So this morning I get not one but THREE phone calls from the "Little Bad Dress Shop." The woman on the other end tells me that they've gone ahead and repaired the rip in the sample dress and "You can't even tell the difference, it's good as new and just perfect." She then proceeds to hard sell me and tries to get me to commit to coming back in and trying it on, asking if I want to put a deposit on it over the phone (um. No thanks.) etc. To get off the phone I tell her I need to talk to my mom.
They offered me the same 10% off as yesterday (though now apparently not charging me for the rip) which brings the dress down from their price of $1238 to $1114... Frankly, not a huge savings for a dress that has been RIPPED and has had a million people trying it on. If it were 50% off that would be a different story... but 10% ? Pheew on that, I spit!
Their entire manner just left me feeling very dirty so I called up another shop that is about 2 hours away-- "Better Bridal Boutique" let's call it. Even over the phone I could tell that the woman at the shop was gobs nicer. She was the owner (Bitchy lady at LBDS was the owner of her shop too.) and she was very helpful.
I told her I was looking for a particular dress. They didn't carry it but they said that they could order it. She then proceeds to give me the info on the dress... "The dress is from the 2008 Spring Collection ... and the MSRP is $1,073."
$1,073, BITCHES!
The "discounted," used, ripped, 2 year old dress was STILL $41 more expensive than buying it BRAND NEW.
The "discounted," used, ripped, 2 year old dress was STILL $41 more expensive than buying it BRAND NEW.
My friend Janet is like, "Oh no they didn't! You need to report LBDS to the Better Business Bureau!"
I don't know if I'll do that, but I certainly want to give them a piece of my mind! I know they'll probably call back up but I'm so mad I don't know if I can possibly stay calm and rational when I'm talking to them!
Grrr! What would you do? (Besides order the dress from the Better Bridal Boutique, I mean!) I kind of want to pull a Julia Roberts and go in there and say, "You work on commission, right? Big, big mistake. Huge. I have to go shopping now. Bye, girls!"
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My dress was a nightmare ordeal too. Well..not buying it, that was fine b/c I bought it like almost a year before the wedding. Butttttt things happen and I gained weight that I couldn't get off in time so i took it to the seamstress to have her let it out about 2 inches. She proceeded to scream at me, "No can work! Lose weight or buy new BIGGER dress!" And of course we were within weeks of the wedding so that wasn't an option. So I found myself standing there in the floor of her shop, apologizing for being 'fat' and begging her to help me. Sigh. Looking back, I wish I'd beat the bitches ass...but what can you do now? Needless to say, the dress traumatized me and people are assholes.
One of my fears is gaining weight after shelling out all this money too! That's why I want to put off ordering the dress until winter, but shady store is giving me the hard sell!
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