Through Teleflora I ordered the deluxe Faith Hill "Colors of Christmas" centerpiece for my Mother's table. This centerpiece is beautiful, should have contained about two dozen white and red roses, and is described on the website as: "The festive red centerpiece includes red roses, white spray roses, red spray roses, variegated holly, white pine and noble fir. Approximately 15" W x 17" H. This item is hand-arranged and delivered by a Teleflora florist."
Unfortunately for me Teleflora sent the order to Mr. Alan "The Original Florist" located in Brick, N.J. When I visited my mother the day after delivery I saw that what was delivered was terrible, something that was very embarrassing to me and disappointing to my mother. On previous years the centerpieces that I sent to her were proudly displayed in the center of her dining room table, this was on a folding TV table in the side room.
The centerpiece contained the correct bowl and two red candles, but that's where the similarity to what she was supposed to receive ends. Instead of two dozen red and white roses this had a half dozen red roses and a half dozen red carnations. For filler the florist used a few ribbons and what can only be described as pine tree branches, so many that you couldn't see the few flowers that were there unless you looked at it from straight down. I took several photos to document it because, unless you see it, you can't visualize how bad it is, one of which can be seen here: http://tinyurl.com/7r8vrem
Mr. Alan ignored my several attempts to contact him, until I attached a photo with one of my letters. I received an email reply asking that I call him because he "did not have my telephone number," although I had sent it to him several times and it was taken when the order was placed.
I called and spoke to Mr. Alan, who agreed that the centerpiece was ugly but said that it wasn't his work, even though the card with his face on it was clearly visible in the photo, in the arrangement just as he had placed it. Mr. Alan said that he would "make this right" took my telephone number because he had to "investigate what happened" and said that he would call me back. That was the last I heard from him, he hasn't called back and has ignored several emails requesting his investigation findings.
While all this was going on I had also been attempting to resolve this through Teleflora. I received a nice apology from "Angela Wind, Resolution Specialist," and a coupon for 30% off my next order. I wrote back and told her that I didn't want a discount; I wanted my mother to receive the flowers that I had paid for. I then received another nice apology from "Joey P." who offered to send me a 20% refund. Again I replied that the only thing I wanted was for my mother to receive the flowers that I had paid for, but this time I attached a photo. I received another nice apology, and this time "Angela W." wrote that, at their request, before Christmas the florist would be picking up the old centerpiece and delivering the correct one.
That was acceptable to me, so I thanked Angela and told her that I would let her know when it was delivered. Christmas has come and gone, but the correct centerpiece was never delivered. Now that Christmas is over I no longer want the centerpiece, I don't want anything from Teleflora except a refund, so that I can get my mother something else for Christmas. read more