Ok, so I brought some pants in for alterations probably about a year ago. I just needed them hemmed but this is a skill that I do not possess. The lady/owner did a great job at a fairly reasonable price.
Here comes the bad part. I brought in a bridesmaid dress the past June to get "let out" (I was too fat to fit in it). She had me try it on in their "fitting room" (aka a freaking curtain on a rod that creates a less than private area to change your clothes in the freaking FRONT OF THE STORE) so she could see what she would have to do. She made some notes and assured me that she could do it. Keep in mind that I brought this to her with about a week and a half to spare before the wedding (if this was not sufficient time, she should have let me know... I don't know what she has to do or her workload). She said she would call me when it was ready, probably about a week from the day I left it.
A week and a day go by... no phone call. Ok, so I call her. This is what she tells me "I looked all over at Wal-Mart and they did not have fabric that matches your dress so can you find the fabric and bring it to me, I don't have time to keep looking". For real? At this point, there are only two days until the wedding that I am supposed to be in. So I go over, during my lunch break, and she gives me grief about taking too long to get there. I'm sorry, I have to work and this is when I can get here to do YOUR job. She gives me piece of the dress (the strap that makes it a halter) so that I can go on a treasure hunt to find the right fabric. Keep in mind that the dress is a standard black satin/sateen fabric. I'm no expert, but it can't be THAT hard to find... shouldn't you know where to look if you do alterations for a living?
The best part of all of this is that she looks me dead in the eye and has the freaking nerve to ask me to pick up a freaking zipper for ANOTHER customer's wedding dress while I am getting the fabric for my dress. ARE YOU SERIOUS. At this point, I don't have any other options so I drive literally five minutes away to Jo-Ann's (I'm not sure why she didn't have time to do this), find the fabric in 10 minutes and the FREAKING ZIPPER FOR THE OTHER CUSTOMER and head back to the cleaners.
Oops, got the wrong length zipper for the other customer's dress but she assures me that she will still deduct the price of the zipper from what I will owe for the alterations to my dress. Um, duh! Why the f would I pay for someone else's zipper???
In conclusion, I had my boyfriend pick up my dress on Saturday morning for me since I had to work. It fit, thank god, but the alterations were noticable. I mean, if that's what she could do, then that's what she could do but because of the horrible experience leading up to receiving my dress I will NEVER go back to this lady ever again. read more