These are the rust-tinged "antique" hydrangeas she wanted.
A future divorcee in the making....
I work for a law firm and I cannot tell you how much it costs companies to defend against frivolous lawsuits.
It may sound frivolous, on the surface. But when you’re talking about nearly $25,500.00 worth of substandard merchandise that wasn’t what they ordered to begin with, suddenly it makes a bit more sense. Forget the fact that it’s flowers, then put yourself in her position.
Both the florist and the bride were fairly stupid in having a $27k transaction without a contract.
That said, she should have plenty of photographic evidence if the flowers were as bad as she claims. Our cake was blatantly wrong - we submitted a picture of the cake plus the one we selected to the baker the second we got back from the honeymoon and received a nice refund.
The florist also screwed up by ignoring the repeated emails. If you’re in a service industry, you should make sure your service is up to par or your reputation will suffer.
Trust an old married guy, you would be far better off if you took that huge pile of cash she wants to convert into a picture album and invest it into real estate. When you are both ready to retire, you will be able to.
What's so awful about expecting what you ask, contract and PAY for?
This was a very high end wedding and reception, judging from the nearly $30k she spent on flowers alone. I used to own a shop specializing in weddings, and know how the right designs make or break the decor. The wrong colors and brown, wilted products is inexcusable. Florists should always explain to customers that flowers are a product of nature and the colors available week-to-week will vary in certain varieties. If color has to be exact, you need to choose a type of flower that is pretty consistently available.
A wedding is supposed to be a once in a lifetime experience and when spending the amount of money that his couple did ... they should have received a satisfactory outcome with the flowers. If everything she says is true, it was a traumatic experience for her.
This is what happens when narcissism and a law license meet.I fear that the groom is in for forty miles of bad road with this.....gal.
These are the rust-tinged "antique" hydrangeas she wanted.
OH THE HUMANITY!!
On her 25th anniversary she can reminisce about how she financially destroyed the florist.
Ah, what a worthy life.
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.
How do you get hydrangeas in dark colors much less dark rust and green (YUCK)to begin with? I thought they came in white, pink, and blue.