Did Mike Rossi (viral marathon dad) cheat his way into Boston?

1984 Cherry Red Carvin DC200T wrote:

I'd like everyone to know that I received a cease and desist later Thursday around 6 PM. In order to comply with the C&D I am not permitted to discuss the subject of the letter. So you will have to make some educated guesses as to whom I am referring to.

Having some legal job experience in my past I can tell you that everyone should stay calm and carry on. A cease and desist is nothing more than an intimidation tactic. It's akin to one child telling another, "If you don't stop I'm telling my dad."

The timing of the letter, only 4 hours after the Brojo's released their article, is clearly a sign that it is an attempt to stop me from spending word of that article via social media. In fact, it specifically demands that I "ceased and desist from any further social media posts or other communications involving my client and/or his family." So, that is the reason why I am not posting under my registered username and instead have chosen the model of my favorite guitar.

The letter claims that I am attempting to damage somebody's reputation in order to damage his business and gain a competitive advantage. Which I find funny since I doubt married couples read this forum. I made it clear in my reply that a certain person posted negative comments to both my Facebook business pages before I even know about this forum. I also suggested that this lawyer may want to find out more about what his client is doing online before he decides to sue anybody or he may be facing up to a half dozen countersuits. The letter also claims that I have attempted to "malign his marriage".

I'd like to note that there is no mention of the company that this person works for - just the non-existant one that he claims to own. There is also absolutely no mention of any comments I may have made with regards to cheating.

The lawyer that it came from just so happens to be a Facebook friend of the subject.

Although this issue is not over, I have faith in the Brojo's article and the running community's ability to have it go viral and get the final result that is so well deserved and overdue. I have not been silenced.

Post It Note wrote:

1984 Cherry Red Carvin DC200T wrote:

I'd like everyone to know that I received a cease and desist later Thursday around 6 PM. In order to comply with the C&D I am not permitted to discuss the subject of the letter. So you will have to make some educated guesses as to whom I am referring to.

Having some legal job experience in my past I can tell you that everyone should stay calm and carry on. A cease and desist is nothing more than an intimidation tactic. It's akin to one child telling another, "If you don't stop I'm telling my dad."

The timing of the letter, only 4 hours after the Brojo's released their article, is clearly a sign that it is an attempt to stop me from spending word of that article via social media. In fact, it specifically demands that I "ceased and desist from any further social media posts or other communications involving my client and/or his family." So, that is the reason why I am not posting under my registered username and instead have chosen the model of my favorite guitar.

The letter claims that I am attempting to damage somebody's reputation in order to damage his business and gain a competitive advantage. Which I find funny since I doubt married couples read this forum. I made it clear in my reply that a certain person posted negative comments to both my Facebook business pages before I even know about this forum. I also suggested that this lawyer may want to find out more about what his client is doing online before he decides to sue anybody or he may be facing up to a half dozen countersuits. The letter also claims that I have attempted to "malign his marriage".

I'd like to note that there is no mention of the company that this person works for - just the non-existant one that he claims to own. There is also absolutely no mention of any comments I may have made with regards to cheating.

The lawyer that it came from just so happens to be a Facebook friend of the subject.

Although this issue is not over, I have faith in the Brojo's article and the running community's ability to have it go viral and get the final result that is so well deserved and overdue. I have not been silenced.

Post the letter or it didn't happen. You can redact the names.

LoserMikeRossi wrote:

You are not really Ken wrote:

If you are who you say you are post video within the next 24 hours to YouTube of a wedding MR is a DJ at and link to it here. Not a link already posted. The clock is ticking you have 23 hours to post a 30 second clip.

I say you can't do it because you are not even Stillman. You are a masterful troll but the gig is up.

I have to prove I'm really Ken?

I don't keep videos handy and document when and where I worked with certain DJ's. And the last time I worked with Mike was at one of the weddings where I filled in for East Coast when they were shorthanded, so it's not my footage to post, and that would be a violation of copyright laws.

I don't know the exact date or hall. If it was one of my gigs I'd still have it documented. But it was in 2013.

But I can tell you the wedding that caused us to have a fallout was on July 4th, 2014 in Richboro, PA. That should be enough proof for you.

LoserMikeRossi wrote:

actually no you don't wrote:

Actually you made it hard to make a living when you took thousands of dollars from people and avoided them like the plague when they tried to get a hold of you.

