Global Wedding & Events Co. review: Beware, this company is a Brides nightmare! 128

Hello Guys,

I am meeting with Duncan today in my office at 2PM to present the case to him and would like to include a contact sheet of victims with my documents and voice recordings.

He is the one that takes this to court. This is the make or break point.

If there is anything else you want to add or if you would like to take part as a witness please provide me with your contact number.

If you receive this after 2PM and would still like to participate please forward your information anyway and I will forward it on.

Christy Luu

WHOOOOHOOOO! good news! good news! Will update later!

Christy Luu what happened is this company finally closed down? Please keep us posted...

Lol ok, sorry I've taken so long. I had a good 1hr and 45 min meeting with Duncan. He was great by the way and very informative. After trying to squeeze a % rate of success for prosecution he gave me an 85% chance. He gave me some very large fine amounts personal and corporate that I was satisfied with. We went through the list of violations I came up with and he said 2 that are a definite. The other ones are dependent on severity but of course I will do my best. He says numerous charges will be put on however not all of them will stick but the two that will stick will be enough to hurt him. He said upon review of the whole file that there may be more than just the 2 for sure charges. The witnesses and evidence will greatly affect the probability of the other charges. I also brought up a violation in “Fraud in Inducement”, he told me that fraud falls under the criminal act. The police should be the ones to take care of the issue although they do brush it off. Soooooo...I contacted the Waterloo Regional Police and the Peel Regional police and after emails back and forth quoting Section 380 of the criminal act and cc’ing their the police’s lawyers, Duncan and The Ministry of Safety and Correctional Department (that governs police officers) and bringing up the most recent file regarding the guy that got arrested for the hockey training scam in Brampton, Peel region has agreed to look into my file. No promises at this point but I will update you guys on that us well. Just in case he has set up his corporations so the ministry can’t get money out of him I wanted a backup plan.
As for the Ministry, the file/evidence is currently under further review with Duncan for more charges he will be done with it by the end of August. It will then be taken to the prosecutor to review the file and approve the charges. (If it’s approved by Duncan it’s going to pass the prosecutor’s review as that is Duncan’s job to make sure it qualifies).

The following is the table of contents and summary of consumer protection violations what accompanied my 147page package and audio CD’s to Duncan Newport. If you guys have anything to add in any of the sections let me know. The blanks were filled in at a later date.

GWE will get a copy of my documents and evidence for court as well. It is now out of my hands and in the hands of the ministry. The part that we play is witnesses to make sure as many charges stick as possible. Duncan has three additional cases added to his file since I ‘ve started working with him. He can accumulate witnesses and formal complaints up to the date of the trial. (I heard Khalid has been very co-operative with customers lately)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHRONOLOGICAL TIMELINE 1-3

SECTION #1: AMEX
• Reply from AMEX to complaint 4-7
• Visa Slip 8

SECTION 2: Cancellation Letters
• Cancellation Letter & Fax Confirmation Dec 25th 2008 9-10
• Cancellation Letter & Fax Confirmation Feb 20th 2009 11-13

SECTION3: PART IV SPECIFIC AGREEMENTS –PART IV OF THE ACT
• Applicable section of the act and highlighted violations 14-15
• Email and Explanation of attached PDF of contracts 16-17
• GWE’s Version of Events 18-19
• Version 1 of Contract & Violation: MSBCS 20-23
• Request typed version of the contract as the original was illegible. 24
• Small Claims Document served to GWE 25-29
• GWE Documents sent to us by AMEX and my reply to AMEX & MSBC 30-35
• Version 2 of contract & Violations: Original copy Received December 18th 2009 36-38
• Version 3 of Contract & Violation: AMEX Copy 39-42
• Summary of PDF’s 43

SECTION 4: EMAIL DOCUMENTATION OF ALL EVENTS
• December 18th meeting summary to GWE Co. Ltd 44
• Emails requesting additional detail, refusal, request for refund and forced meeting 45-53
• Email inquiring about price discrepancy in package with online pricing for David Jeng 54
• Pictures provided to Khalid Usmani on Dec 31st to avoid confusion. 59
• Email Trying to Get confirmation for Jan 14th meeting after Jan 6th and 10th 60
meetings were cancelled
• Email inquiring about missed meetings with David Jeng and Confirmation from AMEX
For the January 25th Meeting. ** 61-62
• Khalid Refers to the specific Photographer himself. *** 63
• Christy Request permission to CC Sylvia Sharafi AMEX representative 64-65
• Jan 25th 2009 Khalid calls the police on us for showing up without an appointment
Constable Brian Davidson was the officer that showed up see cards 66-67
• GWE refuses the refund therefore I demand service. Another request
For David Jeng 68-69
• Emails documenting conversation with David Jeng. During the
phone conversation he tells me that was booked 6 months before. 70-73
• Email from GWE Confirming that we are to Meet with David Jeng 74-75

