Did you or will you be giving negative reviews for any of your vendors?
I posted one on Yelp for a bridal salon I went to where my mom and I walked in the door and NO ONE was there waiting for us. We had an appointment. We searched the store for no less than 20 minutes before I knocked on the break room door and our consultant asked us to let us finish her lunch and she'd be out in 5 minutes. In the meantime, we could look at the sample gowns.
I pulled some sample gowns, and the consultant, having finished her lunch, asked me what sort of dress I was looking for. I told her my budget (I won't say my budget here, but I had plenty to spend) and my style. I asked her not to bring out lace dresses. And... she brings out 8 lace dresses and two dresses that weren't lace. She told me that she didn't have anything else. I asked to see the room where she pulled the dresses and she told me I couldn't look at them. So I couldn't even see all of my options. I know that this is a policy in some stores - but they didn't have a catalog, a list of designers, photos, dresses on mannequins, nothing.
So I put on my sample gowns and one of the dresses she pulled. Every time I put one on and said that I liked it, she told me, "You should just buy it." Not that I looked nice, didn't tell me anything about the dress or designer or fabric - just that I should buy it.
I posted a review on Yelp and the store asked Yelp to take it down. I learned this last week when I went to post some more reviews and I noticed that my review wasn't on the company's profile OR my profile anymore. I contacted Yelp, and apparently the salon had complained to Yelp that my review wasn't true, that I hadn't been there, and that I was a competitor sabotaging their business.
... What?
Anyway, what have you or will you do? Have you had any bad experiences with vendors that warrant a negative review? OR - do you find it rude to post negative reviews?