Bridal Shop Suck
Long time lurker...blah blah...on to the suck.
My friend became engaged over the summer/fall and asked me to be her Maid of Honor. I accepted and soon after she chose a designer for her bridal party to wear. Only one store in the area carries this designer--so I trucked my happy self over there in November to try on dresses and order one. I tried on dresses, chose one, and came back the first week of December to place my order. (Custom order, I'm 6'2 and had to have five inches of fabric added to the dress) It should be noted that I wasn't thrilled with the service I received... but it's what my friend wants and they're the only place that carries the damn dress. I ordered the dress and wait for it to come in.
The last week of January rolls around and the bridal shop calls me to let me know that my dress is in. The earliest they can get me in to get fitted is Feb 2nd. I asked to schedule an appointment and was told that they didn't schedule appointments for fittings (!) and to just call the day before to confirm that the seamstress will be in. I call on the 1st and never get an answer---but I figure they're busy. I go in on the second---get fitted for my dress---confirm the dates for the wedding (March 1st) and go on my way. The bridal shop says my dress will be ready in a week for the second fitting and that they'll call me.
Flash forward to today. I'm sitting at work and I realize that they haven't called. It slipped my mind with being sick and studying for my midterms. I call: the number has been disconnected. Figuring I mis-dialed the number, I pull up the website on the computer. The website is no longer online. Slight perplexed---I start doing some research on google only to come across four irate posts on a local city services website confirming that their number has been disconnected along with allegations that the company is in financial trouble.
My friend became engaged over the summer/fall and asked me to be her Maid of Honor. I accepted and soon after she chose a designer for her bridal party to wear. Only one store in the area carries this designer--so I trucked my happy self over there in November to try on dresses and order one. I tried on dresses, chose one, and came back the first week of December to place my order. (Custom order, I'm 6'2 and had to have five inches of fabric added to the dress)It should be noted that I wasn't thrilled with the service I received...(some temperature issues along with being kept waiting 30 minutes for my scheduled appointment) but it's what my friend wants. I ordered the dress and wait for it to come in.
The last week of January rolls around and the bridal shop calls me to let me know that my dress is in. The earliest they can get me in to get fitted is Feb 2nd. I asked to schedule an appointment and was told that they didn't schedule appointments for fittings (!) and to just call the day before to confirm that the seamstress will be in. I call on the 1st and never get an answer---but I figure they're busy. I go in on the second---get fitted for my dress---confirm the dates for the wedding (March 1st) and go on my way. The bridal shop says my dress will be ready in a week for the second fitting and that they'll call me.
Flash forward to today. I'm sitting at work and I realize that they haven't called. It slipped my mind with being sick and studying for my midterms. I call: the number has been disconnected. Figuring I mis-dialed the number, I pull up the website on the computer. The website is no longer online. Slight perplexed---I start doing some research on google only to come across four irate posts on a local city services website confirming that their number has been disconnected along with allegations that the company is in financial trouble.
Well, shit.
I was on my way out the door to my night class and asked my boyfriend to go to the store and get my dress out anyway he can. He arrives to a closed bridal store, an angry mob, and the local news in the parking lot. http://www.myfoxwghp.com/myfox/
Apparently, I'm not the only one who wanted their dress out immediatley. Rumor has it that an agry mob on Saturday started this.
There are allegations that they're scamming brides by taking money and not delivering dresses among other things. The stero shop who shares the same complex claims they don't keep advertised business hours. In addition, the stero shop has been forced to take returned tuxes from customers because the store isn't open half the time. The store didn't open at all today, phone calls to both the manager and owner were not returned.
So, here I am a week and a half away from my friend's out of town wedding, and it looks like I have no dress. My mom, bless her heart, is going in the morning and parking herself outside in an attempt to get my dress back. If they even decide to open. If she can't get it back--I have no idea what I'm going to do.
AUGHHH
My friend became engaged over the summer/fall and asked me to be her Maid of Honor. I accepted and soon after she chose a designer for her bridal party to wear. Only one store in the area carries this designer--so I trucked my happy self over there in November to try on dresses and order one. I tried on dresses, chose one, and came back the first week of December to place my order. (Custom order, I'm 6'2 and had to have five inches of fabric added to the dress) It should be noted that I wasn't thrilled with the service I received... but it's what my friend wants and they're the only place that carries the damn dress. I ordered the dress and wait for it to come in.
The last week of January rolls around and the bridal shop calls me to let me know that my dress is in. The earliest they can get me in to get fitted is Feb 2nd. I asked to schedule an appointment and was told that they didn't schedule appointments for fittings (!) and to just call the day before to confirm that the seamstress will be in. I call on the 1st and never get an answer---but I figure they're busy. I go in on the second---get fitted for my dress---confirm the dates for the wedding (March 1st) and go on my way. The bridal shop says my dress will be ready in a week for the second fitting and that they'll call me.
Flash forward to today. I'm sitting at work and I realize that they haven't called. It slipped my mind with being sick and studying for my midterms. I call: the number has been disconnected. Figuring I mis-dialed the number, I pull up the website on the computer. The website is no longer online. Slight perplexed---I start doing some research on google only to come across four irate posts on a local city services website confirming that their number has been disconnected along with allegations that the company is in financial trouble.
My friend became engaged over the summer/fall and asked me to be her Maid of Honor. I accepted and soon after she chose a designer for her bridal party to wear. Only one store in the area carries this designer--so I trucked my happy self over there in November to try on dresses and order one. I tried on dresses, chose one, and came back the first week of December to place my order. (Custom order, I'm 6'2 and had to have five inches of fabric added to the dress)It should be noted that I wasn't thrilled with the service I received...(some temperature issues along with being kept waiting 30 minutes for my scheduled appointment) but it's what my friend wants. I ordered the dress and wait for it to come in.
The last week of January rolls around and the bridal shop calls me to let me know that my dress is in. The earliest they can get me in to get fitted is Feb 2nd. I asked to schedule an appointment and was told that they didn't schedule appointments for fittings (!) and to just call the day before to confirm that the seamstress will be in. I call on the 1st and never get an answer---but I figure they're busy. I go in on the second---get fitted for my dress---confirm the dates for the wedding (March 1st) and go on my way. The bridal shop says my dress will be ready in a week for the second fitting and that they'll call me.
Flash forward to today. I'm sitting at work and I realize that they haven't called. It slipped my mind with being sick and studying for my midterms. I call: the number has been disconnected. Figuring I mis-dialed the number, I pull up the website on the computer. The website is no longer online. Slight perplexed---I start doing some research on google only to come across four irate posts on a local city services website confirming that their number has been disconnected along with allegations that the company is in financial trouble.
Well, shit.
I was on my way out the door to my night class and asked my boyfriend to go to the store and get my dress out anyway he can. He arrives to a closed bridal store, an angry mob, and the local news in the parking lot. http://www.myfoxwghp.com/myfox/
Apparently, I'm not the only one who wanted their dress out immediatley. Rumor has it that an agry mob on Saturday started this.
There are allegations that they're scamming brides by taking money and not delivering dresses among other things. The stero shop who shares the same complex claims they don't keep advertised business hours. In addition, the stero shop has been forced to take returned tuxes from customers because the store isn't open half the time. The store didn't open at all today, phone calls to both the manager and owner were not returned.
So, here I am a week and a half away from my friend's out of town wedding, and it looks like I have no dress. My mom, bless her heart, is going in the morning and parking herself outside in an attempt to get my dress back. If they even decide to open. If she can't get it back--I have no idea what I'm going to do.
AUGHHH