Double Take Studios Shuts Down - Doubletake Scams, Complaints, Reviews
By andyoz
On this page we will look at Double Take Studios prices. How much do they charge for photos, prices for postage costs and other charges as well as how much you will have to pay if you miss your booking. There are many complaints about Double Take Studios and people who claim the company are a scam, so this article looks at how much a day with Double Take will actually cost you. We have also just heard that the company has shut down so we will also bring news of the closure.
I recently visited Double Take Studios in Manchester, after reading all the complaints and negative reviews I wanted to see for myself exactly what they were all about. In this article I am concentrating on the prices that Double Take charge, if you want to read other reviews and about complaints and scams then you can check out my other write ups. So let’s talk about money.
Double Take Shuts Down
It has just emerged that Double Take studios has ceased trading. This was first brought to public attention on 10 November 2011, as more details emerge we will update you. The company websites are all down and the phone lines are dead. The company have been in business for over ten years but the way they do bussiness has caused many complaints and consumer watchdogs have been hot on their case.
Where this leaves customers who have booked photoshoots or even worse paid for photos and not yet recieved them it is unknown. I personally visited two weeks ago and have not yet recieved the photos I bought. So it remains to be seen what will happen.
The Price Of Photos
So after you have had your so called free makeover and photo shoot how much will the pictures cost you. Well we were guided into our own private little viewing room to see our pictures. The sales person was very friendly and pleasant, he left us alone to see our pictures on a big plasma screen TV. Then he came back in to talk money. It was at this point that I realised how much of a scam Double Take Studios can be. We had 52 pictures taken altogether. To get all 52 of these photos on a CD and each one printed on a standard piece of A4 photograph paper would cost us a staggering £3299.
Obviously that is not something that many people can afford. We didn’t want to spend more than £100 or so, so what could we get for that? Well for one picture on a CD it would cost us £120. That would give us the copyright to the picture and we could then print it, publish it or whatever. If we wanted an A4 print of a picture that would be £90, however, this did not included the rights and we would not be allowed to reprint it, put it online or share it with anyone.
For a print out of all 50 of our photos in thumbnail size, they would charge us £50. For airbrushing it would cost £30 per photograph. There were a few nice montage pictures they knocked up, these would be an extra £50 each. They do offer various package deals which bring the price down slightly, but the cheapest of these is £399 and only includes 6 images on CD. As you can see, the Double Take Studio prices are very expensive indeed.
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Double Take Hidden Charges
This is where the company get the most complaints. They say you are getting a free makeover, however, if you don’t turn up on the day they charge you £125 per person. If you cancel a week in advance it will cost you £50. They ask for a small booking fee when you sign up and this gives them the opportunity to get your card details, so then if you don’t turn up you can’t stop them taking the payment to cover the no show fee.
Another cost that should be mentioned is postage. We bought an image on CD and a print, the print was given to us there and then but the CD would have to be posted to us for some reason. To my disgust, this would cost £8! After all the shocking prices they charge you they have the cheek to make you pay £8 for the postage cost of a CD. Very poor customer service if you ask me.
As you can see if you want to go to Double Take Studios and come away with some nice pictures then it is really going to cost you big time. The prices and charges are simply madness and to be honest the quality of the pictures is nothing all that special anyway. You can go and get a free day out of this if you are very strong willed, but if you don’t show up it will cost you a lot of money. This company is technically not a scam but you can see why there are so many complaints about Double Take Studios.
Comments
i worked for these guys there not a scam, the main info is given on the phone including the 125 no show and they are asked to read terms and conditions, it boils down to the same thing people are stupid and don't listen
did u get your photos?
Not yet, still waiting and hoping.
I have been to double take studios, the whole experience is amazing but I couldn't believe the prices. You're so caught up in the experience and how amazing you look that you simply can not walk away without nothing to show for it. I ended up spending £501 but because I used double money and got a saving deal it was around £399. For this I got about 5 photos printed and on a disk. Looking back it probably wasn't worth buying them but it is an experience worth while.