SECTION 4: EMAIL WITNESSES
• ***** 76-79
• ***** 80-83
• Sinead Archbold-Global TV SOS Bridal Battle 84-86
• ****8 87-89

SECTION 5: MEDIA
• Global TV SOS 90-91
• BBB Rating and Measurements 92-103
• Complaintsboard 104-114
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SECTION6: PREVIOUS VENDORS WE ARE STILL WITH THE EXCEPTION OF GWE
• Sultana’s Decor 115-116
• Paradise Halls 117-119
• Knox Chapel 120-123
• David Images Studio 124

CORPORATION PROFILE REPORT
• Canadian Bridal & Events Corporation 125-129
• National Bridal & Special Events Corp 130-135
• Global Wedding & Events Co. Ltd 136-138

SECTION7: AUDIO CONTENT
• Email to AMEX reporting events on Jan 25th 2009 meeting 139
• Detailed events and timing on Audio (emailed version) 140-141
• Correspondence with AMEX leading to Jan 25th 2009 meeting 141-145
• CD Audio reference – typed conversation 146

SECTION 8: WITNESS/VICTIM LIST 147

Global Wedding and Events Co. Ltd have committed the following violations :

1. Fraud in inducement/Unfair Practices/abiguity, On Dec 18th Mr. Usmani told us that he would provide David Jeng as our Photographer and hence the reason we put our deposit down initially to ensure that we booked him. Upon contacting David Jeng in January 2009, he told us that he was already booked for another wedding 8 months prior and could not be our photographer. His name is also not specified on the contract which is required by the act. Please refer to audio recording:”Jeng” at _________ where David Jeng confirms during a conversation with Christy L. that he was booked months before the date of the deposit .

2. Violation of Contract Law: Khalid Usmani altered the original contract without our consent & knowledge and presented the altered contract to American Express without even providing us a copy. Refer to “Version 3 of Contract & Violation:AMEX Copy”, page 40 “Confirmed by ” section. Please compare with “Original Copy” page36 & MSBCS page 20 .

3. Consumer Protection Act, 2002, PART II CONSUMER RIGHTS AND WARRANTIES, matter concerning ambiguity and form of consent. Please note that detail of services, service provider and a breakdown of pricing, taxes to be charged which are required by the Consumer Protection Act 2002 is not met on “Original Contract”.

4. Consumer Protection Act, 2002: Part III – Unfair practices sections 14 to 18, Khalid purposely mislead us to believe that we booked David Jeng as our photographer. Please refer to audio recording ____________ at __________ where Khalid is heard saying, “yes I’ve booked David Jeng as your photographer”. Please also Refer to audio recording: “Jeng” at ______ where David is heard confirming he was already booked months before the date of my deposit.

i. Refusal of Service: Khalid had police remove us from his showroom even though AMEX had confirmed the meeting see pages 61-62. The police let us leave on our own accord as we were not causing a disturbance.

ii. Physical Threats/refusal to co-operate: Constable J. Nyman#1123 see page 67

5. Consumer Protection Act, 2002: Part IV – Future Performance Agreement Sections 21 to 26, Part IV, Section 24 of the Regulation 17/05: The contract lacks required information please see original contract provided.
i. Service provider-the Act requires that if another service provider is to carry out the service it must be stated on the contract
ii. Details of service-Type of flowers, decorations, limo, cake
iii. date on which service is to be provided – Sunday was written instead of Saturday
iv. Ceremony was to be held in Cambridge Reception in Toronto-could have caused a big problem
v. Taxes, if charged must be stated on contract.

mmm I think the Ministry has contacted Karl...he just called my fiance's phone looking to "amend" the relationship.

As a past employee of Global Weddings I want to say that all the complaints about Global Weddings and Events are true. My friend and I was just looking at wedding dresses since she is getting married next year July 2010... Karl was very charming when we met him, he painted such a glamorous side to the business, he convinced us to come back so he can talk to us both about a job offer...being out of work and all we thought it would be perfect to do something like this p/t and even give my friend and I flowers before we left...

To make a long story short only I got the job, I got trained for a few weeks but in the time I was there training I saw a lot of unhappy brides, he fought with so many people I couldn't believe that it was the same guy that was so charming...he lies a lot to people, he never gives back money, he forces you to take a package from him..the sale pressure was so bad that people would leave. He wanted me to get everyone's information even walk in so he can call them for an app't later..people are not ready and willing to give out their info to complete stranger..He pushed me to work and run after customers, not leaving them to browse. He deliberately don't have the price on the wedding gown so when you ask for the price he will have to get your information(name, address, phone no. event date) that's how he price it also, if its a wedding that a few months you pay more if its 1year its less that's how the pricing worked.

