I bought my wedding dress from Bridal Country and I generally had a really good experience. The…read morenegatives I had were mostly minor and overall were outweighed by the positives. Here's the good: It was easy to schedule appointments for me and my bridesmaids and they did a great job of helping us schedule appointments well enough in advance to account for shipping and alterations. I was never concerned about the timing. They have a huge selection of dresses, and when I was there, they did a great job exposing me to styles and dresses I liked, but might not have picked out myself. The wedding dress I bought was perfect. I love it so much and the alterations--which they do in-house--made it fit like a glove. It was comfortable, elegant, and matched my aesthetic effortlessly. I got many comments about how beautiful my dress was, and I felt the price tag was just right. For that matter, most of their dresses were very reasonably priced without sacrificing quality. After a whole day of mostly indoor wedding festivities, the dress held up great, and I'm looking into getting it cleaned and preserved. The negatives were mostly minor, but altogether were notable: While they have a great selection of styles, most of their sizes were between 6-12 or larger. They had a very limited selection of smaller dresses. To find my size, I actually had to try on a prom dress. When it came time to buy my dress, I needed a size 0, which they had to order--no big deal. There was a suspicious ~2 week delay between me placing the order in-store and later getting a call that I'd have to rush ship it to get it in time, which cost $75 extra. Then, when they got the dress, it was a size 2 instead of a size 0, and it needed significant alteration which cost extra and required additional appointments. Looking at my original receipt after we got the dress, it does say I ordered a size 2, but I think this may have been a typo I didn't notice until after we already received the size 2 dress. Regardless, the communication after we ordered the dress was poor and may have resulted in me paying more for the dress than I should have. I'm fairly confident it was an accident, but a costly one nonetheless. Lastly, they were a bit overbearing when me and my girls were trying on dresses. It just felt like they were always there a little more than they needed to be. At times I just wanted to be left alone to talk about the dresses and such with my bridesmaids. They were also really opposed to shipping one of my bridesmaid's dresses to her--which is understandable--and insisted I take it with me which added some logistical burden to my planning. Overall, I had a good experience and would recommend Bridal Country. You can trust them to find you the perfect dress and to alter it just right. Just make sure to check your receipts carefully...

Great Service from a very knowledgeable staff. Better shopping experience than at a lot of the…read morebigger stores in Des Moines and Council Bluffs. It's a little longer of a drive, but well worth it. Tony and his staff will take care of you. They are all fine Americans!

Amazing place for weddings and worth the drive. The owners are a husband and wife who were amazing…read moreand so kind. They went above and beyond for us and for that I am grateful for this once in a lifetime moment. We were able to be at venue Friday night for rehearsal, all day Saturday for the wedding, and Sunday to clean up. Which I know most places don't allow. The venue itself is beautiful. Lots are flowers, gardens, and birds chirping. The reception was outside and food was set up inside which was nice. They also allowed the reception party to go on till midnight which was awesome. Highly recommend. You will not be disappointed.

I love this place! So many beautiful gardens. Interesting planting arrangements. Many herbs and…read moreeverlasting flowers. Cool old barn/shop. Beautiful place to hold an event. Very friendly people. Right in the middle of beautiful farm country.

I am beyond thrilled with this business! I took my wedding ring to a nationally known jewelry store…read morein West Des Moines and was given a quote of $563 to repair it. I stuck it in a drawer and did nothing with it due to the cost. A friend told me to try a local jeweler so I went to Royal Jewelers since it is a block from work. It did take quite awhile to get the repair done (4 months), but it was well worth it! It is gorgeous and perfect and the quote was only $70!! He said he had to do a little more gold work than he thought once he started working on it. I offered to pay more because of that, but he would not hear of it. Great experience!

Bought a Ruger Mark IV upper from Volquartsen and had them shorten and thread it. When the upper…read morearrived, it did not fit without forcing it, and it did not work. It appeared to me to be a factory second. I sent it back and Volquartsen promptly refunded my money, minus $35 for shipping. So, I'm out $35 for shipping to me, I'm out another $35 for shipping it back to them, and I'm out another $20 for the background check, a total of $90 not counting the driving back and forth to the FFL dealer and mailing business, and I have NOTHING to show for it. I won't be making any more purchases from them, ever. There are other manufacturers like Kidd and Tandemkross that I will buy from.

I own several Volquartsen pistols, ranging from an older V2000, as well as a Scorpion and a Black…read moreMamba. I run these guns pretty hard, because I shoot 7 days/week, except for the rare occasion when I cannot make it to the range. Over the 6 years that I've owned a Volquartsen, there have been maybe 3 occasions where I needed to send them a pistol for repair. Considering how many rounds these pistols have sent down range, I have no problem with having to do this once in a while. Each time I needed them to diagnose and repair one of their pistols, they handled it quickly, and went way above and beyond with their service.