Florist not giving you contract?

I went to a florist today, a popular one on LIW and she made up the contract and gave me the quote, but said I wasn't allowed to have the copy of the contract. I wanted to go home and show FI, but she said they keep it and if we put a deposit THEN we get the contract.

What gives???

The same thing happened w/me at Pedestals in Howard Beach w/Phyllis.

I didn't go back.

ETA: Was it a contract or a quote sheet? Every florist I went to (except the one above) gave me a contract w/the quotes, and made a copy for me to take home.

It looked like a contract. It said bride - what I want - price

Groom, GM, what I want -- prices

Centerpieces -- what I want -- prices

Then a total. Like what the HELL am I going to do with the quote sheet, make my own flowers from what I TOLD her I WANTED???

She pissed me off anyway, I was supposed to meet with the guy that I wanted and he went home sick.

Huh. Now that I think of it, I just have a quote sheet, I didn't sign anything with my florist.

I guess the best thing you can do for now is visit other florists w/the same information and compare their final price to see which you'd go with.

Sorry to hear you went through that.

Good Luck.

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Posted by ChristineAE

The same thing happened w/me at Pedestals in Howard Beach w/Phyllis.

I didn't go back.

ETA: Was it a contract or a quote sheet? Every florist I went to (except the one above) gave me a contract w/the quotes, and made a copy for me to take home.

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She told me the same thing but gave the estimate anyway. She asked me for money on the spot. NOT

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Posted by enjft

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Posted by ChristineAE

The same thing happened w/me at Pedestals in Howard Beach w/Phyllis.

I didn't go back.

ETA: Was it a contract or a quote sheet? Every florist I went to (except the one above) gave me a contract w/the quotes, and made a copy for me to take home.

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She told me the same thing but gave the estimate anyway. She asked me for money on the spot. NOT

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She gave me the 'estimate' as well - but didn't do any of the numberwork in front of me...actually took the paper to another room, calculated and came back.

SHADY!!!!!

Most go to the back to do the #'s. But the sheet I wanted was the flowers I asked for and the prices next to it.

I just don't get the philosophy and I was pissed that I had to meet with a different person than who I scheduled with. She seemed like she had no interest in flowers.

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Posted by KarAnthony

Most go to the back to do the #'s. But the sheet I wanted was the flowers I asked for and the prices next to it.

I just don't get the philosophy and I was pissed that I had to meet with a different person than who I scheduled with. She seemed like she had no interest in flowers.

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Can you schedule another appointment to go see him?

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Posted by ChristineAE

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Posted by KarAnthony

Most go to the back to do the #'s. But the sheet I wanted was the flowers I asked for and the prices next to it.

I just don't get the philosophy and I was pissed that I had to meet with a different person than who I scheduled with. She seemed like she had no interest in flowers.

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Can you schedule another appointment to go see him?

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I guess I could, but I am just soured by the whole experiece.

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Posted by cjb88

my florisit didnt give me anything the day i visited because she needed time to work up the quote... but it came in the mail shortly after...

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I went to one that did the same thing and that is fine. But to say NO we don't give out the quote sheets is shady. IMO

don't go back. there are tons more florists out there.

btw...a very popular vendor on here left the room when she figured out prices. for what i wanted, the price she quoted was outrageous. i never looked back.

I only went to one florist, and that was Signature, and he did everything right in front of us. Pricing and the whole nine yards, and gave me the contract right then and there, although I booked George on the spot!!!

He didn't go into another room to do quotes or anything. If someone did that to me, that would kind of make me uneasy as well!!!

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Posted by KarAnthony

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Posted by cjb88

my florisit didnt give me anything the day i visited because she needed time to work up the quote... but it came in the mail shortly after...

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I went to one that did the same thing and that is fine. But to say NO we don't give out the quote sheets is shady. IMO

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She should have given you a quote sheet, sorry I miss understood I thought you wanted a Contract!!!

Every florist (except for Pedestals) I went to gave me a quote sheet basically it was an itemize price list for each item I want


for example:
18 cenmterpieces= $price
8 pew bows= $price