOSITS TO AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR LOCATIONS AS FAR AS ORANGE COUNTY SO THE VENDORS WILL CHARGE US MORE FOR THE FARTHER DRIVE.

MICHELLE HAS ROBBED US OF OUR MONEY (LIFE SAVINGS), OUR PEACE OF MIND, OUR DREAM WEDDING, OUR BEAUTIFUL MALIBU BEACH LOCATION, OUR JOY IN PLANNING A WEDDING, AND RUINING THE MOST IMPORTANT DAY OF EVERYONES LIVES. SHE BELONGS IN PRISON. SHE IS HARMFUL TO SOCIETY JUST BECAUSE SHE IS NOT PHYSICALLY HURTING SOCIETY DOESTN MEAN SHE ISNT HURTING US MENTALLY, SPRITUALLY, AND FINANCIALY. MOST CROOKS ROB AND STEAL TO FEED THEIR FAMILIES OR THEMSELVES, MICHELLE IS INTELIGENT AND CAN ARTICUALTE HERSELF VERY WELL SHE IS CAPABLE OF MAKING AN HONEST LIVING AND INSTEAD SHE PREYS ON HOPEFUL ROMANTICS WHO ARE SO EXCITED ABOUT PLANNING THEIR WEDDING AND THEIR LIVES TOGETHER. BEING THAT MOST PEOPLE GET MARRIED AND NOT KNOW MUCH ABOUT A WEDDING SHE PREYS ON THAT AND TAKES ADVANTAGE OF SOMETHING SO SPECIAL AND PRECIOUS.SHE IS MESSING WITH WEDDINGS THAT COST ANYWHERE FROM 25K-250K AND TAKING THEIR MONEY AND THEN FILING FOR BK AND THEN STARTING A NEW BUSINESSS. WE NEED TO STOP HER! SHE IS NOTHING SHORT OF A CON ARTIST AND SHE BELONGS IN PRISON. SHE HAS ROBBED US OF EVERYTHING AND SHE SHOWS NO REMORSE OR HAS NO CONSCIOUS. I HAVE INCLUDED CONTACTS OF WITNESS, VENDORS, THE HOMEOWER, I CAN SUPPLY YOU WITH CONTRACTS, THE CASHIERS CHECK OF 6K, EMAILS BACK AND FORTH WITH HER AND I, THE PHONE MESSAGE SHE LEFT, AND ANYTHING ELSE I CAN ASSIT YOU WITH.

HERE ARE THE CONTACT INFO OF OTHER BRIDES/GROOMS THAT SHE HAS STOLE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS!!!!!!

DENNIS OBRAIAN: 310- 601-6192
email- bitz140@aol.com

ALICE(WHOS IS A DISTRICT ATTORNEY)- 310-689-8801

CARINA VERANO-310-346-9420 cverano@rutan.com

AND THERE ARE OTHER BRIDES OUT THERE THAT MICHELLE HAS CON OR DID FRAUD

THE DECTIVE THAT IS INVESTIGATING HER CASE IS


Detective Maria Palmer

213-485-3795 office #

213-680-1424 Fax #

OR CONTACT THE LAPD FRAUD DIVISION OR

Detective Wong of the LAPD, Burglary Division @ (213) 922-8252."

John Schwada (spelling?) at Fox 11 News - 1310-709-0056 (mobile). John will remember the wedding scam story.

HERE ARE SOME COMMENTS I FOUND ABOUT HER THRU VARIOUS WEBSITES

This company rips people off. I started as an intern for this company and could not believe the stuff I have seen Michelle (the owner do). When I started she told me not to worry that she went bankrupted in the past and that all the bad publicity is just propaganda and people trying to give her a bad name. WHAT A LIE THAT WAS.
I personaly have seen LAPD take her in for questioning and have seen her on a "shame on you" story on the news for stealing thousands from brides and grooms. I remeber Michelle telling me at one point to avoid certain people because they all were suing her. The woman is a crook....BEWARE!...

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by LovelyLady
11/13/2007

This company is a bunch of crooks! The owner of this company Michelle Angeline Peralta Farrell is also the owner of theplanninghouse.com. She was put on the news for ripping people off.....take a look! Don't let her business address fool you, it's her apartment that her step daddy pays!

Fox 11 Investigates: Wedding Planner
http://www.myfoxla.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail?contentId=1757176&version=2&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=1.1.1

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LovelyLady - 11/29/07
Michelle and Interns....you can click to report abuse in this review all you want. At the end of the day...your still a crook...and still wanted by the LAPD. Interns...don't believe me? Call the LAPD Fraud Division yourself...prove me wrong.

LovelyLady - 11/29/07
Thanks for the info all!

LovelyLady - 12/01/07
Also beware of her interns....Michelle list properties in her interns names with her phone number so that people wont know its her.....The names are Estelle Taylor and Taylor Johnson. Both names are listed under properties with Michelle's phone number.

Anyone have experience with A-List Events (AKA Fleurever Yours)
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I'm already married but am now helping a friend plan her wedding and researching event planners. One of the companies she is considering is called A-List Events (AKA Fleurever Yours or Landmark Estates). Any reviews--good, bad, or otherwise--on these folks? Thanks so much for your help. ''

SamRich
1/25/05 11:44 PM
I know that na...
Reply To: bride_eastbay Reply Report

I know that name sounded familiar. I remember reading couple posts on that event planner. I know someone who used their services and are thinking of suing them. This is one of the posts that I found, but you may want to do a search on the Message boards.

