I had very high hopes for this bridal shop. I was wary, due to a lot of reviews that I read criticizing their customer service, but I went anyway. Problems:
1) I scheduled an appointment over a week ahead of time, and I had to give them my credit card info so they could charge me $25 if I didn't show (which was fine, I can understand that for the weekend).
2) There is no actual area for your family to sit and view the dresses to try on. I and my Mother and bridesmaids were stuffed into a room, where they had to watch me undress/put dresses on. There was no couch area or seating where they could sit while I change and then show them the dress. There were other families sitting at random tables and chairs. It's a smaller store than I expected (not a deal breaker, but I was surprised).
3) I got to my appointment on time, and ended up waiting over an HOUR to be taken into a dressing room by the consultant. After giving them my credit card info they didn't even have the decency to make sure I got my scheduled appointment.
4) The reason I had come to Betsy Robinson was because of a specific dress that was left over from the sample sale in November. I called ahead of time to make sure it was still there. It was. When I got there and asked to see the dress, I was told that they were going to take the dress off of the sale and back up to full price, UNLESS I bought it that day. Uh huh, sure. I did not appreciate being bullied into the dress, and I did not get it.
5) I had grabbed one round of dresses, which was about 5-6 dresses. I was on the 5th dress and it had only been 15 minutes into my appointment, and my consultant comes into the room and tells me that they are closing at 5pm and that this is the last dress I can try on, and that we have to leave. I waited OVER AN HOUR for a 15 minute appointment.
They did not apologize or offer to reschedule me for another day. I had driven 1.5 hours to get to this appointment and scheduled mine and my family's/bridesmaids day around this appointment to be told that I had to leave, not to mention being stuffed into a room and having my bridal party watch me undress. I am so disappointed with this store.
The only redeeming quality is that they have really lovely designer dresses, and some of the sample sale prices were pretty good, which is why they get 2 stars and not 1. However, if they don't allot any time for you to try them on, I don't see how you're supposed to buy them. read more