Dress shopping nightmare!!!!

I had the world's most horrific experience at a bridal shop recently and would like to post the specifics. Are there any consequences to posting my experience and my opinion of the store????

No, I don't think so - go ahead and vent

Wow this sounds bad.

People always vent on here. I do not think it is illegal or anything...make sure though

Ahhh the big bro thing I would do as I mentioned above I think that is safe. Just remember truth is a defense

Brides helping brides...
I think you should post it!

as long as you haven't bought from them...no problems...
(otherwise they have too much control of your dress...if they even read these boards...)

I agree with Rob-luvs-me. Post away and just forum mail the name of the place to anyone who is interested. So sorry you had a bad experience!

Yeah I agree, please feel free to vent here. We're here to listen

Can you please FM me the name of the bridal shop? Thanks.

Sorry took so long...went to the movies. OK-Here we go...But I warn - its a long one:

First, the appointment was for my sister. When we set the appoint we explained she was looking for a sheath fitted flowing type of dress in a specific budget. They said Fine...come on in. When we got their our 'helper' proceeded to tell us that they don't carry that type of dress especially not in that budget and we would be better off at one of their other locations. Bad vibe right from the start.

Anyway, I showed her a list of some designers and their style numbers and she said 'we don't work that way deary'. After prodding she finally went to search for some dresses that matched our description. Not what sis was looking for. So sis asked me to go see if I could find some dresses because I better understood what she was looking for. Now I know at this store they do not like you to look around so I would quickly peer into the closets to see if they had any dresses in that style. Totally got Busted!!!! The helper came storming out and said' we would like if you would not TOUCH the dresses. You knew that was our policy... you KNEW that!' OK...my bad...: but that was a little over the top obnoxious. So I sat back.

Sis came out with first dress and we actually liked it. Stunned we asked how much it cost. Her remark??? 'Are we going to need to know the cost of EVERY dress we try on??' We said 'YES'. So she reluctantly told us. Then sis wanted to try on a veil. Helper said condescendingly 'Can we Wait till we find the right dress to start trying on head pieces!' We said 'NO!...with this type of dress you need to see the whole picture'. So she got the veil. Then she walked away and the veil started to fall off. So I got up to help reposition it...Helper came back, grabbed my arm and said 'Let me do that...you sit there.'

OK not to keep rambling but here are a few more...when she left sis alone in the dressing room for a long time sis went ahead and put a dress on. Got yelled at. When we asked if they had a Fall 2000 Jim Hjelm dress she replied...you are not going to find a year 2000 dress deary because it is the year 2.0.0.3!!! What the @#$% do you say to something like that??? Oh really is it??

So thank you for letting me vent. I just found this experience to be out of control. How in the world do these people stay in business.

P.S. When helper realized that sis was really falling in love with a dress that was $1,000 over the original budget she became sweet as pie...how ironic!!!

Ugh. I am sorry that you had to deal with such rude and obnoxious behavior on the part of your 'helper.' I would be super annoyed. The way to get a sale is not to treat your customers as if they are stupid and somehow not 'worthy' of your service.

I hope that your sister's future dress shopping experiences are much more enjoyable.

OMG

sounds like my experience at a place last week. I walked in with a specific picture and the guy picked out dresses for me and each dress was uglier then the one before. I told him what I DO NOT want and he brought me out the complete opposite.

i know exactly how you felt.

Feel free to vent on here anytime. Believe me we all understand or have been through it

That is so HORRIBLE. I'm so sorry you girls had to go through that. Please reassure your sis that not all places are like that.

Wish her luck in her gown search