I'm not sure if I'm wanting advice or just wanting to vent.
My bridesmaids ordered their dresses at the beginning of June at so-called lovely salon. I didn't buy my dress here - but decided to use so-called lovely salon for their wedding alterations and dropped my gown off here to be altered. The bridal salon informed us the bridesmaids dresses and my dress would be ready in September. Alright cool.
Fast forward to September. Yesterday, my Maid of Honor said she tried giving the store a call to see if the dresses were in. She informed me....the number isn't working. "Huh. Strange," I thought to myself.
Thinking not much of it, I went to their website to find their email and contact info in order to get in touch with them this way. Oh. The website is shut down.
Now I'm beginning to worry a tad, but trying to keep it positive. I google their salon...I see google reviews from customers in the recent months bashing on the store. Those reviews were definitely not there so now I'm REALLY worried.
My boss allows me to get off early today to drive the 50 minutes to the store. It's closed. Nothing inside. No dresses, no sign that it's being moved or temporarily closed. Nothing. Like it didn't even exist.
Lucky me, I have the number to the lady who is doing my wedding dress alterations. She claims she has my dress at her house but has no idea if the bridesmaids dresses ever came in.
Did I mention we already paid for all of the dresses?
I ask the lady for the name and contact info of the owner of the bridal store. She claims that he is an honest man but doesnt have any contact info or any way of getting ahold of him.
I smell bull shit.
The silver lining in this story is a news reporter was waiting at the store when I showed up and now my story will appear on the 5 oclock and 10 oclock news tonight...