Elke bruid droom oor haar groot dag, maar wat doen jy as jou groot dag in jou grootste nagmerrie verander?<\/p>\n
Vir Chantelle Matthews (37) en Derick Meyer (36) van Worcester het di\u00e9 droom van \u2019n perfekte troue in \u2019n nagmerrie ontaard toe hulle uit bykans R20 000 bedrieg is.<\/p>\n
\u201cOns albei was al getroud en ons het mekaar in \u2019n moeilike tyd in ons lewe gevind. Ons het verloof geraak en geweet ons wil iets spesiaals doen, maar ons albei werk oral in die land en reis gereeld vir ons werk, wat beteken ons tyd is maar beperk. Dit is waarom ons besluit het om die hulp van kundiges in te span.\u201d <\/p>\n
Chantelle het \u2019n advertensie op Facebook gesien van \u2019n maatskappy met die naam \u201cWeDo Wedding and Events\u201d en deur hul foto\u2019s gegaan. Sy was mal oor hul styl en het hulle dadelik gekontak.<\/p>\n
\u201cDie vrou was baie vriendelik en het heeltyd met ons in kontak gebly. Sy het verskeie idees gestuur en haar assistent, Bongi, gestuur om ons \u2019n venue buite Paarl te wys,\u201d vertel die paartjie.<\/p>\n
Bongi het hulle na die veld tussen \u2019n magdom bome gevat en hulle het verlief geraak op die uitsig. Dit was perfek en net wat hulle wou h\u00ea. <\/p>\n
\u201cOns het dit duidelik gemaak dat ons 60 gaste wil nooi en ons begroting sowat R50 000 vir alles ingesluit is. Hulle het vir ons spyskaarte gestuur, idees, foto\u2019s en kleurskema\u2019s, en alles was perfek. Ons moes op 14 Augustus R20 000 as deposito aan hulle oorbetaal om te verseker dat ons datum vir 19 November vas is. Ons was so opgewonde.\u201d <\/p>\n
Die paartjie het toe dadelik die deposito betaal en nog die aand \u2019n bottel vonkelwyn geniet om dit te vier. Alles vir hul droomtroue was op koers. <\/p>\n
Di\u00e9 gevoel het nie lank gehou nie.<\/p>\n
\u201cEk het hulle \u2019n dag later gekontak om op te volg of die betaling reg is en om uit te vind wat nou verder moet gebeur. Die eienaar het my ingelig dat hulle besig is met \u2019n groot funksie en eers die volgende week met my in verbinding sal tree. Ek het dit so aanvaar en gewag vir kommunikasie. <\/p>\n
\u201cToe ek oor die naweek vir my sussie van hul foto\u2019s wou wys, toe merk ek op hulle blad bestaan nie meer nie. Die rooi ligte het dadelik afgegaan,\u201d verduidelik Chantelle aan Standard<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Hulle het dadelik boodskappe gestuur en probeer bel. Tot vandag toe bestaan nie een van die nommers meer nie. Die e-posse word beantwoord met \u2019n boodskap wat stel dat die betrokke e-posadres is nie meer beskikbaar nie.<\/p>\n
\u201cOns is verpletterd. Ons het \u2019n klagte in die Kaap aangemeld aangesien ons onthou dat Bongi (of wat ook al haar regte naam is) se voertuig in die Bellville-omgewing geregistreer is. Ons voel so dom. Ons moes ons huiswerk beter gedoen het.\u201d <\/p>\n
In hierdie stadium het die paartjie hul troue vir eers aangeskuif, maar is ook steeds die R20 000, asook \u2019n \u201ckonsultasiefooi\u201d van R2 500 kwyt. <\/p>\n
\u201cMaak seker wie jy gebruik. Kyk die kat mooi uit die boom en moenie val vir mooi prentjies en mooi praatjies nie,\u201d waarsku hulle.<\/p>\n
\n Standard <\/i>het ook probeer om hierdie maatskappy op te spoor en self probeer om die nommers te skakel, maar kon ook nie deurkom nie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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