Although i have many many months til i really need to get a dress, ive started looking at dresses already, and of course have run into a little problem with paradise bridal. I want to try and find the 2 dresses i like somewhere else, but have no idea who the designer is..but what i do know is that both dresses are from the same designer because the saleswoman told me that it was so,based on their lil coded numbers..sooo i was wondering if anyone else who has dealt with paradise bridal knows what designer is coded 3919-75 (75 being the determining # for the designer)....
maybe if enough of us figure out different designer's code #, then we can save each other some headaches...
Thanks in advance!
PegaLega
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Whatever you do DO NOT USE them!!! I had many many issues with them!!! Its in my review if you want to know.
Do you have any idea what the dress looked like? You can go on the know and put in different parts of the dress and go thru them.
Good Luck in your search
siffleuse319
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One of the biggest scams in the wedding industry is performed by shady bridal salons.....Paradise being one of them. BY LAW, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) requires three things to be on the tag when a consumer goes shopping: 1. Name of Manufacturer or the FTC # 2. Fiber Content 3. Country of Origin. That being said...any time you walk into a bridal salon that cuts tags out of a dress and withholds information about the designer...you should leave immediately and tell them exactly why. And...if you're that disgusted by them....the FTC asks that we....the consumers, call to inform them that this practice is occurring. I found a gorgeous dress there and wanted to purchase it.....but when I asked who made it...the consultant said in her most luxurious voice...'oohh I don't know, but it looks like a lazaro, don't you think'. I then asked what it was made of, and she said, 'hmmm it feels like real satin'.... I said in NO UNCERTAIN terms that I would never purchase a wedding dress without knowing who makes it and what it's made of. So...she went to the manager for the info...and still came back with BS......It's a TOTAL scam business......where the source of their profits comes from a consumer's ignorance and vulnerability to emotional manipulation. Don't fall for it.....you'd be buying a knock-off!!!!! And that's for most places that cut the tags out.
curiousgeorge
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OMG!!! I absolutely cant stand this. How could any bride go through a transaction with out knowing the designer of the dress, for all you know it could be a no name that they are charging you thousands for. I would call the owner their directly and tell him that ' If you want any chance of a sale, I NEED to know the designer' BUT as for my review........and many others, I had an inconvenient experiene there.
mfiorent
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a coworker of mine had a terrible experience with them.
lucamon
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I'm sorry you're going through this. They have no problem telling me the name of the designer when I was a Paradise. Although at another bridal shop, the one I purchased my gown from, they told me my gown was a James Clifford but the tag says Mon Cheri Bridal. So on my next visit, I called them on it and asked to see the gown again, and they switch the tag! I'm not really attached to designer names, but I want to make sure they order the right dress. Why do they play such games!
Dreemer107
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so my mom and i are being allowed to take pictures of the 2 dresses, so i will post them on here to see if anyone recgonizes them...and it turns out that these salespeople can be FIRED for disclosing the designer/manufacturer...how incredibly wrong is that!!
curiousgeorge
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Posted by Dreemer107
so my mom and i are being allowed to take pictures of the 2 dresses, so i will post them on here to see if anyone recgonizes them...and it turns out that these salespeople can be FIRED for disclosing the designer/manufacturer...how incredibly wrong is that!!
I used to work for a bridal salon..., thats just something the sales people say.
MyLobster
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I bought my gown from Paradise about 7 months ago. The woman there told me the designer and style # of my dress and it checked out on the Allure website. It was also modeled at a bridal showcase for the same price I paid. However, my gown isn't one of the pricier ones and I have heard alot of sketchy stories about several salons cutting out the tag on the more expensive dresses. I wouldn't buy a dress that I couldn't find on the designers website. A lot of research is involved when looking for dreses to make sure you're not being scammed. Good luck!
PegaLega
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When I went I already knew what dress I wanted, a friend of mine had used them and recommended them and it was a horrible experience once the dress was ordered.
They are shysty, shady people over there. And its not like I only had an issue with my dress, I had an issue with ALL the dresses that we ordered!
Definitely post pictures, there is always someone who can find the dress and tell you who it is
