Not BOTB, am I over reacting as a client? got a little long

mary35699

Background I am getting married in just over 2 weeks, it is a very small intimate wedding with 24 guests. I though I had a photography lined up but that fell through so now I am trying to locate one suitable and within our price range. As I said small wedding, so I don't want to spend a quarter of our budget on a photographer which is the going rate around here. 

I took today off work and I call and emailed a bunch of people/places and up until 1/2 an hour ago I had decided on a photographer. I emailed them this afternoon at about 1:00 PM, apparently she replied after I went out 5:55 PM (I read the reply when I got home at about 10) I showed my partner the face book page and we decided we should hire her and I would phone her in the morning. 

However I just checked my email and in my junk box I had another email from her at 10:32 PM from another email address that said  

"Thank-you for contacting Once Upon a Dream Photography 

For further emails please email this email address for quick responses on all your photography needs & to make your experiencewith Once Upon a Dream Photography more relaxing when planning your hour,day or weekend.

 Please respond within 12 hours of the email that was sent to you earlier to confirm if you would like to deal with Once Upon a Dream Photography on the day you asked for if not there is no guarantee you will receive that date and it could possibly be given to someone else if no response is heard to confirm.
Any Questions please feel free to email.

Once Upon a Dream Photography

Owner name removed" 

I'm here thinking you pushy b*tch, you want me to reply before 6AM Saturday morning when you only sent me the time constraint at 10:30PM?!?! I feel like not hiring you out of spite now.

Am I completely over reacting from stress, lack of sleep and the fact the AF showed today? Before I burn this bridge I just need some perceptive and my partners asleep. As I said the wedding is in two weeks so time is of the essence. Thanks to anyone who got this far and anyone who gives input. 

mary35699

I would not expect any company to hold a spot for me until I gave them my deposit or said can you hold my spot I will bring you a cheque in X amount of time.

I think it's the fact that she gave me a deadline (and what seems like a ridiculous one to me) but as I said I may not be the most "well balanced" right now.  

DebateThis

The boards for bridezillas such as yourself are over on the Knot. HTH.

Mysterious_wife

Well posting her email and company name, isn't your brightest idea either.  I wouldn't want to work for you, TBH. You sound a little demanding.  Her email was probably an generic auto reply.  You are reading too much into the email.  It seems normal to me. 

Mysterious_wife

DebateThis:

The boards for bridezillas such as yourself are over on the Knot. HTH.

You don't say!

:ass slaps, Debate: 

Shayliz

I hope her photography is better than her grammar.

MrsRustyGriswold

I agree with PPs. It's NBD. Just respond if you want to use her. You only have 2 weeks, so you'd better book it if you want it.

::grabs Tylenol for bad grammar induced headache::

MNgirl326

Mysterious_wife:

Well posting her email and company name, isn't your brightest idea either.  I wouldn't want to work for you, TBH. You sound a little demanding.  Her email was probably an generic auto reply.  You are reading too much into the email.  It seems normal to me. 

this- I know when you are planning a wedding EVERYTHING seems like a big deal, but I promise it isn't. I think you need to chill.

greeneyed_bride

Jumping in late to add that for the wedding photographers I know, at certain times of the year dates can book up really quickly, and there's a good chance that the photographer gets multiple inquiries about the same date. She probably doesn't want to put herself in the position where she turns down other people for a date only to find out that a bride was only using her as a place holder until she found someone she liked better. If you like her work and your other interactions have been positive, I wouldn't keep from using a photographer just because you were a little put off by one email.

weelass24

Soooooo, don't hire her?  WTF kind of respose are you expecting from the board?  Sounds like a canned, robo-email. You don't like it, take your business somewhere else.  I mean, you don't have a shitton of choices here, so either get over it or move on.

mary35699

Thank you all for the replies, as I said I really did want some outside perceptive. I know last night while I was stressed and craving chocolate, something about the contact me in 12 hours really rubbed me the wrong way. Which is why I posted here knowing it could quite possibly just be me in a foul mood, making a mountain over something non existent. In the light of day it wasn't anything that truly bothered me anymore, so I am glad I posted here instead of replying right away and saying something snarky.

I have spoken with the photographer and I have booked her for my wedding. Stress level drastically lowered. And I have emergency chocolate cake in the fridge ready for the next "crisis"  

Thanks again for your input. Hope everyone is having a great weekend.