I along with many others, worked the Presidential Inauguration in 2008, in the freezing cold, I have yet to be paid or acknowledged, they did on February 24th 2009 tell me my tax forms that they provided (1099) was wrong and asked us to resubmit a (W-9) which is wrong, since then nothing . I believe it is time that we band together and put pressure on the North Carolina or the US Attorney to stop this company and bring criminal action it is plain that they have no intention of paying people they hire.

I have not received any reply YET from Reggie, CEO of Red Bow regarding payment.

I understand he might be busy, but it's been since April that all Boston photographers have been waiting for payment.

After a very hyprocritical call where Reggie himself stated that he PROMISED to keep us posted, we are still playing a shell game trying to get payment.

TO make matters worse, your company took down all the photographers' complaints because Red Bow's lawyers wrote you a letter. What is the point of the complaint board if the "little" people aren't heard?

Thanks,
Monica Vega
Boston

There was a complaint ("Red Bow Photo - None Payment") about this already but apparently Complaints Board was pressured into taking it down... well here is a new one about the exact same thing. I have yet to be paid by this company. Regardless of whether people were paid or not, the complaints were still valid for a company that waits 5 months to pay its employees.

Red Bow Photo is a company based out of Charlotte, NC, that works/ed fan photography for professional sports franchises such as the Anaheim Ducks, LA Angels, Seattle Mariners, and Boston Bruins (although I know for a fact they no longer have contracts with the first two, despite the advertising on their website), as well as for various one-time events and school sports.

Here is my original complaint from June:
"I worked from April 6 through May 30 and so far have only been compensated for my first week of photos. We were originally told we would be paid every 15 days, however the first payment was more than a week late. Our second payment was continuously delayed until eventually two other payments periods passed as well. So far I have not received any other payment despite Red Bow Photo's regional director promising me repeatedly that the check would be in the mail "in a few days." Reginald Bowser himself called me and gave me a date of June 22, which has now come and gone with no progress made. There are at least 20 of us here in Anaheim with the same exact situation."

And here is my updated complaint from 9/3/09:
"Since then I along with likely all of the other Red Bow photographers received an email on July 3 that attempted to provide "reasons" for which we had not been paid, promising our money and 15% interest for late fees by the end of the month. On July 29 I received another email with very specific instructions on how to get my check involving my approval of what they say they owe me as well as a signed statement that once they send me the check they will no longer owe anything to me. I followed Bowser's instructions and received a reply on August 7 with the amount they said the owe me (which was correct so far as I could tell). After I responded saying I agreed with the amount, I have received no further communication from Red Bow, nor have I received my check, several weeks later."

Here is another person's account of the same issue: http://lunch.com/t/j0q

Since then, some people have been paid, however I have not. It's inexcusable that this has happened and that just because a company pays you after 5 months of owing you money that that justifies being able to take down an entire comment post.