A bride has been slammed as ‘unbelievable’ after asking her photographer to commit fraud in order to cut costs for her wedding.
The young woman, who is an event planner, went into a panic when she realised her budget could no longer accommodate the photographer’s fee.
Australian couples spend between $33,000 and $53,000 on weddings on average – with a photographer typically taking up $3,200 of that budget.
The bride sent the professional an email where she suggested hiring him to work events for her company and overcharging them in order to compensate for her wedding.
‘We are so excited to have you as a wedding photographer. Hard to believe it’s only a few months away,’ she wrote.
‘I wasn’t sure how to approach this with you, but the budget has been rapidly expanding as we go through this process. I’m sure that happens with a lot of weddings and you’ve dealt with it many times.
‘I was wondering if we could work something out. I work in the events department at [a company], and I’m wondering if I could hire you to photograph some events there, and you could overcharge them, and whatever you overcharge you could take off our remaining balance.
‘What do you think? Do you have any other ideas?’
The bride sent the professional an email where she suggested hiring him to work events for her company and overcharging them in order to compensate for her wedding
The shocking email saw the ‘unhinged’ bride labelled as ‘tacky’ and ‘criminal’, and a few urged the photographer to report the bride to her place of work.
‘Is this person also telling the florist, the caterer, or any other vendor this?’ one asked.
‘Stop expecting to bargain with creatives like photographers. If you can’t pay for a professional photographer, ask a relative or friend to get a few shots. This is so tacky.’
Many couldn’t believe the bride would stoop so low.
A woman suggested: ‘Just write back, ‘I respectfully decline because I don’t want to go to jail’.’
‘That’s one way to lose a job,’ one wrote. ‘I work in events and can’t fathom someone who works events to do something like that.’
A second said, ‘I beg your finest pardon? I thought she was going to ask for an extension or a payment plan – not fraud!’
‘Why would someone sacrifice their integrity to give you a better rate?’ a woman asked.
‘Sometimes I wonder if people are ridiculously stupid or really that entitled,’ one said.
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