Roy H. Parks III Roy Hartley Scamming photographer Milford Michigan

I've been working for the company since early 2013 and most of the information in this report is not accuarate and several statements are embellished to frighten brides away from this photographer. This girl that married August 3, 2013 in Howell signed a contract as Savanna Garrette. She wrote this report on the same day the court case was scheduled to be heard in small claims court and the photographer was not aware of the report until a few days after reslving the case in court. About 39 days before the wedding date this photographer was forced to file a lawsuit against Savanna becasue she refused to pay the full amount of the contract $495 for all day photography.

Savanna and her fiance were demanding a full refund because Roy refused to do the 8 hours of wedding photography unless the full amount was going to be paid. At the time only $350 was paid to the company. While being heard at court the judge discussed the contract in great detail and reasons why the photographer had a right to refuse service unless the full amount was paid. The cancellation policy was 30 days and the judge ruled for the customer to have judgment for only the amount she paid to the photographer $350.

They were demanding Roy cover the difference for the other the person they hired which was nearly $1,000 additional above the amount they paid. He refused to cover that difference between his contract price and what they paid the other photographer. Roy paid Savanna the entire refund of $350 cash the same day before leaving court and a satisfaction of judgment was filed in court case closed. He was not required by law to do so but he also gave Savanna extra cash for any other small expenses.

A few days later a bride emailed a link to this report posted by Savanna because Roy was hired to do video and photography at her wedding on Saturday October 26, 2013 and the bride wanted to know if this report was true and we told her not to worry and that it was already resolved in court. And it was possible a civil suit would be filed if the report caused damages to the company or the photographer in the near future. Roy has been attacked this way online several times by other photographers in the last five years because they wanted him out of business in lower Michigan after several clients left studios to sign contracts with Roy for much lesser amounts and he agreed to cover those weddings for almost half the money.

These other photographers were investigated and reported to detectives and civil suits were filed in last five years to recover all those damages Roy has sustained. These hateful reports have seriously damaged the reputation of the photographer and businesses he worked for with other persons and have caused panic amongst brides that were interested in using his services or had contracts already and requested refunds before weddings so they could hire someone else on short notice. It already cost the photographer thousands in lost contracts and small claims cases to say the least. People go on here and spread lies and report false information to scare away business with other brides. The real harm is to the brides that assume everything in these reports are fact and presented as truth. They suffer the most because its nearly impossible to hire a quaility photographer on short notice and not pay a hefty price. Roy is a very thoughtful, kind-hearted, and passionate person and he doesn't sign up brides with the intent to not do any of the work. Its a s****.>

A couple brides requested to cancel contracts after locating these reports while doing searches but those deposits are non-refundable as stated on the contracts regarding the cancellation policy. Roy will do his best to replace any bookings with other customers if that happens those customers that wanted to hire someone else will get money closer to those event dates.