I decided to no take my dress to get altered at this location. Why? Because of the way I was treated when I explained my alteration idea to the manager. I had a formal gown with a slightly too loose top, no zipper, and not enough space to squeeze in through the side.
So I sayto the man, "I would like to put a ziiper alot the side of this dress. Along the..."
{Man}" No, no,no, no. No possible. It will cost you as much as dress. "
[Me] "I realizes putting in zippers aren't cheap, but how much would it cost me?"
{Man} "Too much, it isnot worth it, it will ruin the design of the dress"
[Me] "How much?"
{Man} "Like $50 or more"
(**Their price listing says a pant zipper change is ~$15, but apparent for a dress it is $50**)
[Me] "Ok well, there is that. And then I also want to lower the back a little and take..."
{Man} "No, no, no. You ruin dress. You don't understand. You buy dress from China. Dress cost like $80. You are want to change style of dress. It gonna cost you 3x the dress. We alter dresses, but we can make dresses too but it cost you big. We in America, we need to pay rent here. And this will take time.No, No, No"
{Man} "You want to take in top. That we can do. That cost you....$30. That sound good."
[Me] " I will think about it" and I left.
I understand the alterations I am asking for aren't cheap, but there is no way my idea should cost $320 to put in a zipper, remove some fabric and bring in the sides. And what made it worse was the fact that I kept getting cut off. I never fully got to explain my idea or way I think they could do the altering so it would be easier for them. I never even got to try on the dress for them to look at and really evaluate. He just took one look at my dress and say No.
I am looking for an alteration person to work with me; not someone who will shoot me down and tell me about their rent. read more