"I don't think anyone on this board had the misfortune of being affected by these people, but just in case...

This information was recently passed along to me:

If you have been harmed by FYI Events /Landmark Estates/ LME (all different names for the same company run by Mechelle Farrell (aka Michelle Peralta) and Jaime Peralta, please call Detective Wong of the LAPD, Burglary Division @ (213) 922-8252."

bride_eastbay
1/26/05 7:58 AM
Hi SamRich,
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Hi SamRich,

Thanks so much for your reply. You mentioned someone you know is thinking of suing them. Do you mind sharing why?

SamRich
1/26/05 9:24 AM
Hi,

They a...
Reply To: bride_eastbay Reply Report

Hi,

They are not close friend of mine and a friend who was in the wedding briefly told me the story. He said that they did not even have the rehearsal because when they arrived, a movie was being shot at the location (private estate), so they had to be told where to stand and walk on the day of the wedding. It also not well coordinated since some of the vendors were late and the food that was served was very late and cold. He also mentioned something to do with money, but I am not sure on the details on that one.

You may also want to do a search on the Better Business Bureau website. That goes for any vendors. Also, I recommend doing a search on the Knot chat boards and here.

eireann
1/26/05 9:04 PM
That company u...
Reply To: bride_eastbay Reply Report

That company used to have another name: FYI Events. Check the BBB records on them. They're horrendous.

FYI/Landmark/Fleurever Yours is run by a husband and wife team who were recently profiled on Channel 4 News here in L.A. for bilking a number of couples out of tens of thousands of dollars and then not booking vendors for their wedding. They are currently being sued by at least 3 couples and are under investigation by the LAPD.

If you go over to The Knot there are still a couple of brides hanging around who had dealings with them and will give you quite an earful.

I would be EXTREMELY cautious about this company.

bride_eastbay
1/27/05 6:08 PM
Wow!!
Reply To: bride_eastbay Reply Report

Glad I asked. Thanks for the feedback. I'll let her know.

notrealhappy
9/25/05 10:50 AM
Re:
Reply To: SamRich Reply Report

I am a bride who had money stole by FYI events or A-list and I am also very interested in getting info about suing with other couples. If anyone has info regarding this, please e-mail me at chromeskull@comcast.net

pinaki27
10/27/06 2:09 PM
Re: Anyone have experience with A-List Events (AKA Fleurever Yours)
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Michelle now works for a company called Good Times Group inc. GTG...Does anyone know or had experience with her after she joined this company. i already hired her and i am having some issues. please help

Juliekoozie
12/13/06 8:10 PM
Re: Anyone have experience with A-List Events (AKA Fleurever Yours)
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She did my wedding in 2004 and I found out from all my vendors at the last minute that she never paid them and that they were not going to show up so I had to pay them myself and I told her that I was not going through her for anything so she ended up maybe scamming me $3K but the key is to PAY ALL YOUR VENDORS DIRECTLY and not to pay her ANY MONEY - also I found some place cards thrown under tables etc and never set up and lots of rentals not ordered during the wedding and luckily I had such a strong team of people because I knew the caterer so they helped me but otherwise the wedding would have been a disaster- her name was Mechelle Farrell, Mechelle Peralta and now this- they did a segment on her at myfoxla.com dec 13th Tuesday night at 10P under wedding disasters on the front page now- there are 14 lawsuits against her and the LAPD has a warrant against her right now - it was on the FOX 11 news on Tuesday night Dec 13th but now you can view the streaming video on the front page under SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS- Wedding Planner Disaster at www.myfoxla.com

ALL OF MY WEDDING VENDOR CONTACTS BELOW PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT THEM AS YOU PLEASE

http://www.enchantedseacottage.com

THIS IS WHERE YOU WILL FIND THE CONTRACT AND HOMEONWERS CONTACT

Contact: Antoinette Berget
Phone: 310/457-7119
msbirdview@aol.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Verano, Carina
Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 3:47 PM
To: 'CONTACTWE@we.tv'
Cc: Lance (E-mail)
Subject: Re: Warning about Wedding Planner featured on Platinum Weddings

Hello there,

You are featuring a wedding - "Jaclyn & Marchelino's Wedding" on WE Channel's "Platinum Weddings" soon, if not already. The Planning House, LLC were the event planners for that wedding, and their CEO, Michelle Farrell (aka Mechelle Farrell/ Michelle Peralta/ Michelle Angeline) and her assistant Leah Canon were featured in it. They are providing brides with a copy of that episode as part of their marketing, etc.

I would like to make you aware that according to Fox News, Michelle Farrell is under investigation by detectives and has had 13 lawsuits lodged against her by couples who retained her services as an event planner. See the livecast of the news story at SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS- Wedding Planner Disaster at www.myfoxla.com . It aired December 2006. Unfortunately, Michelle changed her name to Michelle Angeline and started a new company, the Planning House (she is the CEO), so many brides are still running into her. As you can see from the livecast, couples claimed they lost tens of thousands of dollars.

Unfortunately, I am the latest bride. I can't say much, but I am being forced to sue her for the return of thousand of dollars.

I would hate for other brides to see the WE episode and hire her only to find this information out later. I don't know if a disclaimer is possible for your show, but as I mentioned before, she is using your show for marketing purposes and associating herself with the WE Channel.
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Thanks very much for taking the time to read this e-mail. As a soon to be bride, I love the show!

Bridetobe
WEST HILLS, California
U.S.A.