What a horrible experience. And I'm upset when business owners don't own up to their mistakes or issues. Granted, this wasn't exactly their fault that the shipment from a 3rd party was late, at the same time, you are running a business, and part of that is providing a service for your customers - that includes making sure things arrive on time, and fixing it if it didn't.
Let me explain.
I ordered my bridesmaids dresses for my Sept 2nd wedding some time in APRIL. I had told them my wedding was August 11th, and they said I would get the dresses July 28th.
It is now August 21st and I DO NOT HAVE MY DRESSES.
They assure me that it would arrive tomorrow. There was a sense of confidence in her voice.
I called almost twice a week, starting in the beginning of August. "Should be in within the week" she says.
The next week, she says the exact same thing. I said, "you told me that last week". She tells me, "she JUST called them, and said within a week"
The following week, she says "FOR SURE, this week" I tried to ask them , "What is the worst case scenario?" and each time, they assure me the dress would be here, and there would be no such thing. "Your wedding is in September, no worries, plenty of time".
It is now 2 weeks before the wedding, and I called on Monday. Her husband tells me that it's being delivered. I said, I want a tracking number for my own piece of mind. They had ignored this request.
Now, my bridesmaids are stuck getting a dress last minute, and I told them I will foot the cost of any rush alterations. Chez Jordan has offered to do alterations, but we still have to pay for them, but I don't trust them.
I asked for a break due to the circumstances, but they keep refusing, and I'm at their mercy, I feel like I cannot demand anything.
I only came here because he gave me a good price. At first they quoted me something higher than that I could get at Windsor Bridal. And scoffed at me when I told them, there is no way that I will pay this much for the dress, when I know I can get it cheaper elsewhere. My fiance helped me negotiate a deal, but really ended up saving just $100.
Lesson learnt. I don't know if Windsor or David's Bridal have these types of issues, but at least I feel like they may have authority to deal with the situation to rectify the customers concerns. Would it have been better to pay the premium for a larger company to handle all of this??
And. Here's my biggest worry - the dress was discontinued at the time I was ordering it. They assured me that they can get it.
I finally picked up my dress, and turns out the dress came from the actual manufacturer with the tag. Perhaps the reason for shoddy customer service is that I probably would not ever buy another dress from them, and I know this. read more