Hi Ladies!
Looking to get some advice. This may get long lol.
When my flowers arrived at the ceremony site, I noticed A LOT was wrong about them. My wedding colors were eggplant and ivory. My dress was ivory and I wanted a very dark purple (eggplant like) bouquet. It was supposed to be tulips (I think they are called Queen of the Night or something), the darkest of the 'Moon Series' carnations that is almost like an eggplant, and the Halloween rose. When my bouquet arrived, the only thing that was correct were the roses. I told my florist that I wanted NO white in bouquet and no greenery sticking all through it.
It came with white peonies, a light purple/pinky carnation, a bunch of other purple stuff I didn't order and lots of green crap in it!! My husband's bout was supposed to be the dark carnation but it was the light purple/pinky color, same with my Ring Bearer, and also the carnation petals that my flower girl threw. I also ordered carnations for the mothers/grandmothers corsages but it was something completely different (but very nice) that she sent.
I called the shop hoping I had been given someone else's flowers but the florist wasn't there. I received an email from her that afternoon explaining that the tulips she ordered had mold on them so she ordered another bunch and they arrived Saturday morning (morning of the wedding) and they had mold on them as well. She said she had to make a 'personal' decision as to what she thought was best. My questions was why didn't she call me? If she'd called I would have said please no white, just use whatever purple you have. Her father is ill and I know she has been dealing with that, and I hope the best for him, but she also runs a business and needs to be accountable.
Because the bouquet that was sent was not what I had been envisioning for over a year, my Maid of Honor and one of my Bridesmaid took apart my bouquet, took all of the white and green stuff out, and put all the purple from the throw-away bouquet into mine. It looked much better color-wise but not professionally done, obviously! She refunded me $100. I paid about $500 for everything. Do you think I should just leave it at that? Should I be asking for more? My bouquet cost me $85, so she refunded me a bit more than that. My bridesmaids bouquets were correct (3 times $65). The fathers and groomsmen bouts were correct but I think they only cost me $3.50 each. I guess I would have to sit down and figure out the cost of everything that was incorrect.
My wedding was 2.5 weeks ago and this is still bugging me! Have I left it too long?