Grrr... Angry Rant

Sorry for the rant but only you girls can understand my frustrations...

So, I found beautiful invites with a wonderful woman back in the beginning of May. She was absolutely amazing. Immediately became friends. I can't think of enough nice things to say about her. 2 weeks after I met with her... she passed away at just 37 yrs old :( I was devastated and I didn't want to look for invites bc I felt like a traitor. Finally, the end of June I finally went elsewhere for invites. I was told 2-3 weeks until they would be in. I'm an extremely patient person so I didn't want to call and be annoying but it's now 5 1/2 weeks and I plan to send them out September 1. So I called today to find out what's going on. The woman asks my name to look it up in the computer and immediately says in the background 'oh no, this isn't good! Ma'am, can I'm going to call the company and give you a call back.' Me, being so patient, says 'no problem, they're not going out for a few more weeks anyway.' Well, needless to say, she never called me back. I called back 2 hours later to ask what's going on. All apologetic she tells me 'I forgot to release the order. It for some reason was in the computer on hold. I should've notices it weeks ago but I released it now and they should be here in a week to two weeks.'

I'm so angry!!! FH is flipping out telling me I need to call back and speak to a manager and have them compensate us somehow. I'm a little leery about doing it because I ordered my dress there and they're holding it for 8 months for me which is something they don't normally do. AND my bridesmaids dresses were ordered there too and they're not in yet so I don't want to stir up anything.

AND to top it all off... I wish I could fire all of my bridesmaids except for 1. Nobody has even tried to help in any way. I shouldn't have to track them down. My sister, who lives in the same house as me and is my maid of honor, hasn't asked to help AT ALL even when she sees me doing wedding stuff. I can really only count on one of them, the others haven't even asked how the planning is going. I have people I barely know offering to help but not my bridesmaids.

ugh... maybe I'm just PMSing

I remember hearing about the death of the wedding planner a few months ago. So sad.

As for the invitations, I don't think they will take any money off. I would try to negotiate a price adjustment on alterations either for you or your bridesmaids. I think they might be more flexibility since it is labor and no product.
Definitely say something, but don't be too pushy. I found that with wedding planning you need to speak your mind otherwise you will be taken advantage of. Vendors value your business and they should be willing to make wrongs right.

Sorry about your bridesmaids.

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Posted by vanillataco

That's really unacceptable. I feel that as long as you're not yelling at the person then it's ok to let them know if you're unhappy. I would remind them that you are doing a lot of business with them as well. They may comp you for it. I was able to get $50 back from Zales because of speaking to the manager.

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This!!

Sorry about your invitations. I think everything will work out in the end.

As for your bridesmaids, have you ASKED them for help? Many people won't offer until asked. Try that and if they still don't help you then you have a problem.