I realized this is not the company I want to work for and therefore I decided to leave, before I had time to make my next move he told me he no longer needs me and that he would send my pay with one of his drivers.. after many many phone calls and waiting he send me half of my salary, said he would send the other half on Mon he never give me the other half of my salary that's owing. I decided to cut my losses and not worry about a scam artist..
My warning is to all you brides out there, know what you are doing, Karl is not what he seems, right now he has Hugh overlay for his business and he will say and do anything to get your business, BEWARE Karl IS LIER AND CHEAT... his wife ( Filomena ) covers for him, because he hides from alot of people..

This company is no good, BRIDES BEWARE, Karl is charming but once you sign the contract and give a deposit he is a different man as some of these brides found out. I am a past employee(2mnts) the horrible way in which he deals with customers is unbelievable, don't fall for his charm he is no good. All I can say is BEWARE.

Hi everyone,

I am a past employee also and believe me these two people will stab you in the back fast, i would wait for my paycheck for days, then when i got it, it would bounce, i wasn't even allowed to cash cheques from him at my bank. I recently found out he has his son and daughter on the business and they are not even aware. I seen how he treated brides, he gets that information and he is gone with it. I would never give him a credit card number or S.I.N number because he will set something up in your name. I know he has been fraudulant before. He goes with 4 different names, and god only knows how many company names they have been through. Filomena acts so caring and if you do something agaisnt her she is telling all the employees what a ### that bride it. I worked for the for 3 months in their store in Mississauga and i had to quit. After seeing what they do and how they cheat people it was unbelivable. Now he is trying to get a partner for his business, i guess so they can take the fall. I was told by another employee that 2 of these people were in jail before, deported from the U.S.A and lies everytime their mouth opens. I just can't believe how people like this get away. DO NOT SIGN anything with them, or give information. If they can use their children like this imagine what they do to a total stranger. Please do not even go there, do not call, do not sign anything. If you do you will regret it everyday of your life.

Special thanks to a bride:

I NEED THE BRIDES THAT WERE VICTIM TO THE INSTANT CLOSING OF CANADIAN BRIDAL IN KITCHENER, ONTARIO

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Subject: RE: Canadian Bridal/American Bridal/Global Wedding & Events Co. Ltd - Criminal Fraud
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:58:28 -0400
From: JRUF@casselberry.org
To: christy_luu@hotmail.com; duncan.newport@ontario.ca
CC: BMCNEIL@casselberry.org; jgoodman@casselberry.org; KChamberlain@casselberry.org; SPLEASANTS@casselberry.org; lake@orlandosentinel.com; osceola@orlandosentinel.com; buddy.dyer@cityoforlando.net; onlinereporting@cityoforlando.net

Ms. Luu,

I pulled 6 complaints that were reported over a 12 day period in 1999. In each of these cases people were complaining about the fact that this company had closed their doors and failed to provide the contracted services. A general definition of fraud is as follows:

Fraud is generally defined in the law as an intentional misrepresentation of material existing fact made by one person to another with knowledge of its falsity and for the purpose of inducing the other person to act, and upon which the other person relies with resulting injury or damage. Fraud may also be made by an omission or purposeful failure to state material facts, which nondisclosure makes other statements misleading.

To constitute fraud, a misrepresentation or omission must also relate to an 'existing fact', not a promise to do something in the future, unless the person who made the promise did so without any present intent to perform it or with a positive intent not to perform it. Promises to do something in the future or a mere expression of opinion cannot be the basis of a claim of fraud unless the person stating the opinion has exclusive or superior knowledge of existing facts which are inconsistent with such opinion.

In the complaints filed with Casselberry Police Department, the company failed to fulfill their contract because they closed their doors and did not fulfill the contracts with their clients. This is a breach of contract which is a civil infraction rather than a criminal violation because there was no evidence in our cases that this company was planning on closing their doors at the time that they entered into the contract with their client. Failing to fulfill a contract does not automatically constitute fraud. Their client’s recourse in these instances would be to bring forth a lawsuit against the company to recover their losses.

