Movies •Books •Music •Food •Tv Shows •Technology •Politics •Video Games •Parenting •Fashion •Green Living •more >

Lunch » Tags » Photography » Reviews » Red Bow Photo » User review

Red Bow Photo

Red Bow Photo provides photography technology, products and services to professional sports franchises, youth sports associations and schools across the country.

Edit Topic

< read all 4 reviews

My IOU has a Red Bow on it

Sep 3, 2009

by StaceOdyssey

Rating:

-4

The Anaheim Ducks. The Boston Bruins. The Carolina Panthers. The LA Angels of Anaheim. The New Jersey Nets. The Orlando Magic. The Philadelphia 76ers, the Philadelphia Flyers. The Seattle Mariners. The Washington Capitals. The Washington Wizards.

If you've been to a single home game for any of these teams, you've definitely seen them. The teenaged photographers walking around in an obnoxious neon green shirt offering to take your photo that you can buy online for a ridiculously marked up price. As a sports spectator at these games, I never had a problem with them. They were always unintrusive and polite. The day I started having a problem with these photographers was the day I became one of them.

Needing to pick up some extra cash while on the recent-grad job hunt, I decided to become a Red Bow Photographer. Pay was good enough for what it was, and I got to be at the games for free! It seemed like a decent deal. On my first day I met some of the other photographers who were not only jaded but also almost bitter about their job and I wondered why. Turns out that Red Bow Photo doesn't believe in paying for services rendered on 'regular' terms. After my first shift, weeks went by and I never received a paycheck. I had a pretty bad feeling about the situation, so I decided to wait until I saw my first paycheck to work a second game.

Months have passed and seasons have ended, and still no paycheck. I called my immediate boss several times all within a reasonable time frame. Each time he promised me he would talk to payroll and get back to me. I can't say for sure if he ever contacted payroll on my behalf, but I never got a call from him once.

Several unsuccessful phone calls later, I decided to E-mail Red Bow corporate. The only form of communication offered on their site, however, was a fill in form where you input your name, E-mail, and a message. After being ignored for a period of time, I had almost decided to give up when I received an E-mail from the CEO of the company, Mr. Reginald Bowser. Mr. Bowser basically told us that they didn't have the money to pay us, but that "within the next ten days" a "business transaction" would be going through that would essentially allow him to pay all of us. Although my contract didn't allow for "IOUs" a far as I knew, I still felt better about the time I had spent with Red Bow, and jumped through all of the legal hoops that Mr. Bowser had set up to protect himself...understandably. I held up my end of the deal and despite his being so specific on timelines on when he would disperse payments, again we were all let down.

I'm not a CEO of a company, and I doubt I ever will be. I respect all of the hard work that goes into running a company, and I am not here just ripping apart one mistake. The way I see it, each unpaid employee is a mistake, and only those close to Mr. Bowser know just exactly how many mistakes he has made. I understand that times are tough, but no matter how hard they are, employees should never have to be hired under false pretences. I was obviously hired during a time where this company couldn't afford to pay a single person for one single shift, and I had no idea. It's plain unfair, and had I known that I never would have wasted my time. If communication had been clear from day 1, this would have been an entirely different story. That being said, I don't think that an employee should ever have to ASK for a paycheck in the first place, and it's just unexcusable to not have the funds to pay for employees. Mostly I'm surprised at how this company has secured accounts with so many sports teams and youth organizations with these practices. Although I stopped asking, I am still being promised money from Red Bow Photo. I essentially have an IOU with the company, along with an assumably large number of others.

I'm still waiting...

What did you think of this review?

Helpful

Thought-Provoking

Fun to Read

Well-Organized

Post a Comment

MelissaAq October 03, 2009

This is SO crazy- I'm sitting here with my mouth open in shock. I hope you guys get the money you rightfully deserve!

show text editor

reply to this comment

Follow this review

Atiya_ October 02, 2009

Please send your info to both the lawyer at lawhotline@aol.com and rbplawsuit@gmail.com. This is free of charge to you so please send your info. The more people we have the better. As per Jason's request please send all pertinent information: 1. You're full name and an address, email address, phone number 2. Venue worked 3. Amount owed 4. A brief summary of your experience ( for the ones of you that sent this summary already, just copy and paste from your original email) 5. Please email this to: Richard Horner (he is the person preparing the civil action) at: lawhotline@aol.com Please CC Leanne at rbplawsuit@gmail.com so we have a total count. 6. PLEASE NOTE THIS WILL NOT COST YOU ANYTHING. http://www.complaintsboard.com/?search=red+bow&everything=Everything

show text editor

reply to this comment

Follow this review

djevoke September 03, 2009

Wow Stacy...that is just crazy! You should definitely look into taking action against them with the EDD, there's a local office in Long Beach. If you have a written contract (emails are considered written contracts as well) and you aren't the only one, this is a serious issue and could lead to a class action suit. I hope you get paid for your services someday! It's so shocking that this company has been able to secure contracts with all those sports teams and youth organizations, which I'm sure would pull their contracts if they knew of Red Bow's practices. I'm sorry you have to go through this! Thanks for letting us know!

show text editor

reply to this comment

Follow this review

drogoff September 03, 2009

Wow...that is terrible. I hope you get what you are owed.

show text editor

reply to this comment

Follow this review

More Red Bow Photo reviews

Quick Tip by katieanderson. January 23

A Quick Tip by katieanderson

very gorgeous model Kim she is model of Manchester agency .want to meet Kim visit Kim official site http://www.manchesterescortsservices.co.uk

Comment Compliment

review by Atiya_. October 02, 2009

Red Bow- the Gift of Non-Payment

I am also a photographer stiffed by Red Bow and Reginald Bowser. This company owes me money from photographing the inauguration in January 2009 and subsequent work for shooting Washington Wizards and Capitols games at the Verizon Center. I have received one check which was a partial payment. That check was handed to me by Jeremy Mikell employee of Red Bow at the Verizon Center. At that time we were sent emails that they would bring our checks if we agreed … more

Comments (2) Compliments (24)