I met Davad M Davad at my father's BBQ. His sister use to work with my mother. We started talking and realized that we had common interests. Well, he told me what he did for a living and about a year later, when I got engaged, I called him. Davad and I actually hung out together a few times after our initial meeting. He promised me a great video package for an extremely discounted rate. My fiance (at the time) and I went over to their place for dinner and to discuss the contract. He offered this huge package for about $1,000. My wife and I were hesitant to go with it because we weren't planning on spending that much for a videographer. We didn't even want one to begin with. Since he was a friend of mine, I convinced my wife to accept the pacakge even though we didn't want more than half of what he was going to "throw in for free."
First mistake we made was to work with a "friend." Second mistake was that we didn't look over the contract completely before we signed anything. We paid half of the amount up front and agreed to pay the remainding 50% after services were completed (it even states it in his contract). Well about a month later, my fiance receives an invoice for the remainder of the bill. We thought that it was pretty shady for him to contact my fiance instead of me. We contacted him about this and he said that since he was giving us such a great deal, that we would return the favor and pay the rest of the bill. My wife is an accountant and she always deals with vendors and knows that you never pay in full until all services are fully rendered.
My wife tells him this and he blows up on her over the phone and hangs up on her. I then get a long e-mail from him telling me that I "need to set my fiance straight" since he was giving us such a great deal. He then offered for us to pay during the day of our wedding or just forget the whole thing and give us our money back. I thanked him for everything that he has done and accepted his offer for a full refund. He then answers the e-mail saying that he is entitled to the "deposit" as stated in the contract and claims that I was the person to end the contract agreement.
I then contacted my cowork who was once a lawyer and showed him everything I had including e-mails and contracts. He confirmed that not only did I not break any contractual agreement, but the contract itself was extremely poorly written and wasn't valid. Since the e-mail he sent me offered to give me a refund, that would negate any contractual agreement. A few more e-mails threatening lawsuits were sent both by me and my coworker and he responds with pretty much a challenge.
A lawsuit was filed and he rejected every letter that was sent and didn't answer the door every time a sheriff came to serve him the letter.
I was finally talked into giving it up by my wife. The funny thing is, I live about 10 minutes away from him now. I saw him at our local Target store about a year ago and was ready to confront him but my wife begged me to not "bring up bad memories." As far as I know, he still lives in the Schaumburg area.
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