Sincerely,

Chief Ruf

Casselberry Police Department

RE: Canadian Bridal/American Bridal/Global Wedding & Events Co. Ltd - Criminal Fraud‏
From: Christy Luu (christy_luu@hotmail.com)
Sent: September 25, 2009 6:36:37 PM
To: casselberry police (jruf@casselberry.org); Duncan Newport (duncan.newport@ontario.ca)
Cc: XXX

Mr. Ruf,

The company repeated the same thing in Kitchener, Ontario. Overnight they closed their doors and left brides standing without even a notice, no response to phone calls no refunds when contacted later on. There were complaints but he harassed people and his employees with threats of sueing them. He even threatened them physically as he did me (on recording). Brides even went to a local wedding magazine to make it public but after all the threats they backed off. The company took bookings until the last days. Did you investigate if the business had taken bookings months or weeks before their close? Did you question him? Did you ask to see his records ? Bank statements that would show checks being cashed weeks before the store closed? What about invoices and receipts books? Were there large sums being transferred to other accounts to close up? IRS would require them to keep these things. If you haven't asked these questions yet perhaps the fact that they did this again my perk some suspicions.

A criminal investigation will allow you to look into their financial files. The monies from the company is under the corporation Canadian Bridal ran by their son Fred Usmani and their Daughter Rosi Usamni, untouchable.

Constable Robert Zensner was the detective in Kitchener Ontario.

Two identical incidents in a row, same industries. I guarantee you that their Mississauga location will soon close as this file with the ministry and my claims with the police get closer. I have already heard from their employees.

Is it possible for you to provide the contact information of the current company so that those who would like to pursue the owners can? Perhaps the brides along with the Casselberry and Peel Regional Police can work together on this? You now have the oppertunity and always want to make your community a better place correct?

Now that you are aware of the second incident what does your detachment plan on doing knowing that the Kitchener Regional Police, Ministry of Consumer Protection and Peel Regional Police are willing to co-operate and provide you with all the necessary information you need from our end. I just spoke to Duncan today and he said he has not heard from you yet.

I have already provided you Khalid Usmani, Philomeana Angelo's and Frederick Usmani's current home & work address, email, contact number. All you have to do is pick up that phone and start requesting his documents. Duncan Newport will be more than willing to send you his copy of the files. His bank statements will be archived but retrievable. I think you will find a lot of information there.

If there there is anything else I can do for you please let me know.

I look forward to your response.

Christy Luu
Kitchener, Ontario

My fiancee and I had our engagement party recently. It was our first big step in life and we wanted it to be as smooth and memorable as possible. We have nothing but great things to say about our photographer, DJ, videographer, Hall people, but unfortunately the same cannot be said about the experience we had with Global Wedding.

Throughout all the meetings we had with Carlo and Filomina (decorator), we were constantly reassured that we will not have to worry about a single thing, everything will be taken care, we will just have to show up and enjoy our big day. The experience was quite the opposite for myself.

We were promised by Carlo and Filomina that since our event was to start at 5 PM, everything will be decorated before 3:30 PM. When I arrived at the hall at 4:30 PM, nothing was decorated except the backdrop.

1) Not only was the decoration not complete, there were no receiving tables set up at the entrance. When I brought this to the attention of the decorator (some other lady who I had never met during any of our meetings, and she was the only employee to show up from Global Wedding), she said she had no idea she was supposed to decorate receiving tables and argued with me that she only has enough decoration for ONE receiving table when we explicitly asked for two in our contract. After much arguement, she agreed to decorate the receiving tables.

2) The centerpieces we had selected were supposed to have coloured stones at the bottom of a big martini glass, topped with white jelly and a candle. The centerpieces were on the table, but upon inspection, I realized that there was no jelly in any of the centerpieces. When I brought this to the decorator's attention, she said they had accidently left it at their warehouse and some guy had gone to pick it up. The jelly wasn't in place until after 5:30 PM. Our guests had already started to arrive and sit on their tables at 5 PM. Even after putting the jelly, she did not light up the candles. She disappeared without saying a word so instead of attending to the guests, I had to go around the hall lighting up the candles myself.

3) During our conversations, Carlo had promised to put a nice carpet onto the stage so we wouldn't see the "ugly" carpet that the hall had. Not only did we not receive any nice carpet from Global Wedding, the stage was covered with ugly white table cloths. The cloth on the stage wasn't pinned down properly so all the guests who came onto the stage to wish us were constantly tripping, two of the senior guests almost fell had I not supported them. I had to constantly pause the guests and fix the stage so they would not trip. This was a huge safety concern for us which was all on our video.

4) The backdrop wasn't at all similar to the photo we had given to them. Not only this, but the backdrop was also not pinned down properly, in many spots, we could see the back wall. This again, was not only caught in the video, but it also ruined our pictures.

