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Bridesmaid Dress Rant

After Christmas shopping all day, I come home and find I have a message on the machine from Macy's. Apparently, my last bridesmaid just left the store, but the manager needs to discuss something with me.

Next message from 4th BM: "Don't punch me in the face but, Macy's told me that since I took so long to come into the store, there may be a rush charge--but don't worry, I'll pay for it myself."

So I call Macy's and the manager's telling me she would feel more comfortable if we rush the bridesmaid dress order since it takes 3-4 months to get them in. I told her in no uncertain terms, we would not be paying an extra FIFTY bucks a person (my BM thought it was only $50 for all when she offered to pay and I wouldn't hold her to that.)

The manager says she's going to call the manufacturer Monday to give me a definite time line to "base my decision on", but they would have had to tell me the dresses wouldn't show up until April 24 for me to agree to a rush charge when they never gave me a deadline for ordering the dresses...

So I called Macy's today since they never got back to me about the delivery date. Naturally, when I get on the phone with the manager, she tells me they ordered the dresses and, "of course, we didn't need a rush order."

Of course! That's what I told her. So the expected delivery date is mid-March. Hmm, but they would have taken my extra $50 per person if I had fallen for their scare tactics.

Posted by Robyn at December 18, 2003 02:52 PM