Venture Photography Experience, Buy 1 @ £25,get another for £10

foxystoat69

Spotted on the Venture website. Full picture prices ridiculously expensive, but the hour in the studio and the picture you get at the end are worth it in my own opinion

http://www.venturephotography.com/uk/book-photography-session/

Our £25 Experience voucher entitles you to an hour of fun in the studio, followed by an exclusive viewing of your images, one of which you can choose for your complimentary 7" x 5" mini-portrait. The whole experience is worth £145, but if you prefer, you can use the value of your mini-portrait (£95) towards an authentic branded product from an amazing range of wall frames and displays.
We are confident that you will enjoy your Venture experience and cherish your images and our hand-crafted frames and designs. We look forward to meeting you, your family and friends and capturing your story.And, if you buy your Venture experience voucher before December 24th you'll also receive another for just £10. Perfect if you're stuck for any last minute gift ideas!

liz-paul

I can't speak personally but I have heard from a couple of people that Venture push a very hard sell for very expensive products. However if you can say NO then this sounds liek a good deal.

foxystoat69

liz-paul wrote: »

I can't speak personally but I have heard from a couple of people that Venture push a very hard sell for very expensive products. However if you can say NO then this sounds liek a good deal.

Been to one shoot before (in Lichfield), no hard sell there, all in all a good experience.

ems2

Have been twice severel years apart to different places and thoroughly enjoyed both BUT very hard sell afterwards and I did succumb ...

I would recomend contacting a local photographer to see what whole packages are on offer. 1 hour in the studio plus a CD with loads of touched up pictures you can get copies of yourself might be as low as £80

peaz

My brother bought a package for us. They tried the hard sell but we didn't for it. The pictures are lovely though, and we had a fun time with our son (10 months at the time)

Quirkylass

Its a good deal but be aware when you see the photos they put them on a big screen and you want them so much as they look fantastic so end up spending £100's, from somebody who has approx £2000 worth of their photos on my walls

suejb2

This company don't like no for an answer,they phone and phone and phone! But if you are equally as persistant in your reply you may be in for a good deal. I leave them well alone. My 'experiance' was with the Rochdale branch so their others may be better.

robstersgirl

Was going to go with these a couple if years ago but was put off by the hard sell reviews too

pink-lady

robstersgirl wrote: »

Was going to go with these a couple if years ago but was put off by the hard sell reviews too

Don't be put off!

I had them done last year and it was great fun! Only problem was that every picture they showed us were absolutely fantastic and I wanted to buy them all!

I actually placed an order with them but when I told family & friends how much it was costing I had the same reaction from them all!! FAR TOO EXPENSIVE!

I knew it was alot of money so I cancelled the order and just had the small one which is gorgeous.

HTH

Mr_Forgetful

We did it a few years back and it is very difficult to say no. They invite you back to see the photos on a big wall, playing M People and plying you with a free drink. We ended up paying £140 for 4 8x10 photos. They played M People for a friend of mine too and he paid £1400. Beware of the M People track. The cost will keep moving on up.

Fleur16

We went earlier this year after a friend gave us a voucher for a similar offer. Unfortunately we had to cancel and change the date as our little one was poorly but rearranged for the following week.

They charged us £25 for cancelation (they take your card details at time of booking) but said they would refund it when we came in and made our order. Anyway we had the photos done which was fine..... but then the hard sell.

We has decided before that we would only take the free pic and try not to be taken in by the sales tactics. However we did decide to upgrade the pic we chose to make it a bit bigger at an additoinal cost of £90. They were NOT happy and then refused to refund the original cancelation fee as we had not spent enough! The woman we had said they expected their customers to spend at least £1000 and that basically we were cheap for not doing so.

I did remind her that both sets of grand parents were still to see the photos and she had no idea how many they would want or what they might spend but it made no difference. They just can't see beyond that sale or future investment. ( had we had a great experience we could go back every year or tell all our friends) Anyway we wont EVER go back i would not recommend to anyone..... Hope this helps someone save some money!