Wild West Collective

So brave of you to post this anonymously, but I know exactly who this is because it’s the only time I’ve ever had to try to collect damages after a contract. I went out of my way to sub rent flooring from 4 hours away for a 40x80 tent for your wedding since you were determined on having it in an arena, instead of a grassy pasture, and we didn’t have enough in stock to floor the entire tent. I sent an email a couple months ahead saying we don’t set up in arenas without specialized equipment, which is what we have to rent every year to set up at the Cody rodeo. You begged for that location and I very specifically said that I would make an exception if your family who owned the property went out and pounded 42” pieces of rebar (the length of our stakes) into the ground along where the perimeter of where the tent would be to verify that metal could be pounded into to the ground without heavy machinery. Your family didn’t do that but promised they had no issue with getting the fence put in so it would be fine. Well it wasn’t fine… After spending an entire day laying 3,696 sqft of flooring for the tent, my team went back out to set up the tent and after spending several hours trying to get stakes in, and having your fence person come out to try doing it with his own heavy machinery, it was impossible to get stakes in around the entire perimeter of the tent. Against my better judgement, I allowed my team to move your tent to a grassy area on the property (where it should have gone to begin with so all of this could have been avoided) and they came back out for a THIRD day to do so. I was within my rights per our contract to refuse to do this but didn’t want to be the reason you had to have your wedding in an unprepped barn. Allowing my team to go back out was my second biggest mistake in this (first being allowing the arena location to begin with) because the amount of effort they expended drastically impacted our ability to perform for our biggest event that season in Bozeman that weekend. What I asked for from you post wedding is repayment for all the extra labor and fuel expenses needed to move the tent since your family lied and did not do the proper due diligence I had requested for the arena location. I sent DETAILED excel documents showing labor and fuel expenses. Your family ended up paying $3,000 of the over $5,000 submitted to them, which shows that they know they were in the wrong and took responsibility for at least part of what was owed to make me financially whole after all of this. As to adding unexpected expenses to your contract, I have no idea what you are talking about since every change to your contract was something you requested and then signed for. Never once did I email you out of nowhere requesting extra money for random things - nor have I ever done that to any client. That why we have a contract in place. I also never worked with you in any planning capacity. This was strictly a rentals contract.

It was so wonderful working with you Monica! We loved everything about your vision and were just super happy to bring it to life for you!

A 10 year vow renewal?! Say less 💅