Susan S.
New member
Beware of this company that is planning PET EXPOS all across the U.S. They have taken my money and not provided the show!
I got a telephone call in early December from a David Davis from "World Pet Expos" out of Sarasota, Florida. They say they are the company that has previously put on the Ice Capades. They told me of a scheduled Pet Expo in Tallahassee, Florida for Feb. 28 through March 1, 2009. It was to be held at the Civic Center which is a nice venue. It sounded interesting and I would likely be one of the few vendors with reptiles. I signed the contract faxed to me and paid the fee of $325 for the 10 x 10 booth plus facility fee and tax to the total of $365.41. In early February the Civic Center schedule was emailed to me as they do each month. No Pet Expo was on the schedule. I called the Civic Center and talked to a gentleman who told me that the promoter for the Pet Expo did not provide the required deposit and no show was scheduled. He also stated the guy told him that it was partly a "home show" and since the Civic Center already had a Home Show scheduled in early February, they did not want this conflict of interest.
I called John Whitfield at World Pet Expos in Sarasota. I told him I was just informed that there would be no show and I wanted a refund. He said it was a "non-refundable contract" ! What? You will not provide the show at the venue on the scheduled dates and no refund? He said he would talk with the "owner" and get back to me. Well, you guessed it.....no he has not gotten back to me and he now has someone screening his calls. There are likely lots more folks like me who have been ripped off by this guy.
He now has a Tallahassee show scheduled on his website... "www.WorldPetExpos.org" ...for June at the Fair Grounds. There is no comparison between the Civic Center and the Fair Grounds. I have done Repticon shows at the Fair Grounds many times for $90 per table. This guy is really going to charge $325 per table for the Fair Grounds??
BEWARE of this company because they will likely be calling others like me who have websites or have done other pet or reptile shows in the past.
I got a telephone call in early December from a David Davis from "World Pet Expos" out of Sarasota, Florida. They say they are the company that has previously put on the Ice Capades. They told me of a scheduled Pet Expo in Tallahassee, Florida for Feb. 28 through March 1, 2009. It was to be held at the Civic Center which is a nice venue. It sounded interesting and I would likely be one of the few vendors with reptiles. I signed the contract faxed to me and paid the fee of $325 for the 10 x 10 booth plus facility fee and tax to the total of $365.41. In early February the Civic Center schedule was emailed to me as they do each month. No Pet Expo was on the schedule. I called the Civic Center and talked to a gentleman who told me that the promoter for the Pet Expo did not provide the required deposit and no show was scheduled. He also stated the guy told him that it was partly a "home show" and since the Civic Center already had a Home Show scheduled in early February, they did not want this conflict of interest.
I called John Whitfield at World Pet Expos in Sarasota. I told him I was just informed that there would be no show and I wanted a refund. He said it was a "non-refundable contract" ! What? You will not provide the show at the venue on the scheduled dates and no refund? He said he would talk with the "owner" and get back to me. Well, you guessed it.....no he has not gotten back to me and he now has someone screening his calls. There are likely lots more folks like me who have been ripped off by this guy.
He now has a Tallahassee show scheduled on his website... "www.WorldPetExpos.org" ...for June at the Fair Grounds. There is no comparison between the Civic Center and the Fair Grounds. I have done Repticon shows at the Fair Grounds many times for $90 per table. This guy is really going to charge $325 per table for the Fair Grounds??
BEWARE of this company because they will likely be calling others like me who have websites or have done other pet or reptile shows in the past.