The SOUL purpose of this post is to hopefully prevent others from being RIPPED OFF by this business owner Tina of "Rags to Riches " on Telegraph rd in Brownstown. Here's a short,maybe not so short version.. I brought in my daughter's absolutely gorgeous, expensive, never worn wedding dress for her sell. Tina the owner of this business, priced it at $599 ..on a $1,500
dress that was never worn and gave me a slip stating she gets 60% and I get 40% of sale..."WHEN" it sells. States to call back every 60 days to renew contract although doesn't state if you miss the deadline what would happen) It does state that after 60 days that they could lower the price up to.. 50% off ( which is $299) Meanwhile, I called in every few months to check the status of the dress and was always told " It hasn't sold yet, would you like to renew/ lower price?" I Kept renewing but didn't lower price. Therefore,she
kept renewing and assured me
Wedding dresses sales
are picking up ( spring, summer, fall..)They didn't seem to care if I missed calling them exactly every 60 days and just kept renewing. Multiple times I drove there to check on the dress but it was closed even though webpage says open. Well, on 9-12-23 I went to this business to "see" the dress.The owner's daughter looked up my invoice in front of me and said it hasn't sold yet. (It had been over a year.) She told me that it would have a tag attached to the invoice if it was sold and showed me
examples of this. Nothing on my invoice. She asked if I'd like to renew or lower the price. At
point I said " no, show me my dress!" She said the dress was in the back room with all the wedding dresses and to go look for it. I looked through everything twice and nothing. Then the owner, Tina said they was too busy to help me look.. wait, I'm her customer right? and when I first walked in was asked " Can I help you?" I was suddenly not able be helped and Tina said she had to help other customers. and she'd look
for my dress later and she'd look for it later and call me ... no callback. Shocker so I called her the next day...Tina now claims the dress was sold for $299. Problem # 1, I NEVER agreed to lower the price . I asked why my invoice from yesterday didn't have a "sold" tag on it and asked for proof of documentation/sale receipt. Then suddenly claims it sold
$299! At this point, I 100 percent believed Tina was lying. I told Tina I'm going back to her store and low and behold, she put a little tag on my invoice ( wasn't there the day before when she looked!! I asked her to prove to me how
much that the dress actually sol for and she couldn't provide any documents!!First, I Never agreed to lower the price. Second, I was never informed that the dress sold so I could collect. Third. She obviously added a sold tag on my invoice the next day when I became suspicious. When I challenged her on all of the above, and her poor business practices she became very defensive and made a bunch of excuses. This place is a SCAM !! I wouldn't NEVER recommend someone taking their items for her to sell. She will try and give you pennies on the dollar and then lie about if and when when it sells... Hope this post helps someone..seller beware!! read more
