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| Pissed |
| 04.27.06 (8:46 am) [edit] |
| Regular readers of my (somewhat) daily diatribes have been aware that I have been working my posterior off on a festival that happened last weekend. It was my 2nd year with the event. I didn't get paid for last year's (considerable) work until late January when the Festival Director asked me to do it again. This time, I insisted on a contract. We agreed that I'd be paid a commission on every restaurant that I brought in. Any additional work I did would be paid at a reasonable fair market amount. I worked my ass off since late January. I tripled the number of participants we had the previous year. We needed more revenue because the Sponsorship Director wasn't pulling her share, so he told me to start recruiting merchandise vendors as well. So I spent plenty of time negotiating and selling those folks - including going to several other festivals to hand out vendor information. I booked appearances on morning radio stations for 15 morning radio shows and three more afternoon shows (despite the person responsible for actually showing up blew off 12 of them). I haggled on pricing for wristbands, plaques, and negotiated a profit split with the moonwalky/inflatables guy instead of paying out of pocket for it. I made sure the VIP list was secured and the party was organized. I made sure we had supplies for the operations of the festival. I was putting in 12+ hour days the three weeks before the event and did 16+ hour days the three days of the festival. The Festival Director kept telling me how much he appreciated my work and how it wouldn't be possible without me. Monday, I was asked to take over the Sponsorship Director AND remain in charge of the restaurants for next year. (I must have done something right, right?) Tuesday, he asked me to send him an invoice for everything. I calculated all the restaurants and merchandise vendors. I only charged him the festival working rate that I had last year - despite having 3x the responsibility since the Sponsorship Director didn't do jack shit. I only charged him $1000 for all the extra work I did. (Breaks down to under $4/hr) I got an email from him yesterday saying that 'we'd have to talk about my invoice' because they weren't going to be able to pay me for the merchandise vendors or the work I did at the festival or the extra work I did. That the festival didn't make money, blah blah blah. I thought about it long and hard last night before replying to his email. I responded point by point to his email. He said that my commission for getting restaurants included working on-site as it did for(Sponsorship Director) with sponsors. (Who did NOTHING on site). I suggested that perhaps he should re-evaluate her payment then since she failed to live up to her contractural obligations. I reminded him that there was NO way that he could have gotten anyone else to do half of what I did for even 3x what I am asking for. He did a bunch of guilting on me too. I have it from a reliable source that he is lying to me about the amount of money he has received compensation-wise about the event. I think, we can safely assume, that I will not be participating next year. I do not work for charity. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR RRRr |
posted by: surrogate (reply)
post date: 04.27.06 (4:28 am)
Par for the course. Sorry scubs. If he didn't make money with three times the vendors? Hmmm.
I'd suggest asking for a full accounting and suing him personally (and, once the suit is under way, but not until, loudly). Save every email.
posted by: scubadiva (reply)
post date: 04.27.06 (4:52 am)
Reply to: surrogate
Keeping everything documented. After an incident that happened on Monday, I got an idea of something squirrely. I sent an objective reply - so the ball's in his court. We'll see what he has to say.
He claims that there were only 14k people there which is IMPOSSIBLE. We had over 80k in attendance last year and it was similarly packed on Sunday. We charged $2 admission - and each attendee got a wristband. 30 boxes of wristbands are conveniently 'missing'. 30 boxes = 15,000 wristbands = $30k
So it's a good thing I didn't book that vacation that I desperately need.
posted by: SupremeAnna (reply)
post date: 04.27.06 (5:22 am)
That's horrible! You did the right thing.
posted by: guitarman47 (reply)
post date: 04.27.06 (5:48 am)
Sorry to hear that.. Stick by your guns..
posted by: rosietulips (reply)
post date: 04.27.06 (9:11 am)
Ugh! I hope you get what you deserve!!
posted by: PastorDave (reply)
post date: 04.27.06 (1:05 pm)
You are probably more aware of this than myself, but some people make a very comfortable living with "not for profit" enterprises. I suspect this person with whom you are negotiating is one of them. It is sad when the good heart of another is clearly used and manipulated by someone who then turns around and fills his pockets with money because of your sacrifice. What I think: Be persistent and don't worry too much about being nice. I think a "righteous sense of anger" over being used by someone else is in order.
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