First off, I can't believe that there aren't more negative complaints about df;
this store! I have to agree with EVERYTHING about the previous post by Steven C! This post is very long but very worth it reading if you want to avoid a disaster on your wedding day, and had I not thought to verify for the 3rd time, or tuxes would have been mismatched!
(1) My partner and I have a same-sex wedding in 2 weeks, on 9/2, yet we were told we were required to come in 6-months in advance to complete our measurements. According to cutomer relations, that is not their policy!
(2) We were also put off by the level of closed-mindedness of everyone in the store, and especially the Operations Manager, Laura Tombaugh. Not only did she clearly not even understand the concept of 2 gay guys getting marrie, but she was almost judgmental about it! I admit that I could have been misreading her tone, so I will give her the benefit of the doubt! That said, she consistently asked questions about the "brida party," which says to me that I don't believe I was incorrect in my assessment. I mean come on, gay men are getting married now!
(3) Let me continue with our order. We wanted the groomsmen in the Vera Wang black tuxedos, but we hated the shiny vest that came with it. Laura assured us the matte version which matched the fabric of the tuxedo was not in the stores yet, but wa available way before our wedding. We explained that we wanted the black MATTE vest matching the tux in black, and Laura assured me she would make a note in the system that the order was to be changed as soon as the vest was available. Fine, we appeciated that. When she entered the order in the computer, I again insisted she make a note about the vests, which she assured me she would. The NOTES WERE NEVER MADE (I'll get to how I found out later).
(4) The measurements were a joke! The Vera Wang Black is a slim fitting suit designed that way to be modern and the current trend; however, Laura obviously didn't understand that trend. Her measurements clearly had way to much room in the jacket. She measured for a normal regular fitting men's suit, and that would have been fine for non-athletic body types, but it didn't give us the slim look we wanted. Laura assured us those were the correct measurements. Concerned, and in fairness to Laura, she said we had 30 days prior to the wedding to verify the measurement. Not to her credit, her reason she recommended the re-measurement was in the event we lose or gain weight. I assure I have been the same musculature and weight for the pas 8 years, but when I went to get re-measured, a different Laura re-measured me and found my measurements were not correct, and the jacket size fit the shoulders decenlty, but she put me in one size smaller and it was perfect...something Laura never bothered to do even after our concerns over how she measured for a slim-fit tyle...again an Operations Manager.
(5) The second Laura who re-verified our fitting did a great job witht he measurements, but when we asked her (and this was in August, 30 days before our wedding), she assured us our order was correct, and the black matte vests had been ordered per our instructions.
(6) On 9/9, 2 weeks before the wedding, I got nervous and chatted with an online customer service rep to verify ONE MORE TIME, and found out through John V. (who was an amazing help by the way), that the order had NO NOTES ABOUT THE VESTS, THE VESTS WERE INCORRECT, AND WE WERE SUPPOSED TO CALL THE STORE OURSELVES BECAUSE HE COULD NOT FIX THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THEIR ONLINE SYSTEM WAS READ ONLY. He also informed us to change the vests (because Laura never entered our request for the right vests) would result in a $20 PER PERSON CHANGE FEE, and something they could not override in the system, and that I would need to call the store directly to waive the fee and ask them to make the changes. He also suggeste I call customer relations (who again was a big help in getting the issue resolved). Online customer service should have the same capabilities to make order changes and waive fees!
(7) JWK9 in Customer Relatons was amazing and gave me a gurantee that everything would be perfect. As he started to review the myriad of problems, he noticed more mistakes besides vests (wrong ties for the dads, 3 wrong style numbers for the vests, and the fact that there was NO MANAGER ON DUTY AT THE STORE TO ASSIST US IN WAIVING FEES)!
The day of the wedding could have resulted in a meltdown, so if there is any lesson here DON'T use this location, and DON'T trust their word! Double, triple check your order is correct! read more