I purchased my wedding dress, personally paid for all 4 of my bridesmaid dress', and also bought a bridesmaid dress for a friends wedding, within the past several months here at Davids Bridal. Its coming down to the lats 4 weeks before our wedding on April 27, in Mexico.
I was the excited bride, eagerly going to try on wedding dress' a little over a year ago. Killing time one day between appointments, I decided to stop at David Bridal, Donnalynn was helping me that day. I fell in love with a beautiful beaded pearl fit- and- flare dress,It was perfect and it fit like a glove. I even rang the bell and made that special wish. I did not pay for the dress that day, i wanted to sleep on it. A couple days later Donnalynn called to say that the dress was pulled, due to being discontinued, and asked if I still wanted the dress. Of course I did(I thought, wow what great customer service, to call me so i didn't lose out on my dream dress). So the next day I drove 1.25 hours to get to Davids Bridal to pick up my dress. I got to the store saw Donnalynn(beaming with excitement) and said Hi! do you remember me? Her response was "yeah, could I help you" not in the happiest of ways. I was a little thrown back by that, but i was so happy that I was getting my dress. So i purchased my dress signed a receipt because it was a final sale.
Fast forward to November 2015, I pick up my dress from my inlaws, excited to try it on. I hadn't seen it for months. Uh oh, it was a little snug, I had put on some extra weight(15lbs) over the past few months. So my friend was going to DB to pick out bridesmaid dresses for her wedding. After we finished with her appointment, I asked the consultant if I could try on a similar dress that had a corset back instead of the zippered back( there were only my friend, her sister and I in the store) I was hoping this could be an easy solution for my extra weight. The consultant looked at me and said we're too busy right now, you will need to book an appointment to try on a dress!!! I looked at her and said no body else is in the store, why do I need to book and appointment. She did find one dress for me, but definitely didn't want to help me. The corset back didn't make a difference.
Fast forward to February 6, 2016. I dropped about 7 lbs but still wasn't enough to fit properly in my dress. Today is the day I take my dress to alterations at DB. I get there put on my dress and tell the older lady that it felt tight and uncomfortable. Right away she starts to let out the dress. So she starts pinning the dress, also doing the hem and bustle. Once done, the did up the tally sheet and the total for the alterations was $435. I had paid for it and started my 1.25 hour drive home. While driving I started thinking about the cost, and not knowing much about cost of alterations, I still thought this price was high. So I decided to call other seamstresses to get quotes(i sent pictures of the dress to all) the quotes were anywhere between 100-$250 cheaper then DB. So I called back, to talk to alterations at DB. Told her my situation (work is really really slow right now for me) I needed to keep costs down! So I told her to let the dress out, but do not touch the hem or bustle, that I would have it done elsewhere. Her response was well i'm not going to do it any cheaper and GOOD LUCK FINDING SOMEONE TO DO IT CHEAPER. I was very shocked at how rude this lady was to me.
So I pick up my dress on March 4, 2016 and It still doesn't fit properly. But the girl in alterations(different from when I dropped it off) looked and said OH you don't even need a hem just wear a 4 inch heel. I thought to myself, wow the other lady wanted to charge me $176 to do the hem.
So, I had to go to DB last week to try on a bridesmaid dress for my friends wedding. As you probably assume I wasn't looking forward to going there, after having all of these bad experiences at this store. My consultant was LYNN H. WOW was this experience so much different then all the rest. She was very friendly and knowledgeable. Also told you exactly how you looked good or bad. This service was FABULOUS!!! It actually lifted weight off of my shoulders. So I wanted to let her know on how well she did and how she was above and beyond better, then my previous experiences. I started telling her about my dress and she asked "did you not find another dress? Confused, I said what do you mean? She said if you didn't have alterations done you could have exchanged it for another dress, in your size. This is the first time I heard of this(not for lack of opportunities) Lynn tried talking to the manager, she will not do anything to help me because I signed the sale receipt for final sale. They DID NOT mention anything about dress exchange before alterations when signing. Lynn thank you for your help, YOU were a pleasure to deal with. Davids Bridal, good prices. TERRIBLE service. read more