Is this normal???

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So I am looking into cake bakers and I came across one that is requires people to have a major credit card to secure an appointment for a tasting/consultation. Is this normal? In their fine print, it says that if customer fails to cancel appointment within 24 prior to.. they will a $50.00 fee. I have never heard of a vendor asking for a credit to secure an appointment... any thoughts on this?

FutureMrsSheeler

They must be in high demand.. I haven't heard of bakers doing this, but I know of salons, dentists, etc that do this.

mandi921vh

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[QUOTE]<strong>They must be in high demand.</strong>. I haven't heard of bakers doing this, but I know of salons, dentists, etc that do this.
Posted by FutureMrsSheeler[/QUOTE]

<div>This.</div>

daftmagpie

I had a bridal salon do that when i made my appointment. Klienfelds does that as well. Popular and not afraid to lose the business if you dont want to fork over an appointment deposit

greeneke2

Yea I'm going to say they are in high demand as well.  I wanted to get a cake made for my FI when he came home from deployment from Carlos Bakery (the one from the show Cake Boss on TLC) and they did the same thing.  I think it was a $100 deposit for an appointment and then they would put your deposit towards whatever cake you had made

XxKrazy4u

i also had a bridal salon tell me the same.