You always say "Mike started it" well that may be a good excuse for a 4 year old but not if you are grown man . . . I am also interest in why you started posting here. Was it because you care about marathons or because you have a personal beef with Mike? If it was the latter, which is was, then you made it personal the minute you started blabbering here.

Go run a 5k and come back . . . you might get some more sympathy from us.

I started posting here because it's a free country and there are no rules to this forum. And there's no proof that you are a runner either.

If I thought I could get Mike DQ'd on a DJ forum I'd be there instead. But he didn't cheat at DJing, did he?

there you go again wrote:

LoserMikeRossi wrote:

Because making wedding videos isn't like making pizzas. Brides book weddings up to 2 years in advance. By the time I had issues I had many of the weddings already filmed. And while I could have slapped them together and gotten them out quicker I actually do have a mental illness called "perfectionism". Giving client a half-assed product is not something I could do. Because doing so would mean they wouldn't want to watch it.

Is it better to get a good product late or bad product fast? It's the difference between a filet mignon or a cheeseburger.

I have taken the time to bold words from your customers that show you systematically lie, give false excuses, and avoid them after they've paid you. I also like the comments on how you didn't have time to talk to them but had time to constantly update your blog.

1.0 star rating 1/11/2013

Please PLEASE PLEASE do not use this man for your video services. Just google his name and you will understand why others are saying the same. I booked him for a wedding in early 2011 and nothing. He never responds to your phone calls or emails. It's like a broken record but his #1 excuse - a family issue. Hey we all have family issues but we still have to work right? Stop taking on MORE clients and get caught up with those you've obviously neglected. He obviously has spare time in which he gets to update his blog rather frequently.

For those going through this horrible ordeal, the PA Attorney General has filed a suit against him. PLEASE take the time and file here: attorneygeneral.gov. You're not only helping yourself but others that have lost precious memories.

CBS did a report on it here:

philadelphia.cbslocal.co

1.0 star rating 7/31/2013

Only gave him 1 star because it was the lowest I could leave. We got married in September 2010, and were told we would have everything by March or April. After being ignored via email & the phone -he finally got back to us in June to tell us he wasnt done and since he wasn't Walmart - he didn't have to respond to us like customer service. Those were his exact words -I still have the email! It took us a whole year to receive the video and the mini dvd's that were supposed to be favors at the wedding reception didn't get made until after - so we had to mail those out as well! He was HORRIBLE!

1.0 star rating 7/19/2013

Please, pretty please do not use this man, he videotaped my wedding two years ago, and I still have not received the video!!! He is a cram artist.[sic]

1.0 star rating 12/16/2011

First to Review

Please avoid this business like the plague. We were married oct. 2010 and have not received our wedding video. After several attempts to contact this business we never received or heard anything. Then out of no where while watching TV we see him on CBS Philly with a couple that was married around the same time we were and yet they never received their wedding video either. Here's a link to that video philadelphia.cbslocal.co. Up until you meet him he's professional, well I should say his wife is because after we signed the contract, we never heard from him but it was always his wife. Ladies please if you're considering using him for Wedding Video Services please look else where. For more information just google "Kenneth Stillman Reviews" and you'll see alot of negativity in regards to getting back the finished product. I'm now looking into filing a small claims suit against him.

1.0 star rating 3/20/2012

We ran into the SAME EXACT issue! My husband & I just watched the CBS new story and couldn't believe how IDENTICAL our situation was. And Ken seems to be using the same excuse as before, "I have experienced family tragedies." We were married in June 2010, were promised our video in 26 weeks and did not receive it until end of February (after countless emails, phone calls, a visit to his home business and a complaint filed with the BBB). He stated he was backlogged THEN with family issues and tragedies. What a crock! I beg all brides not to use his services.

you are a fraud like Rossi wrote:

Wedding woes: South Jersey brides fear they'll never see the wedding videos they paid for

Jessica and John Healy spent $1,500 to capture their wedding day on film. Nearly two years later, they have yet to see the video they paid for.

“There's so many moments that you can’t capture (with still photography),” said Jessica, a Gloucester City resident.

Attracted by his “same-day edit” feature — a three-minute video edited on the spot and shown the day of the event — Healy hired Levittown-based Kenneth Stillman Video to videotape their October 2010 wedding.

“I did some research online, and he got horrible reviews, but I wanted to get his side of the story...because I really liked his work,” she said of owner Kenneth Stillman. “We met him and looked at more of his work, and he basically sold us on hiring him.” Healy added Stillman “made it seem like he was going to have a video within six months” — or at least by their first wedding anniversary.

