Life comes at you fast in ways you don't expect. I would have never though that I would need a florist in Payson, but when an old friend had a sudden death in the family, a group of us rallied to try to do what we could to show support for her in that difficult time.
Many of us live in far flung parts of the world--as far away as India--and so I called Karen's to see if we could arrange to have everyone in our group call in and pay whatever they wanted to donate. Originally this was a great idea, and they were amenable, but we quickly realized the funeral was a day sooner than I had thought, and we didn't have enough time. In fact, it was the following morning from my phone call, and they were amazing to step up and agree to not only do the arrangement but also to have it delivered to the service in the morning. We were talking at around 5pm, and they committed to have it to the church the next morning by 11am or so. Huge thanks for the fast turnaround, flexibility, and for agreeing to help out.
In the end, it's hard to fully judge the whole experience, as I never got to see the finished product. I'm told by our friend that it did indeed arrive, so I'm grateful as can be. I dunno how it looked. I'm quite particular about flowers, as it turns out, and so I just hope it was a nice, full arrangement.
I don't mind the express deliver fee we were charged, and we certainly didn't get a deal on flowers, but for what I needed, in my long distance situation, I was just grateful they would work with me.
One thing--I did try to stop by on December 26 as it was serendipitous that I would be passing through Payson that day and I wanted to make the arrangements then, but they were closed. I was there during business hours but it was locked and dark; I imagine it was a holiday break? I found them here on Yelp and you can Request a Quote here on the site (praise be!) but I wish they had used the "Special Hours" feature to show a variance from their regular hours and I would have just tried to call the next day instead of stopping by. read more