5) The time I arrived at the hall expecting everything to be "perfect" as Carlo and Filomina constantly reassured us, 4:30 PM, till about 5:45 PM, I had to stress and run around to make sure the hall looked at least presentable. This not only delayed our ceremony, but it also ruined our family photo session which we had booked from 4:45 PM to 5:15 PM using the backdrop. We spent a lot of money on our photographer to capture the beautiful moments, but there were none to be captured since the stage wasn't even decorated until 5:15 PM. By this time, the guests had arrived and we did not have enough privacy or time to go through the photoshoot.

6) The most disappointing thing was that Filomina had on numerous occasions told us that she goes to ALL her events to make sure everything is decorated properly and her "brides" are happy because she takes everyone as her family. She did not even show up, let alone make sure it was decorated properly. There was only ONE individual present from Global Wedding and she was very rude to me when I asked her why things weren't done.

Throughout the planning phases, I allowed myself go over our decoration budget because Carlo and Filomina sold us on dreams and we fell for that "perfect day" fantasy. Unfortunately, Global Wedding was not able to deliver on their promises and dreams.

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After the event, I could not reach Carlo or Filomina for 3-4 days so I decided to send them an email. I did not get a response until I called and booked an appointment to discuss our event. Carlo called and said he will investigate everything and get back to me in a day or two. Two days later, I called to follow up and this is when things really caught me offgaurd. After letting Carlo know that I will be coming later on the day to discuss, he promptly said NO and told me Filomina will not be there until 8:45 PM (they close at 9 PM) because she was out of town. This did not make much sense to me. I said "that's fine, we just need to talk to you since you are the owner" He kept denying that anything went wrong at the event, after I mentioned that I had all the evidence of lack of work on video and photo, he FREAKED! Carlo, the owner, started swearing at me, he threatened to "beat my @ss" and "throw me out" of his "private building" He swore at me and threatened me for good 5 minutes while I tried to ask him to calm down. He followed up by saying he will have my "@ss arrested" if he ever stepped into his store again.

So this is the story, not only did I pay for service which I did not receive as promised, I was left with a disappointed fiancee on our first big day as a couple.

Carlo and Filomina will talk very sweetly during all meetings, they will make many promises and draw the image of a picture perfect day...but they will let you down! Consider yourselves warned...choose Global Wedding at your own risk, and only if you like to get your "@ss beat" and arrested for trying to get an explanation from Carlo after the event.

It's Khalid Usmani btw...

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Subject: RE:
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:40:33 -0500
From: Duncan.Newport@ontario.ca
To: christy_luu@hotmail.com

Christy…it is me who lays the charge….that means I swear to the charges before a justice of the peace….this is based on me saying I have reasonable and probable grounds to believe that offences have been committed by the defendants. Our prosecutors look at the evidence and charges before I swear to them to make suggestions that might help them in prosecuting the charges in court…for example in your case should I be explicit in the charge as to each and every unfair practice that Global committed or should I just leave it as they committed unfair practices and let the details come out in court….that is what the prosecutors advise me on

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From: Christy Luu [mailto:christy_luu@hotmail.com]
Sent: November 12, 2009 9:29 AM
To: Newport, Duncan (MCS)
Subject: RE:

Hello Duncan,

Wow you'd think they'd start to treat people better after knowing they are being investigated. I guess not if the new statements are still rolling in.

I just wanted to know that this would be going to court and judging by your response it looks like it. We have passed the stage of talking to the public prosecuter I assume?

I am ok with the trial date being 12 months away as long as it is comming. I don't know what brides will still be left to show up in court but I will be there.

Please keep me updated on the stages if it is not too much trouble.

C.L

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Subject: RE:
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:23:38 -0500
From: Duncan.Newport@ontario.ca
To: christy_luu@hotmail.com

Christy:

I still have a couple of statements to get from new consumers who have complained and add their charges in. After that the charges have to be filed with court, served on Global, and then there is a first appearance in court when the defendants are provided with disclosure of our evidence. They can ask for an adjournment at that point. Then we are in to the normal court delays. A trial date may be 6 to 12 months away.

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From: Christy Luu [mailto:christy_luu@hotmail.com]
Sent: November 11, 2009 1:19 PM
To: Newport, Duncan (MCS)
Subject:

Hello Duncan,

I hope you're enjoying your day off as it is rememberance day.

I was wondering how much longer this process will take for Global.

I will be out of the country Dec 5th-Dec 12th.

Thanks,

C.L

testing...

My husband and I got suckered into putting a $5000.00 deposit with this NIGHTMARE company! They seemed like really nice and honest people when you first walk in there and they promise to make your special day everything you want but as soon as they get their deposit they turn into YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE! We lost a lot of money with this FRAUDULENT COUPLE, and would love to see justice paid!

