Entertainers price themselves based upon their abilities.
They know what they're worth. If they are pricing themselves considerably lower than average, they are telling you something...
An experienced professional who can deliver an amazing performance is NOT always easy to find. THAT person, should you be lucky enough to hire them for your event - will NOT be priced so low that everyone can afford him. He WILL be priced near average or above.
If you do decide to hire the cheap DJ, after he has set-up his gear and starts playing - you may realize you've made a huge mistake… but by then… once the ship begins to sink… it's too late...
A CHEAP DJ is like a cheap pair of shoes.
They look good from a distance - but after you look closer - you realize that they are not high quality. They cost almost nothing because they're made of plastic and cardboard and they will make your feet hurt. Because plastic doesn't breathe, they begin to smell bad almost immediately. After wearing them once they begin to fall apart and you wish you could return them - but you've already worn them... If you hire a cheap DJ, before the night is over - you WILL be kicking yourself in the rear with your cheap plastic shoes - wishing you hadn't hired him.... Your guests will laugh and talk badly about you and your horrible party - all the way home from your event wondering what the heck you were thinking when you hired El DJ Cheapo....
"You Get What You Pay For".
"You Get What You Pay For".
"You Get What You Pay For".
Think three times before you hire a cheap DJ.
Cheap entertainment = Regret at the end of the night and bad memories that can't be erased.
*** How do I know this? ***
Long before becoming a DJ, my fiancé and I were uninformed and totally clueless on what to look for in a DJ for our wedding reception.
For my very OWN wedding reception, I made the mistake of hiring an inexpensive DJ...
What a disaster. Our wedding day was NOT all it could have been because our entertainment was substandard - to say the least. Our reception was a flop!
If we had been more informed and had known what to look for and what to avoid we could have hired a true professional who would have made our reception what it should have been. I can't go back and do it over. I regret hiring our inexperienced, inexpensive, unqualified DJ. My memories of our wedding day are tarnished when I think back at our reception... it was a complete mess...
I don't want that to happen to you.
Spending a little extra on a truly PROFESSIONAL - EXPERIENCED - ENTERTAINER for your event - is MONEY WELL SPENT.
If you're looking to hire a DJ for an event, you may not know the going rate for REAL entertainment.
The charts below should be helpful to you.
YES… These are actual - REAL WORLD prices.
If you are getting price quotes that are substantially lower than average... there IS a reason...
NEW Word For Today: "CAVEAT EMPTOR"
Definition: From Latin caveat emptor, "let the buyer beware": The axiom or principle in commerce that the buyer alone is responsible for assessing the quality of a purchase before buying.