I didn't have a good experience here.
I've brought things to Orchid twice (possibly three times).
Both times it took about 2 days before I got a call saying my clothes were ready for pickup - that was even with my asking for them to be expressed (willing to pay extra). I wasn't impressed, and chose to go elsewhere.
A few weeks ago I got a call+voicemail saying "Hello Ryan, we have three of your shirts here from last year, come on by and grab them when you have a chance" - not the exact words, but that's the gist of the message. Full disclosure: I felt pretty dumb for having left drycleaning at a location for a year, who does that?
I called in to find out exactly what they have of mine. The gentleman on the phone (the owner) was curt, and said they did not have anything of mine, or any record of anything being there. We talked for a little less than 10 minutes, he searched using my name, and number and then said he had nothing of mine. After explaining the situation to him he said he would look a little closer and then call me back. I took that well, it said that he was at least going to try a little harder than merely searching the database and telling me I was wrong that they had my clothes. He also said "we only keep garments for two years then we get rid of them." If I did in fact bring something in last year, then I'm within the two year policy.
He did not get back to me, so I called him again today to check in. Again, the owner was very curt, and seemed like he just wanted me to go away. He said on this call "we keep things for 6 months, then give them to charity." He also blamed me w times "You left it here, so we got rid of it" "You didn't show up when we called you a few weeks ago, so it's not here now"
I'm not really bummed at all about my clothes being lost or given away. If I went a full year without them then they obviously weren't terribly important. However, the phone treatment and the flip-flopping on the abandoned garment policy sucked enough that I needed to say something here.
I know running a business is hard, but customer service is everything. When treated well I talk about it, when treated poorly I talk about it. If John had said "Sorry man, not sure why we called and said we have your clothes because it doesn't look like there's anything here" I would have responded with a shrug and told him it's no big deal. read more