Review: In our four years of business, we have had only one other incidence of not being paid for a job. Jason and Tyler Adams of the Aces Up Band from Seattle WA contracted $500 worth of equipment for the Pinal County Fair job their band was playing on March 23, 2014 and they have stiffed us for the entire amount.
We put the system together, loaded up and traveled over an hour to get to the Pinal County Fairgrounds. When we arrived, the fair manager notified us that they already had sound equipment for Aces Up and they would not be needing our services.
When we spoke with Tyler Adams of Aces Up, we compromised on giving them $200 off the total contracted price because we had already driven to the event and had to still pay our employees for five hours of work on a Sunday. We feel that $300 total was more than a fair settlement since we could have had several other fully paid jobs that day and we made every effort to complete the job. Instead of taking responsibility for the mistake they made, Jason Adams of Aces Up reversed the charges on the entire amount -- including the deposit -- basically expecting the work we did to be completely free based on an error they made with the fair manager.
This not only leaves us with nothing for that day, reversing two credit card charges affects our business credit rating.
It's ironic that the Aces Up Band touts itself as being blue collar and then does not pay the very people they claim to represent.
We post this review of the Aces Up Band of Seattle, WA, in order to warn other vendors about our experience. You can help us by calling Tyler Adams at 253-381-5643 or Jason Adams at 253-255-3047. You can also leave a message on the Aces Up Band FaceBook page at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Aces-Up/363257150383156 . The Aces Up booking agent is Scott Mason of TEI Entertainment, who can be reach at 916-294-0800 at
Aces Up, Tyler Adams, Eric Banke, Jason Adams, Barrett Nelson, Brendan Abshier, Brendan Keith, Scott Mason, TEI Entertainment, Exact Records, Review, Credit Rating
