Warning - do not use mario dabek photography!
My name is Cathy W and I was referred to Mario Dabek Photography by a friend of mine in our local neighborhood in Cambridge. My husband and I wanted to take some family pictures for my sons 5th birthday, and we didn't have any family portraits for that matter. Even though Mario was rude and very unprofessional, I unfortunately booked him to come to our house that following Sunday to take some basic family photos for $250.
The photoshoot lasted about 30 minutes or so and it was obvious that Mario has never done it before. He was extremely amateurish and clearly nervous and sweating profusely. Nonetheless, he said he would go home and do some photoshop on the photos so we PAID him in full with cash (bad idea). After he left our house, we noticed our new digital camera that we had just opened was GONE. Him stealing our camera is another story!
To make a long story short, WE NEVER RECEIVED ONE PHOTO! Mario stopped answering phone calls and emails completely, and to this day we have never been able to get a hold of him. The last correspondence from him was an email saying that he had no idea who we were and that he had never done our photoshoot! I was shocked that Mario Dabek completely stole $250 and our $500 digital camera, and then thinks that pretending he doesn't know us is going to make us just "go away". We are currently in a the process of filing a Civil lawsuit against him.
Our family's best advice is to STAY AWAY FROM THIS THIEF!
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