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How much would you pay for this bouquet?

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Disappointedflowers · 12/06/2024 11:34

I ordered a bouquet online to be sent to my DP's and my DM sent me a picture of them to say thank you.
I was extremely disappointed considering what I had spent and said so. Only then did my DM say that she hadn't thought they weren't all that thinking I had probably spent £x amount to which I then said I spent considerably more.
She did say that there was also a hydrangea head that didn't really go with the rest of the arrangement, so she put that elsewhere, and a ridiculous amount of foliage, some of which she used in another bunch of flowers she received and the rest ended up in the green bin as it was too much.
I'd really appreciate some thoughts from you lovely bunch (see what I did there! 😜) as to what you think I should have been charged for these flowers? 🙏🏻

How much would you pay for this bouquet?
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PeonyAndBlushSuede · 12/06/2024 22:33

Disappointedflowers · 12/06/2024 11:51

£70. Plus delivery.

That’s crazy!

They look like a supermarket bouquet that you can get from Tesco/Morrisons.

Ilovemyshed · 12/06/2024 22:29

JurassicFantastic · 12/06/2024 11:40

Actually maybe more than £50 now I look at it properly. There's about a dozen roses there plus other flowers and the hydrangea.

There are three roses. The rest are lisianthus

Mumwithbaggage · 12/06/2024 22:16

She hasn't displayed them very well but that's still a lot of money!

Ifyoucouldreadmymindlove · 12/06/2024 22:13

Disappointedflowers · 12/06/2024 11:51

£70. Plus delivery.

Complain. Jesus. Thats awful.

AnotherCountryMummy · 12/06/2024 21:56

I don't mean to be offensive, but it looks like something I buy from Sainsburys for £20.

OhTediosity · 12/06/2024 21:41

Disappointedflowers · 12/06/2024 11:53

What she threw out was a whole bunch of leaves. I don't think charging £20 extra for filler foliage is really on!

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Not all ‘filler foliage’ is cheap. If it was something like eucalyptus there could easily be £30’s worth sitting in the green bin!

nocoolnamesleft · 12/06/2024 20:44

That arrangement would look a lot nicer, and more expensive, with some taller foliage behind the blooms, framing them. But I guess that's what went in the bin.

MillyHilly99 · 12/06/2024 20:37

I'd also say around £30-40

wilteddandelion · 12/06/2024 20:30

Maybe £75 in its entirety but it's hard to tell if she's truly chucked most of it out

Lordofmyflies · 12/06/2024 20:26

I'd pay max £25 plus delivery. I normally get Arena flowers delivered and pay £25 and there's usually 5 roses, 5 Lillies etc, filler flowers, and foliage. I'd send them an email if that was £70.

Bowies · 12/06/2024 20:26

They look very high quality and fresh and should last well, but agree I would have expected more stems, particularly roses, for what you paid.

Beastieboys · 12/06/2024 20:20

M&S had an arrangement similar to this for about £30 last week

Beachcomber74 · 12/06/2024 20:19

Go M&S or Bloom & Wild next time

Puzzledandpissedoff · 12/06/2024 20:11

The reason they get away with this is people don’t want to say they got rubbish flowers and just say thanks!

Yes, this too - heaven help me I've done it myself, while feeling awful about what the giver must have spent

And though true professionals "condition" their flowers, those three pink roses look a bit worn to me, with some wrinkled outer petals looking as if they're starting to discolour

rainbowunicorn · 12/06/2024 20:01

cheezncrackers · 12/06/2024 15:05

Those white ones are called Lisianthus and they come with about 10 flowers on each stem. I bought a bunch in Sainsburys yesterday with about 50 flowers in total and they cost me £5. Foliage is cheap and costs very little. Florists buy wholesale too, so they don't pay supermarket prices for flowers.

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You are showing your ignorance here. Florists will pay more at the wholesalers for the flowers than the supermarkets sell them for. As with anything there are different grades of flowers. The flowers you buy in the supermarket are specifically grown for the supermarkets as cheaply as possible. A florist buying direct from the wholesaler or from the Dutch suppliers will be buying a higher grade product which comes at premium. Flowers are used in the supermarkets as a loss leader.

diddl · 12/06/2024 19:53

"Well, I didn't like the decorations, so I threw those away. Then I scraped the icing off & smeared it over some fairy cakes Doris gave me, then I cut the cake in half because it was far too much for me to eat, & I put the other half out for the birds."

😂😂😂

LankylegsFromOz · 12/06/2024 19:52

OP, I had a similar situation once. I bought a friend a beautiful bouquet with a nice bottle of bubbles as she had been having a tough time. She was so delighted (bless her 🥰), she took a photo to show me. The bunch of flowers looked like something you'd get from the supermarket... and a cheap bottle of plonk! I went fucking ballistic, mainly because I would never gift a friend a $5 bottle of bubbles! I spent the next week in the phone trying to get through to the florist. In the end they said they would resend another bunch of flowers and the (overpriced) bottle of bubbles they were supposed to send in the first place! Now I am very wary about sending flowers because I think this is more common than you think.

Whycantiwinmillionsandsquillions · 12/06/2024 19:52

Blimey.

rainbowunicorn · 12/06/2024 19:51

ichundich · 12/06/2024 14:00

I just ordered a bunch from Fleurop for €54. Website vs. reality...! Never again.

What you received is very similar. Thr difference is that the website shows everything in full bloom. The flowers are delivered in bud so they will open up and last longer. If they delivered it as shown on the website it would last about half as long.

Breakingpoint1961 · 12/06/2024 19:46

Just seen £70😮I would never ever give an online florist that amount of money unless it was a v v v special occasion!

Chenecinquantecinq · 12/06/2024 19:46

That’s c£50 bunch

Seaside3 · 12/06/2024 19:45

Haha @ifIwerenotanandroid I think the op and I have the same mother.

Breakingpoint1961 · 12/06/2024 19:44

Haven't RTFT..£50 which is extortionate but 'normal'

rainbowunicorn · 12/06/2024 19:43

Disappointedflowers · 12/06/2024 11:53

What she threw out was a whole bunch of leaves. I don't think charging £20 extra for filler foliage is really on!

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The florist doesn't get the foliage for nothing. It costs them to buy it.

ifIwerenotanandroid · 12/06/2024 19:42

Seaside3 · 12/06/2024 19:35

It's a shame she's chucked stuff out as I would have complained, but you can't with stuff missing. Is there any chance she threw unopened flowers out with the greenery?

I'd try sending something else in future. Cake is usually a winner, chocolate, plants, wine. There are loads of postal options now.

True, but can you imagine OP's mum with a cake?

"Well, I didn't like the decorations, so I threw those away. Then I scraped the icing off & smeared it over some fairy cakes Doris gave me, then I cut the cake in half because it was far too much for me to eat, & I put the other half out for the birds."

😂

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