aahhh that last comment stemmed from an earlier discussion with the groom Wayne, I couldnt remember exactly what he was arguing to me about - but it was something along the line of him putting himself in my shoes of a pro photographer and trying to justify his $500 deposit. I also wrote that to mean I am not interested in accommodating for them any longer, in a less tactful manner than previously - due to their umms and ahhhhs and bargaining attitude.
Do weddings long enough and you can smell a troublesome client a mile away - so I'd rather not accept it at all, even if it is a big booking.