Healy was so impressed by Stillman’s “amazing” same-day edit, she suggested his services to West Deptford resident Amy Morrell. According to Stillman’s website, the short video covers wedding preparations through the first dance. Guests can watch the video at the reception.

“I think I told her that he was slow but that it was worth it,” Healy said apologetically.

Morrell’s wedding is this August, and she said she has given Stillman about $600 toward his services. When Healy told her friend that Stillman wasn’t delivering, Morrell said she “gave him the opportunity” to admit he had too much on his plate. The women said Stillman told them both that, despite personal problems, he would be able to finish what he started.However, Morrell decided to hire another videographer and plans on ending her contract with Stillman “through a different route.”

“It’s a huge stress on me,” Morrell said. “I don’t want anybody else to be subjected to this guy because it’s not fair, it’s not fair what he does.”

“We’re going on 19 months (without receiving the video),” Healy said. “That is absurd.”

Though Stillman has no complaints filed against him with Gloucester County or Pennsylvania consumer affairs divisions, 32 people have filed complaints with the Better Business Bureau. Stillman has also been featured on CBS Philly late last year for failing to deliver video footage to another couple. When confronted on camera, he eventually did turn the tape over to the other couple.

Calls and emails to Stillman from South Jersey Sunday were not answered before press time. On the CBS clip, Stillman defended his late delivery.

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Jessica Healy, left, and Amy Morrell, right, review the contracts they both signed with wedding videographer, Kenneth Stillman. (Staff Photo by Joe Warner/Gloucester County Times.)

“I lost editing time, due to family tragedies,” he said. “Getting it in a year and having it look good so it’s something they can watch 50 years from now is more important than getting it in six months.”The contract Morrell and Healy said they signed states that Kenneth Stillman Video “will do its best” to complete the final video within 26 weeks. However, this is only an “approximate length of time” and if takes longer than that it will “not void this contract.”

“Reading these terms and conditions, it’s all about him,” said Gloucester County Consumer Affairs Director Hal Spence, who read the contract on Stillman’s website. “There’s nothing in there to protect the consumer.”

Spence said one “red flag” in the contract is the amount of money Stillman requires up-front. According to the document that Healy said was her contract, she was required to pay an initial deposit of $600, another $600 90 days before her wedding, and the balance on the day of her wedding.

Spence suggested that an optimal payment schedule is one-third up front, one-third during the contract and the balance after you’re satisfied with the product.

Further, Stillman offers no grace period for cancellations. Once a contract is signed, the terms and conditions read, the money he has, he keeps.

“To say no time and no money back, regardless, I just wouldn’t use him,” Spence said. “Who knows what’s going to come up?”

Finally, Spence said there should be a drop-dead deadline for when the work will be complete, not an approximate time.

“The problem is they have these couples over a barrel because they can’t reinvent the day,” Spence said. “I think people really need to look at a contract.”

Spence said Gloucester County residents who are about to sign a contract should always get a second opinion and can even call his office at 856-384-6855. Spence also suggests that anyone who is in a position similar to Healy should file a police report.

In Pennsylvania, Attorney General Press Secretary Nils Frederiksen suggests any consumers with issues similar to Morrell and Healy visit their website at

http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/Complaints.aspx

. Frederiksen said if a complaint is filed, one should provide as much documentation as possible, such as receipts or emails.

http://www.nj.com/gloucester-county/index.ssf/2012/04/wedding_woes_brides_fear_theyl.html

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3 On Your Side Update: Pa. Attorney General Sues Wedding Videographer

By Susan Barnett

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — An update on a story 3 On Your Side has been telling you about for more than a year. We’ve received multiple complaints against a Pennsylvania wedding videographer. Now, the state attorney general is taking him to court.

Kenneth Stillman of Levittown has videotaped many weddings in his day, but multiple customers told 3 On Your Side he failed to deliver those videos.

“We would all love to see my grandparents together again,” one woman, Stacey Boytim, told us last year.

The couples each paid at least $1,500 for wedding videos they say still weren’t delivered more than 6 months later — until 3 On Your Side got involved.

Stillman told CBS 3’s Natasha Brown last November, “I lost editing time due to family tragedies. Getting this in a year and having it look good so it’s something they can watch 50 years from now is more important than getting it in six months and having it look like crap.”

