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Bird, one of our own community members was burned for a few thousand dollars by singer Jon B, real name Jonathan Buck, and his manager Jason Bevington of T.OZ Entertainment). This happened in 2007, and while I don’t post disputes that old, I made an exception for Bird.
Hopefully Jon B and his manager will see this and settle their debt.
Hi Miss Sandra,
I don’t know if you will want to run my story as it is over a year old at this point. I was screwed and there was absolutely nothing I could do about it because I would be required to pay an attorney a 10k retainer to even get started on the case. The failed event left me several thousand dollars in debt so there was no way I could come up with the attorney fee. Blasting him on your site would be about the only revenge I can get.
I have plenty more documentation if needed, but the documents above can give you an idea.
I booked Jon B. for a party I was throwing on 3/2/07. I received notification from his manager that Jon was canceling on 2/26/07. I was told by the sound man that he could not refund my $700 deposit so close to the event as he had put out money for the equipment Jon specified in his rider. The venue also told me they would be unable to refund the more than $5000 dollars I had paid in full do to the late cancellation.
That’s only to name a couple of things. I had also shelled out over $300 for flyers and another $400 for the flyer’s design and the design of my company MySpace page which showcased the event. Not to mention the two non refundable plane tickets I purchased for Jon and a musician who was performing with him that cost nearly $700. Jon’s manager returned my $4500 deposit with the promise of reimbursing me for the plane tickets, flyer printing and design. I was gracious enough to accept his ridiculously low settlement offer and they never paid the measly sum to me.
With four days remaining before the event Jon’s manager agreed to find me another act. Silk was from the same era and a good group for the crowd I was catering to so I booked them even though they were not available on the date of my event. I got the venue and the sound man to agree to push the event out one day to accommodate Silk’s schedule. Anyway, the event was a complete failure do to the lack of marketing as I was unable to get new flyers done in such a short amount of time and the only advertising that took place was several radio spots which cost me a couple thousand dollars.
So to add to the money I had already lost I paid Silk $3500 which was not the full amount agreed to so they did not perform. Jon B. needed 2 hotel rooms, but Silk needed 7 to accommodate them, their entourage and their women which I paid over $1500 for. I also paid $800 for their limo to and from the venue. Their rider was also more expensive than Jon’s due to the fact that they wanted large amounts of premium alcohol. Anyway, this email only scratches the surface. In total this event cost me about $25k.
Jon has been to Charlotte at least twice in the year after my event that I know of and I have no doubt he used my plane tickets and still charged the other promoter for travel. I was forced to stiff a couple of people due to the fact that I just had no more money. I had something like a $1500 balance owed to Silk which I think is a wash since they didn’t perform and I was unable to pay the caterer who was absolutely wonderful and understanding.
Sadly, I have yet to recover from this loss a year and a half later and every time I hear the name Jon B. I want to stab myself in the neck. I was a fan of this idiot and now I want nothing more than to get my hands around his skinny neck and squeeze until he gets that peaceful look.
EVIDENCE:
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