We had our pictures taken the weekend before they went bust paid 400 quid and have not received them or any information bout wot is happening I took my partner as we had just got engaged and wanted some pictures done together I am not happy they have our details and will not be paying any more money as were not paying for products we haven't received I went earlier in he year and got my photos so I trusted them now I feel let den and upset as tyat was money towards our wedding we didn't get the chance to just bye a few we got conned into the whole lot
I have bought photos from them, after they put me in a lot of pressure to buy some. Am i still going to receive them??
I ended up buying all my pictures, paid by credit card and was told i can have it all done again for free... now they have gone bust and i paid out £2000 and still haven't got my pictures... :(
My daughter naively signed up for this but BEFORE even attending, they had gone into administration and had stolen £50 from her bank account . At a complete loss as to how to retrieve the money when no one answers calls or address active. Help?
contact the administrators i am still waiting for my pics too
on their website administrators details
If you have paid by credit card, you can call your lender and get the money back from them. If you paid by debit card, you can request chargeback. Have a look on MoneySavingExpert for more help (that's what i did)
Luckily i went to the administrators direct and they confirmed our name was on the list of completed orders and i received my photos yesterday. Give them a call, if you won't receive your pics, you can get some money back! Good luck xxxxx
I too went to a photo shoot in mid october, was told to expect my 7 photos on disc in between 21 to 28 days, putting it at latest on the 15th Nov, I never recieved a letter or email to state they had gone into administration.
When I rang on the 18th they said your order has been completed and is being dispatched you should recieve it in 10 working days, which I thought is resonable, then nothing. Rang again, was told again its been dispatched and I would recieve it by Saturday. Finally nothing, so rang up the adminsitrators and stated my annoyance, my boyfriend is in the army and the photos (nothing dodgey) were a treat for him for christmas, now the administrators state i might not get either the photos or my £300 back!!! i am bitterly annoyed one at being lied to bt also because they should have been with me before they went into administration, I cannot state how annoyed and fustrated I am, it all seems like a big scam, and I'm not sure anyone from october onwards will get their photos and would love to know if anyone has.
Still not got ours yet. Rang up Wednesday, they said definatly be here by Friday. Still no sign. Rather annoyed about the whole thing.
Photos finally arrived! Yet despite paying £8 for special delvery, they turn up standard delivery & who ever sent them did not pay the correct postage so it cost me a further £1.67 to get them from the post office. What a disgrace.
Andyoz in response to the comment above the administrators would have issued your order out to you I am an ex employee and I had to pay the same to pick up my P45 from the post office as there is no money to pay for delivery, that would be why you only got them standard delivery.
I feel bad for all the client's that came to the studio and all the money that was spent I or non of the employees knew this was happening and we are owed thousands of pounds in wages. In response to other comments Doubletake were never a scam they had to charge the no show fees because of people time wasting as all makeup and photographers were paid by the day freelance if people don't show they still have to be paid and people didn't have to buy the photos no gun was held to the head or anything so people should really stop moaning you would have got refunded back your booking fee if you didn't want to buy and your day would have been completely free. I loved working there and am sad it has closed.
hi can anyone tell me if they know how much the luxury revisit actually cost because i got that with my photo's and still have my voucher and Barclays maybe able to reduce that amount off my £2000 loan, if i have proof of how much is cost and at the moment i can only give them an estimated price as it was not listed clearly on my order form, it jus said it was one of my products i paid for.
I received my other products except one of my cd's had no original photo's on it, i just got the one with different effects on it. But my main concern is the price of the revisit, because then i can just happily pay for the products i recieved which were great.
My friend and i payed £2000 for our pictures we were conned into having the 4x vogue air brushing and stuff..... I felt like we couldnt say no. im so glad they went under, but we are still paying it off. do we still have to pay it if they have gone under?? as we dont know where the money is going
CASE1WORKER 6 months ago
And people actually go and buy photos costing £3k plus! It beggars belief. I presume that they make people look so lovely that you just have to have a copy! I am sure that there will be someone with a flash camera who can do just as good a job but a lot cheaper
Great hub and voted up