As of 1st January 2011 the following applies without exception

 

We know you don't want to have to worry about an envelope of cash or clawing around looking for your chequebook on the day of a big event, so we'd prefer if you made payment in full before your party.

 

We're sorry we can't extend credit any more (no, not even to Government departments who find it impossible, despite an accounting staff of dozens, to process an early payment :oP), but running a small business is hard enough without having to wait a month or more for payment for goods we have already paid out for.

 

Look at it like this - when you go to the supermarket, or to buy a pair of shoes, do they accept your terms when you tell them you'll "process that account" within 4 or so weeks? Of course not, and we appreciate your understanding that neither do we any longer.

 

 

We would appreciate 50% deposit (non-refundable) upon confirmation of the booking, which will act as acceptance of this payment policy

We will need final numbers for your event at least 7 days before the function

For Government bodies an official purchase order may be accepted in lieu of payment, under the condition that if for any reason payment is not received in full by seven days after the event, a surcharge of 10% interest on the total will be incurred, and will be repeated every 7 days until the debt is paid in full

We require full payment at least 48 hours before your event. We accept cash or bank transfer, and cheques (please ensure funds have time to clear before your function). We regret we are unable to accept credit card payments.

 

 

What you get when you hire Voodoo Moon is:

Fantastic food that ROCKS!

Friendly, casual service

A clean house/venue when we finish

Honesty, integrity and RESPECT

 

 

Sadly we all encounter people who show no respect for others personally or in their business dealings and consequently we have been taken advantage of, which has forced us to impose the stricter payment policy outlined above.

 

The first (and hopefuly last) addition to Voodoo Moon's BLACKLIST is

 

JOEL HUBBLE and his business EATING WA

After providing $9,767.50 of catering to Mr Hubble and Eating WA in October 2010, he refused to answer my calls or emails since early December, has blocked me on Facebook, and appeared unlikely to pay the outstanding sum of $6,267.50.

During and after the event myself and my staff were repeatedly complimented and thanked by Mr Hubble, Eating WA staff, venue staff, and customers, who all stated that the food, service and organisation we provided was of the highest quality.

Voodoo Moon cautions anyone to think twice before doing business with Mr Hubble personally or Eating WA in general, due to the untrustworthy nature of their dealings.

If nothing else, it is highly suspicious that Mr Hubble and Eating WA have no contact address or numbers listed anywhere associated with their websites and even a Google search reveals no way of tracking them down - not even a business address. A search of the Business name registry, however, reveals the following address as principal place of business as at March 2010

73 Burswood Rd, Burswood WA 6100

and this address for service of notices

PO Box 6092, East Perth WA 6892

www.eatingwa.com.au

*** UPDATE - JULY 2011 ***

In March of this year I was contacted under one of Eating WA's known email addresses by someone purporting to be 'Katie Ferguson'. I do not know if this is a real person or an alias used by Mr Hubble or Ms Liy, but she claimed she had "Been brought in to bring Eating WA's books up to date"

After some discussion as to the status of the debts owing to Voodoo Moon, she organised payment of $3663.90 - the amount of one of the two invoices outstanding.

The remaining $2603.60 was also promised at this time, and then... nothing. No replies from the email address, no contact what so ever, for almost 2 months.

In early June Ms Ferguson emailed again, saying they really wanted to pay the outstanding amount, but that I would have to take this Blacklist page down first - as they had requested in writing a month or more prior. I had recieved no such request, but agreed to take this page down upon a guarantee of payment of the outstanding amount. I have not heard from this Ms Ferguson or anyone else involved with Eating WA since, and no further payments have been made.

 

My bank did contact me in mid or late June, wanting approval to return one of the payments to Eating WA, as they had claimed it was made in error - naturally I refused!

I have been contacted by several journalists investigating this issue, who have all told me that I am far from alone - that there are up to a dozen businesses owed substantial sums of money by Eating WA or Mr Hubble personally. I have also been contacted by someone claiming to be Eating WA's webmaster, who has a similar story to mine, and is owed thousands of dollars but cannot find Mr Hubble to claim it. I have also read conflicting reports that Mr Hubble has claimed on the one hand that all creditors have been fully paid, and on the other hand that the suppliers which remain unpaid do so because they did not provide satisfactory service - a claim I categorically deny.

Apparantly Eating WA are awaiting approval from the Town Of Vincent to stage another Oktoberfest event in 2011, and I would just like to caution the Town, and any supplier approached by Eating WA or Mr Hubble, that in my personal dealings with the man and his business, I have found him to be a liar and a thief. BEWARE!

 

BEWARE: THIEF ALERT!! Two pictures of Joel Hubble with girlfriend Laura Liy, who has also stopped returning calls and emails, despite being intially helpful and promising to ensure Mr Hubble paid this bill in full.

 

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