He gave us some of the videos, but others never arrived. Complaints kept coming, so we talked to him again in May (see previous story).

“I got behind schedule,” Stillman said. “You know, I’m not a dishonest person.”

Now, the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office has filed suit, accusing Stillman of willfully breaking consumer protection law for at least 18 clients.

They say he failed to deliver videos from weddings as long ago as 2009 and gave customers “misleading, confusing or false information, explanations and excuses.” The attorney general is asking a judge to order Stillman to make full restitution and pay $1000 per violation.

Stillman emailed 3 On Your Side and said he never misled his clients. He wrote, “A series of unfortunate circumstances caused me to get behind schedule. All clients who are waiting on their videos should remain patient…as I am committed to completing each and every one.”

The attorney general says clients of Stillman who believe they are eligible for restitution can contact the Bureau of Consumer Protection at 1-800-441-2555 to file a complaint. Consumers with access to the Internet may file a complaint electronically at

http://www.attorneygeneral.gov

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http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2012/11/20/3-on-your-side-update-pa-attorney-general-sues-wedding-videographer/

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Wedding Videographer Makes Settlement After 83 Consumer Complaints

A Middletown wedding videographer accused of failing to deliver wedding video products and services promised to and paid for by consumers has settled with the Office of Pennsylvania Attorney General.

Kenneth Stillman Jr. – who did business as Kenneth Stillman Video, 1970 Veterans Highway, Unit F-3, Levittown – reached the settlement recently after 83 complaints were filed by customers who paid Stillman and never received their videos.

A lawsuit filed in November 2012 by the attorney general’s office claimed contracts were signed between Stillman and consumers. The customers made “substantial payments” in exchange for videography.

According to the attorney general’s statement:

Stillman also allegedly failed to respond to consumers’ complaints, requests for status updates, requests for their videos and requests for refunds. Under the terms of the settlement, Stillman is required to:

Refrain from violating Pennsylvania’s Consumer Protection Law in the future;

Deliver to consumers any and all wedding videos in his possession that are outstanding; and

Pay restitution to eligible consumers as well as civil penalties to the Commonwealth.

Stillman had been marketing and selling wedding videography products and services since at least September 2005, according to court filings.

The agreement between Stillman and the attorney general’s office still needs to be approved by a Bucks County Court of Common Pleas judge, according to press release from the attorney general.

The Bureau of Consumer Protection is asking consumers who believe they have been victimized by these practices to file a complaint by calling 1-800-441-2555 or visiting

http://www.attorneygeneral.gov

or print a complaint form which can be mailed or faxed to the Attorney General’s Office.

http://levittownnow.com/2014/07/26/wedding-videographer-makes-settlement-after-83-consumer-complaints/

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KEN=FRAUD

MIKE=FRAUD

1984 Cherry Red Carvin DC200T wrote:

I'd like everyone to know that I received a cease and desist later Thursday around 6 PM. In order to comply with the C&D I am not permitted to discuss the subject of the letter. So you will have to make some educated guesses as to whom I am referring to.

Having some legal job experience in my past I can tell you that everyone should stay calm and carry on. A cease and desist is nothing more than an intimidation tactic. It's akin to one child telling another, "If you don't stop I'm telling my dad."

The timing of the letter, only 4 hours after the Brojo's released their article, is clearly a sign that it is an attempt to stop me from spending word of that article via social media. In fact, it specifically demands that I "ceased and desist from any further social media posts or other communications involving my client and/or his family." So, that is the reason why I am not posting under my registered username and instead have chosen the model of my favorite guitar.

The letter claims that I am attempting to damage somebody's reputation in order to damage his business and gain a competitive advantage. Which I find funny since I doubt married couples read this forum. I made it clear in my reply that a certain person posted negative comments to both my Facebook business pages before I even know about this forum. I also suggested that this lawyer may want to find out more about what his client is doing online before he decides to sue anybody or he may be facing up to a half dozen countersuits. The letter also claims that I have attempted to "malign his marriage".

I'd like to note that there is no mention of the company that this person works for - just the non-existant one that he claims to own. There is also absolutely no mention of any comments I may have made with regards to cheating.

The lawyer that it came from just so happens to be a Facebook friend of the subject.

Although this issue is not over, I have faith in the Brojo's article and the running community's ability to have it go viral and get the final result that is so well deserved and overdue. I have not been silenced.