These are the rust-tinged "antique" hydrangeas she wanted.
Posted on 10/16/2007 9:23:00 AM PDT by MrLegalReform
The bride, Elana Glatt, says her florist committed a series of faux pas at her wedding on Aug. 11. In the most “egregious,” Ms. Glatt says in a lawsuit alleging breach of contract, the florist substituted pastel pink and green hydrangeas for the dark rust and green hydrangeas she had specified for 22 centerpieces.
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Nope, this is not a case of “get over it.” This bride had chosen colors to enhance the decor, and she contracted with the florist to provide those flowers for a very special day. There is a large difference between pastel colors and the deep, rich hues the bride paid for and the florist agreed to provide. Money had exchanged hands, the goods were not delivered as specified. Give the lady her money back, plus some.
This happened to me with the wreath for my daughter’s Holy Communion. I had selected pink and white tea roses and what I got was dying junk. I picked it up about an hour before the Mass, and the florist laughed right in my face.
There was absolutely nothing I could do because of time and travel constraints. We made it through the ceremony, but the pictures are terrible.
I sent my Neanderthal brothers back to the florist to obtain a full refund and got it, but I still can’t look at those pictures without getting mad all over again.
I hope this bride makes the thief florist pay up for ruining her day.
I’m with you. I rarely sit around worrying about flower colors. But flowers were important to the tune of $27K to this lady, and I still say that whether you’re buying a bouquet or a Cessna, you’re are entitled to get what you paid for. It’s immaterial whether or not the purchase was a wise one.
“If everything she says is true, it was a traumatic experience for her.”
While it appears she may have grounds for recourse, I have a hard time as describing this as “traumatic.”
The woman just got married. They obviously have money to burn. Life is good.
Quit claiming “trauma.”
These are the rust-tinged "antique" hydrangeas she wanted.
“I’m sorry, there are just way bigger things to worry about than flower color. If people worried as much about the next 20 years of marriage rather than the “big day” then maybe more people would stay married.”
exactly.
It sounds like she is possibly due a refund, but anyone who claims that off-color flowers have the power to ruin a wedding and cause trauma are going to have much bigger problems down the road.
OH THE HUMANITY!!
On her 25th anniversary she can reminisce about how she financially destroyed the florist.
Ah, what a worthy life.
“On her 25th anniversary she can reminisce about how she financially destroyed the florist.”
she can remember how she ruined their honeymoon by obsessing over the stupid flowers.
And her wedding was such a big disappointment!
If only mine could have been so traumatic.
Having money to burn and having the biggest day of your life somewhat disrupted are two totally different things. Many folks are all about the details, I have met many of them. Just because it wouldn't have been extremely upsetting to you doesn't discount the fact that it could have been for her. Perhaps you're just one of those who think that money makes everything alright.
I think I would go without flowers before I displayed dying junk ... but maybe that’s just me. I feel for your situation though. A florist absolutely has to understand that they are sometimes dealing with very emotional occasions in the lives of their clients.
” Perhaps you’re just one of those who think that money makes everything alright.”
no need to get snotty.
I am someone who believes in perspective.
If the florist did not deliver the proper service - she is entitled to a refund.
If she is the type, like you say, who is “all about details” and allows off color flowers to cause her “trauma”, and to allow that to ruin her wedding - then her problems obviously extend far beyond a poor florist.
Sometime real “trauma” happens to people...fires, earthquakes, death, injuries.... I don’t include off color flowers in that category.
I’m glad I never got hitched. I really hate these blowout weddings. Why women especially think these are so wonderful is beyond me. A lot of extravagance, headache and just plain nonsense.
My father always told the story of his best friend, a Lutheran, in love with a Catholic. They wanted to be married in a church, but had a hard time finding one locally which would marry them. Finally, they found a church across town. Since both sets of parents and most of the rest of the respective families were against the marriage, and because the groom had just come back from World War II with not a lot of money, they decided to have a very small service with my father serving as best man, someone else as maid/matron of honor and a few close friends (including my mother). After the wedding service was over, the priest asked the newlyweds where they were going to celebrate. Nowhere, the groom said...we don’t have any money. Whereupon the priest ushed everyone into a downstairs room with a piano. He had everyone wait a few minutes while he went into the wine cellar, pulled out a couple of bottles and found some glasses, opened the wine and poured everyone a drink. Then the priest sat down at the piano and they all had an old fashioned singalong. My father always said that of all the weddings he went to, this one was the best.
And by the way the couple stayed married till the husband passed on in 1998. I believe his widow is still living.
That is you. Apparently, it is difficult for you to allow anyone else an opinion that is not based on your standards.
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