If there is a class action suit my husband and I would love to be a part of it. Karl and Filomena took a lot of money from us and we would like to see them pay for it!

I hope they get what they deserve and I hope no other couple has to go through the pain and frustrations they have caused so many already!

PLEASE BE AWARE OF THIS COMPANY!

My sister is getting married this saturday and the bridesmaid dresses are even finished yet.
Affiliating with Filomena and Karl has been an absolute nightmare for our entire family.
This is the story:
We're getting our bridesmaid dresses from Global Weddings (thank God it was only that). They got the dresses is a couple of weeks ago, so the maid of honour went to get a fitting, and this was a couple of days after the dresses came in. She called us later and told us they ordered the completely wrong dress.
We didn't get one call or notice from the company after the maid of honour clearly told them they got the wrong dress. They persisted and said it was right but she knew it wasn't.
We went in a couple of days later, when Filomena comes up to us crying. We weren't buying it. We saw the dresses, and they were completely hideous. We must've been in there for at least a couple of hours fighting with them. They were going to either rip us off or make us stick with the wrong dresses. We finally convinced them, after hours of arguing, to have them get us our dresses. Karl came to us after we've been discussing Filomena told us she would get them made, however we were skeptical to how they would come out. Karl came to us after we've been discussing for a while and started yelling at us, treating us badly and talking down to us. We were shocked. He clapped his hands in front of our faces and basically said " I don't give a [censor]" at least twice. He was terrible and extremely rude. The wedding, at this point, was in about 17 days.
They got 2 different seamstresses to make the dresses, so of course they would be two completely different styles. We have no other choice but to stick with that now. 4 of them poorly made, one is worse than the other. The 3 other dresses were how they were supposed to look. Also, we requested that 2 certain dresses be made first because those bridesmaids were coming in from Saskatchewan, and were in town for only one day.
They made all the other dresses but the 2 we asked for. Which made completely no sense to us, we were very angry.
The one seamstress told us we were lucky they even did that for us. They would have usually just pressured the bride into staying with the ugly dresses or taking their business elsewhere, completely screwing them over, which baffled me.
The other seamstress, when asked why she didn't make the 2 dresses first as we clearly asked, went into a rant on how she didn't have to deal with this [censor], she didn't have to do this. Once again, we were so shocked by the rudeness and unprofessionalism of this company.

I suggest to all the brides to NEVER deal with these people. They're untrustworthy, unprofessional, very rude and unhelpful, as well. It's a terrible company. Legal action will be made, and we've told them that already.

Horrible, horrible, horrible.

I would like to start off with these people should be closed down and never be allowed to work again in any wedding place ever... The owner loves to talk alot and threaten you over the phone but in person hides from you and pretends hes not in the store... I ordered a dress in April and I just got it a week ago, I told him I don't want to deal with them ever again and to give my deposite back and they refused due to it's to soon to my wedding my wedding is next year... They also owe my aunt money from her wedding last year... They are so diorganized and full of crap it's sad... Instead of the owner helping me out with forms and such was too busy flirting with my maid of honor... It came to the point that I went in there to get information on my dress and was treated like I wasn't even there, I lost it and made sure they weren't going to have any service from anyone that I went to every person in that store and told them to leave and by taking anything from this place would be a big mistake..

Hi Guys,

I thought I'd update you after I got some inquires regarding the court date the last couple of days. I had planned to show up on November 2nd as a witness and it turns out others were also interested in showing.

I just got off the phone with Duncan and he has explained the following:

Nov 2nd is not a court date it is a resolution date. There are nine people that filed formal reports with the amount of thier loss. Khalid Usmani and Global will have to agree to the charges and pay the TOTAL of all lost by the Nine victims.
If Khalid/Global does not accept the resolution he can postpone it and come back at a later date based on lack of funds.
If Khalid/Global does not accept and refuses to pay we go to trial. Witnesses will be needed in trial which would probably be in May 2011 Duncan said.
Duncan says we have a strong case and some of the charges have no defence.
Global had a lawyer, switched to a paralegal. We dont' know who will be representing him but I am sure he will have a party present or it is an arrest warrent for him.(Which I would love to see).
If it goes to trial anyone else that files a formal complaint during that time will be added to the compensation list.

For those who have not filed a formal complaint this is your chance to get your money back:
duncan.newport@ontario.ca

Sorry if I missed a few, I've gotten so many contacts over the last year it's actually slowed my mailbox down and is driving me nuts trying to find all the contacts associated with this file.

Take care,

Christy Luu

Sorry about that. It IS a court date.

They will be in court.

It is just not a trial yet.

