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WEBVTT >> HONESTLY IT'S UNFATHOMABLETHAT SOMEBODY ACTUALLY DOESTHIS. TOMMIE: NICK SIEDELMANN ANDMARKIE CONOVER HAVE ONE THING INCOMMON, THEY BOTH BELIEVE THEYWERE SCAMMED.>> I WAS FREAKING OUT BECAUSE FEEL LIKE THE DAY OF YOURWEDDING, THE MAIN THING THAT YOUHAVE AS MEMORIES ARE YOURPHOTOGRAPHS AND I MAY NOT HAVETHAT, SO IT WAS VERY STRESSFUL. TOMMIETHE NIGHT BEFORECONOVER'S WEDDING, SHE FOUND OUTFROM HER DJ THAT THEPHOTOGRAPHER WASN'T COMING.THEY HAD TO SCRAMBLE FOR ANOTHERONE, PAYING THOUSANDS MORE.BOTH COUPLES SAY THEPHOTOGRAPHER WHO TOOK ADVANTAGEOF THEM IS AARON HASKIN.HIS WEBSITE SEEN HERE IS STILLONLINE, DEMONSTRATING SOME OFHIS WORK.HASKIN DECLINED TO GO ON CAMERA,BUT TOLD US HE'S FACED WHAT HECALLS PERSONAL MISFORTUNES THATLED TO MISSING BOTH WEDDINGS.>> HE RIPPED US OFF.YOU DIDN'T JUST TAKE $5 FROM USWHATEVER, YOU TOOK THOUSANDSFROM ALL OF US. TOMMIE: THE DOCUMENTS FROM SMALLCLAIMS COURT SHOW THE JUDGERULED IN CONOVER'S FAVOR, BUTSHE SAYS THERE'S NOTHING THATCAN FORCE THAT PAYMENT.SIEDELMANN HAS THE SAME PROBLEM,THEY ALSO TOOK HASKIN TO COURTAFTER BEING CANCELED ON, BUTSTILL NO REFUND, ONLY A HOLDCHECK.>> WE'VE GONE THROUGH EVERYCHANNEL THAT WE POSSIBLY COULDTO GO ABOUT THIS LEGALLY THROUSMALL CLAIMS THROUGH POLICDEPARTMENT AND IT'S REALLY, FRUSTRATING THAT THE SYSTEMITSELF IS BROKEN. TOMMIE: THE SIEDELMANNS HAD AFAMILY FRIEND TAKE THEIR WEDDINGPHOTOS, NOW, THEY'RE SHARINGWHAT THEY LEARNED FROM THEORDEAL.

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Two Des Moines-area newlyweds are accusing a wedding photographer of scamming them on their big day, saying they paid him thousands of dollars though he never showed up. The night before Markie Conover’s wedding, she found out from her DJ that the photographer wasn’t coming, and the couple had to scramble for another, shelling out thousands of more dollars. “I was freaking out because I feel like the day of your wedding, the main thing that you have as memories are your photographs, and I may not have that,” Conover said. "So it was very stressful.” The photographer, Aaron Haskin, declined to go on camera but told KCCI he’s faced what he says are “personal misfortunes” that led to missing two weddings. His website is still active, demonstrating some of his work. “He ripped us off,” Conover said. “You didn’t just take $5 from us, you took thousands from all of us.” Sackett Photography came to the rescue and took the Conovers' wedding day photos. Court documents from small claims court show the judge ruled in Conover’s favor, but she said there’s nothing that can force that payment. Nick Siedelmann has faced the same problem, saying he took Haskin to court after he canceled. But there hasn’t been a refund, only a hold check. “We’ve gone through every channel that we possibly could to go about this legally through small claims through the police department, and it’s really frustrating that the system itself is broken,” Siedelmann said. The Siedelmanns had a family friend take their wedding photos, and now they’re sharing what they learned from the ordeal. “My true and honest opinion is go find people and references that have actually used this person and talk to your friends,” Siedelmann said. Haskin told KCCI over the phone that he attempted to make other arrangement with a backup photographer for the weddings.