Videoccasions Video Productions

I have been battling with the owner Matthew Riccardi for well over a year for my wedding video. It has been brought to my attention by friends/​family of Matthew that he has a drug problem (Prescription pain killers) Matthew could careless about his customers or the footage in which he is holding hostage. It has also been brought to my attention the mother of his child, and other family members have notified DYFS since he has a child but the state of NJ can’t do anything since he has a prescription for his medication. I would never ever do business with Matt Riccardi or Video Occasions. He is a wise guy, who thinks bankrupcy and talking like a scumbag to clients he screwed over is ok. This man deserves a life long black cloud to follow him and his loved ones. You will lose if you do business with Video Occasions or in the event he starts a new company, MATTHEW RICCARDI. Anyone with additional information on this poor excuse of a man please contact me via Unilocal if you too have been done wrong by this man. Something must be done, there has to be a alternative method to resolving this issue, he has been malicious showed no remorse for his actions, and premeditated in his actions.
Tamir

These people are a disgrace to real businessmen.
Matthew Riccardi of Franklin Lakes the owner deserves a visit from karma.
You are lucky Helen did not find out your true colors.
Your son, Christian will.
They will take your money and give you nothing.

I’m a former employee of this company and I STRONGLY suggest you stay the h*ll away from this company. Matthew Riccardi is irresponsible and does not care about his customers. It’s been nine months since I left and I have had 36 clients call me with the same story that he dropped of the face of the earth, closed the company, and went into bankruptcy. I called Matt several times to tell him about these clients and he told me, «I don’t give a $#%^ about those people.» This is a horrible company be warned!

14 months after the wedding, they no longer return calls (after months of excuses) and haven’t delivered the promised product. Enough said.

If you are a bride to be and have booked Videoccasions to be your videographer LOSE yOUR DEPOSIT and book someone else IMMEDIATELY or else you will be in the same situation as I and many others who have used Videoccasions the past year. Matt is a great guy in order to get your business. They seem all official up until your wedding date and then that’s when it all goes downhill. I’m sick to my stomach right now thinking that this CRIMINAL is probably out ripping someone else off right now. It has been a year since my wedding and I do not have an edited version of my video. I know for a fact I am not the only one. I probably will never get an edited version of my video either from Matt Riccardi and his scam of a business Videoccasions. His number was out of service for a few days and they moved out of their Franklin Lakes office. His number is back in service but to no surprise when you call it goes straight to voicemail. I have called him several times and left messages to try and get what I paid a pretty penny for. He took the money and RAN. He robs brides of what they can’t get back. A video captures what a photo does not. This is the only vendor I had an issue with. Matthew Riccardi is a CRIMINAL. I am not the only one in this situation. BOTTOMLINE, DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY. I don’t know how this guy sleeps at night but like they say every dog has their day.

Really wanted them to do a good job as my wife’s family is from Franklin Lakes and you route for the local businesses. But CONSIDER YOURSELF WARNED. Despite their initial friendliness, as soon as the contract was signed it has been an absolute joke how bad this business is. Here are the highlights:
1) we were married in August 2013 and despite all our efforts to get our video from them over the past 6+ months, they haven’t even STARTED it. It’s now May 29, 2014. My mother in law got so fed up a month ago that she threatened legal action and they agreed on an absolute deadline. That deadline was 2 weeks ago and a few days after that Matt, the owner, called to say he lost the scene selections and musical choices that my wife provided to him sometime in fall 2013 and that she would have to resend. She spent hours on it, and clearly he hadn’t even started the video despite the legal threats. And well now
2) 1 week before the wedding he changed the videographer on us to someone whose work we had not seen. A total unknown.
3) the joker who they sent at the last minute showed up to the wedding an hour late
4) due to a stomach bug, my mother in law fainted during the ceremony. Was scary at the time. This guy decides its appropriate to get up close to her and film it. I had to hell him to scram and what was he thinking?
If you read this and still use them, you deserve what’s coming to you. But at least require some modifications to the contract that dictate what THEY have to do for YOU.

Please do NOT use them! Save yourself the headache! They give you the complete run around and you literally have to chase them to receive what you paid for. The owner is completely rude and terrible business man. AVOID AT ALL COSTS

Beware. Takes your money and doesn’t follow through. A year and a half past our wedding and we still can’t get thru to them with our edits. They seem to dictate when a video production is complete without consent of the bride and groom.