Unless you'd also like to submit a complaint to the Better Business Bureau and start a small claims case, stay away.
I took 2 dresses to Astoria Laundry one month ago. I returned and paid for them to be laundered on July 20th. The next morning when I was getting ready for work, I realized that I was not able to wear one of my dresses because the breast cups had been destroyed, twisted, and were shrunk. The second dress did not have a problem, so I was able to wear it to work. That night when I came home, I took the dress over to Astoria Laundry and explained to the employee and the manager that the dress was damaged and I could no longer wear it. I asked how they would like to proceed with repairing or refunding me for the dress (I spoke to the employer, Jerry, and the employee, Victor), and they had apologized and offered to take it to their tailor, free of charge, to fix. At this point, additionally, I had not yet requested a refund of cost of having the dress dry cleaned.
Four days later, I returned for the dress. I was told that their tailor had told them he didn't know what to do, and the dress was not repaired. I informed them I could not wear the dress, and asked how we should proceed. The owner, Jerry, had asked for more time to take the dress to a tailor. I agreed, and was thanked for my patience. 5 days later I returned for the dress, which was rolled up into a ball in the corner of the store. The cups were no longer twisted, but they were flattened out, had no form, had completely shrunk, and destroyed the integrity of the dress, a $118 blue and white polka dot Betsey Johnson dress with a sweetheart top. At this point, 2 weeks after I had brought the dress to the dry cleaners, I asked how they would like to proceed, and that I found it very disheartening that my dress was rolled up in a ball and thrown in the corner of the room like trash. The manager, Jerry, both agreed that I would rather have that one fixed that deal with having to have it replaced. I was asked for one more (a third) chance to fix the dress, which would be brought to another tailor, and Jerry verbally promised to replace the dress if it could not be repaired. This was on Thursday, he said he would have it back by Monday. I told him I would return Tuesday and give him an extra day to make sure the tailor didn't feel rushed.
When I came back for the dress that Tuesday, the employee, Victor, was there. The dress was on the rack. The cups had been replaced. They unfortunately were replaced with an extremely poor quality, uncomfortable material, which was 4 times thicker than the original breast cups. Jerry was not here this time, just the employee, Victor. I told him the cups were ruined, and when I looked at the was the dress was opened, it was stitched extremely poorly (to the point where it would have been entirely undone at the next dry cleaning. I had told Victor that this can't be worn, he had replied that he doesn't see what was wrong with it. I told him at this point I need a replacement by Saturday, the 10th and the dress could be thrown out. He asked for one more chance to fix it. I responded politely, at this point, that I don't know how many other customers would give a dry cleaner 3 weeks and 3 chances to take a dress to 2 different tailors to fix. I reminded him his employer's guarantee to replace the dress, could it not be fixed, and went one step further to search on my phone for a link for the dress to email it to them. The link for the replacement sold the Betsey Johnson dress through another retailer, and I told him at the top of the page was a coupon for 15% off, so in total he could replace the dress for half the cost of what it sold for. He again asked for one more change, and I told him no more and that I will be back Saturday, 8/10.
I returned 8/10. The dress was on a hanger, but it was the original one. I asked where the new one was, Victor said that he called his boss and his boss over the phone had told him the dress was fine and it would not be replaced. At this point I asked for a refund for the cost to have the dress dry cleaned, and asked for him to call his boss. He told me his boss was on vacation, and when I asked him for the store information and his boss's name (so I could have his surname), he told me he wasn't allowed to say. He was laughing, extremely rude, told my (verbatim), 'Destroyed stitching is the stupidest thing I've ever heard. The dress is fine." And the agreed upon resolution, my ruined dress, and my being upset were neither his responsibility or fault, since he only works there. And after I had asked if he needed to take pictures for his records, he told me to stop talking.
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