I just finished cleaning out an old purse and found my wedding dress receipts from this place. I got married in June 2009 and had a hell of a time with these people. My fiance and I went in there after seeing them at the bridal show just to check it out and signed a contract with them (although Karl told us at any point we could alter details since our wedding was a year away at the time). A couple of months later my parents told me that they wanted to pay for the photographer and that they had a friend who was amazing and wanted to use him. Needless to say Karl was not happy and yelled at me on the phone that I was trying to screw him over. I told him it was just the photographer but it definitely did not calm him down. I had already ordered a dress from their shop (it was actually a really good price, although who knows if it is really authentic). When I originally ordered the dress on the receipt it said that the veil, shawl and tiara were included. On the day I went to pick the dress up, Karl was the only person in the shop. He took the store copy of the receipt and put an arrow saying "not included" beside those three items and refused to give them to me. I didn't have my copy with me but it was obviously altered because their copy was the photocopy and then he added on in blue ink. He then screamed at me again in the store (in front of other customers) and when I told him he was being very unprofessional he lost it. I told him that due to his attitude I no longer wanted their services (there had also already been several mix ups where people phoned me in May 2008 freaking out that my wedding was a month away and we hadn't touched base). Not to mention the original girl that I dealt with (I think her name was Bella) mysteriously disappeared from the store with everyone claiming her uncle passed away but she would be back next week. I never saw her again and am assuming she really just didn't work there anymore. I guess I should consider myself lucky. Although we did lose a $500 deposit and I never got my shawl, tiara or veil, I did still get a beautiful wedding dress! This place needs to be taken down ASAP.

Bad news is he can still operate.

Please file a complaint if there are new occurances. Please feel free to contact me as I will be happy to help and would love to see the Ministry take him to court a second time if he continues to operate as he does. Perhaps the next time he will be shut down.

For now it looks like some people will be getting their money back.

Ministry of

Consumer Services
Ministère des

Services aux consommateurs

Investigations Unit

Consumer Protection Branch

5775 Yonge Street, Suite 1500

Toronto ON M7A 2E5

Tel.: [protected]

Toll-free: [protected]

Fax: [protected]
Unité des enquêtes

Direction de la protection du consommateur

5775, rue Yonge, bureau 1500

Toronto ON M7A 2E5

Tél. : [protected]

Sans frais : [protected]

Téléc. : [protected]

November 3, 2010

Re Global Wedding & Events Co. Ltd and Karl Usmani

I wanted to update you on this matter.

Global was in court again yesterday. Global and Mr. Usmani have agreed to resolve this matter The resolution will include restitution to the consumers included in the charges and several who filed complaints shortly after the charges were laid. The matter was adjourned to February 1, 2010. On or before that date certified funds are to be forwarded to my office for distribution to the consumers. The next appearance in court, if the matter is not fully resolved, will be used to set a trial date.

If you have any questions please contact me.

Yours truly,

Duncan Newport

Investigator

Investigations Unit, Consumer Protection Branch

Ministry of Consumer Services

5775 Yonge Street, Suite 1500

Toronto, ON M7A 2E5

Office: [protected]

Cell: [protected]

Fax: [protected]

duncan.newport@ontario.ca

This guy is still conducting business and I feel sorry for all of the brides who are going in there. Ladies and gents - please beware - this guy is a crook. He makes empty promises and is very disorganized. He doesn't return phone calls and lies about everything. His wife, Filomena, is another piece of work. She knows nothing about nothing when it comes to colours and decorating. She thinks that sheer is organza and is colour bind. Do yourself a favour and try to pull out.

global wedding moved to a new location under new name 1135 crestlawn, mississauga unit c5

I wish I had found out about this website before I began to plan my daughter's sweet sixteen with them. They keep changing the price and Filomena would tell you one thing before the contract is made, when it comes down to actually doing what ever she said.. it never happened. They promised that they would find my daughters dress with in a week... yeah that didn't happen we had to look for it ourselves. They never listen to what you want and what you have to say. Everything is over charged and unreasonable. Can you believe they called us the day of the party and was yelling at us? and the reason because we asked them to change the backdrop at the hall because it wasn't what we asked for in the first place. Trust me when you meet the two of them Carl and Filomena whom happen to be married (they don't want people to know that) you will fall into their trap because they tell you that your getting this and that... but be aware, you don't want what happened to us to happen to you. THEY ARE A SCAMP I hope people read into them before making a huge decision about them because I've heard stories that they took some peoples money and just disappeared... HOW COULD THEY... anyways I warned potencial customers and I'll be happy if my review made them think twice.

 
global wedding moved to a new location under new name 1135 crestlawn, mississauga unit c5 there are not ther anymore they have been gone from the new location for a week.

If anyone knows where he operates now we've been looking for him. Please let us know his new address. Carl owes us three wedding albums and original cd with pictures. Thank u. We definitely are going to file a complaint our wedding day was a disaster because of him.

Im in the same issue as the poster above and in the works of filing a complaint, I still need my pictures, albums and video. I was able to meet Karl (had to hold back on some choice words I have for him) at the 1135 crestlawn location but that was a while back in January and he gave me a phone number 519.570.2013 which always goes to voicemail with his voice, I leave a voicemail and never get a response back. The crestlawn location is empty now and apparently they have moved to a location by 427 & Dundas although I do not know the exact address. I've tried driving around the area and cannot locate it. If anyone has the new location, please post.

I THINK THAT GPS DECOR IS OPERATING THROUGH GLOBAL TRADING -

ITS ON THEIR WEBSITE :

The company is under gps global trading company incorporated in 2008.

http://www.gpsdecors.com/about_us.php

tAKE A LOOK - AM I CRAZY? i HOPE THEY HAVEN'T MOVED AND CHANGED NAMES AGAIN - I DROVE BY THE LOCATION ON BREVIK PLACE AND THEY WERE COMPLETELY GONE- I THINK THEY ARE TRYING TO TRICK M ORE PEOPLE STILL...

There is a new batch of complaints being filed against Karl/Filomena/global. It is important if anyone out there is thinking of filing to do so. It must be done formally. The first time in court the judge may be lienient but repeated offences while being in court could mean jail time. We have new info but it cannot be posted at this time. Trust that we are on this and file a formal complaint. Did I mention I got my $1500 back ?

Ministry of Consumer Services
5775 Yonge Street, Suite 1500
Toronto, ON M7A 2E5
Office: [protected]
Cell: [protected]
Fax: [protected]
duncan.newport@ontario.ca

Hi There,

I have been waiting for months now for Karl to get back to me, I need my pictures, video. Christy do I need to phone Duncan to file a law suite?

Yes call Duncan now !

will I get my money from Gloabal?

They are living at 475 Activa Ave in Kitchener, i have been after them forever to get my pictures, don't know the phone number but,
i am going to start banging on their door if i don't get them soon.

I would contact Sean O'Shea at GLOBAL TV Toronto
Tell him your story. He may put it on tv

CONSUMER SOS
http://www.globaltoronto.com/story.html?id=1820568
Sean.OShea@globalnews.ca
sos@globalnews.ca
Toll Free: [protected] ext 5467
or if you’re in Toronto area – [protected]

Ok these people, Filomena Angeles and Karl Manning / Usmani or whatever name he uses keeps ruining weddings, well they ruined mine in July when they never showed for the decor, me and my wife were told that they would be there and never showed, i even went to the hall when they were setting up for a different wedding and they weren't even there. They said they would and i spoke with a girl that was working for them and she said they were late, they would be there but never showed. Anyway i thought he opened a new buinsess on Dundas St so i was driving by there, Karl told me where it was and it never even opened. He lied about it. So then i did a little digging and found out they were suppose to open a store in Kitchener, under the Total Wedding name on Highland Road, anyway i went there and there is a sign on the door stating they did not pay the rent so they are not allowed on the premises. So beware brides when a new business opens up make sure it is not under Filomena Angeles or Karl Manning/ Usmani's name, they are a brides nightmare and is going to ruin your bride just like they did mine. Beware!

My Name is Joe Manning and I am in no way related to that Piece of ### Carl. He made our special day memorable for all the wrong reasons. Its been 6 weeks since our wedding and he refuses to give me the pictures that i have paid for. All of the above comments that other people have posted apply to our situation as well. I hope nobody else has to deal with him.

has anybody ever gotten there pictures or vidoes?

i was crying the day of my wedding becuase of my him...when i saw the decoration of my stage...i hate this place, karl and the lady ...i soo wanted to take action against him but i thought i was alone, please lets do something and shut down his business cuz he is still doing this with so many ppl. i got married last year so his business is still open. i dont know how mays ppl are fooled still and i fell bad. LETS DO SOMETHING TO SHUT DOWN HIS BUSINESS AND GET OUR MONEY BACK.

I got married last year and the company is still running. I was crying the day of my wedding when i saw my stage. He ruined it and i couldn't do anything that day. Please lets take serious action against him and shut down his business. HE IS STILL FOOLING PPL and making money. He charged me 4, 000 for nothing and promised me soo many things and the day of my wedding it was totally different. i am surprised that from 2007 ppl has been trapped unitl now. Please lets shut down his business and get our money back.

Please contact duncan.newport@ontario.ca if you want to file a formal complaint against this company...