AIBU To Feel Ripped off by a florist?

I worked in a florists years ago. I would never buy flowers on Valentines day, ever. The prices go through the roof and the quality goes way down with much of the produce having been overly force grown to capitalise on the busiest day of the year. Staff are also stretched to breaking so service goes down.

Even then though, those flowers are a disgrace. The roses look dead. They might revive somewhat once the stems are cut and placed in water but even then they won't last long. £80 for half a dozen roses and some greenery is ridiculous.

Review - with photo - move on.

Mine too OP. However, these are dried up flowers and not fit for sale. I like to support small local businesses too, but not ones who take advantage by inflating prices and charging a ridiculous amount for inferior goods.

Name and shame them...local Facebook page and business review.

Florist here - is this genuine? If it is, request a refund. Is this a fresh or dried arrangement? Whatever the case, it is NOT worth £80. Are you sure they gave you the correct bouquet? The eucalyptus that surrounds the roses is worth £6 at most - it is dire. The roses look dried, but even so, they would not cost you that much dried. Where did your partner buy these please? I would be shocked if I found out they came from my staff!!!

That's a shocker! It's like they ran out of flowers in decent condition and fished the half dead ones out of the bin in a panic.

Should have stood his ground in the shop and made a fuss until refunded. Though I understand that doesn't always come easy to people.

Such a shame, most of us want to support local business but not when they mess up like this and then get arsey about it.

The flowers are crap.

Your DH tried.

Your phrasing 'they have had his pants down' is horrible.

Valentine flowers they seem to like to triple the price, I was looking at a bouquet for myself as couldn't get out to shops and saw this bouquet that could be delivered. It was a random local florist and it was £150. Crazy prices. I really hope you get a refund for yours.

My dozen red roses from Tesco were way better than these definitely been ripped off

They are either bf/gf/hubby/wife NOT PARTNER

Who was asking for a refund then?

Absolute shite. They're dead and even if they weren't they'd be worth a tenner.

He shouldn't have accepted them.

@WaryHiker

I can't believe your husband left the shop with those! He must be spectaculary unassertive.

Send him back with pictures of the flowers as they were when he picked them up, and take the actual flowers back too. Also print out this thread and hand it to them. Tell him you haven't named the actual florist ... yet! But you thought they should see what other people think of their products and prices.

I honestly think that any shop owner would piss themselves laughing at any man who turns up with a thread off Mumsnet 'printed out to give to them' as some kind of defence and evidence that he is in the right. 😆

If I told my DH to take a thread that I have printed off Mumsnet to back up his argument, he would fall over laughing! 😂

@Blankfluff OP, do NOT do that. Do not tell your DH to go back to the florist with this thread printed off to show to them! 😬

I got a lovely bunch of roses yesterday from my local Asda for under £2,they were in much better condition than your bouquet.

😂 You had me going for a few seconds there. 😆

Outrageous price to pay for that!

My DH paid £10 for lovely yellow roses & other flowers a few days ahead of Saturday, hid them in the cool of the outhouse and then arranged them himself beautifully in a vase on Saturday morning before I got up.

You don't have to pay a lot

M&S flowers are always better value and last the longest. I would love to support independent florists but always disappointed.

That is shocking OP. I wouldn't pick them up out of a tub in M&S or anywhere else and would move on somewhere else. They look almost dead already.

Not only is it a meagre arrangement, they look half dead!! The flippin cheek of them! I’d be embarrassed handing those to a customer

Yeah, formal complaint letter to the shop with photos attached and threaten legal action - depends how angry he is.

But def put reviews up everywhere with photos, just say you paid £80 in advance and this is what you got - let the photos do the talking!

Can you raise a dispute on payment if he paid via his credit card?

I wonder when we are going to end this flower tradition. I can’t imagine why anyone would spend money like this. I mean I know it’s people’s own choice, but I can never square in my mind the fact that millions are struggling with col, but then millions are also buying useless shite. From con artists.

They honestly look like they've come out of the reduced bucket in the supermarket. Yellow stickered as nearly dead, reduced from £30 to £15.

Yawn. Bore off but do take a certificate for the most self-righteous post of the day.

This thread has prompted me to treat myself to a nice bunch of flowers from the Bunches adverts.

Hopefully a nicer experience than the OP had at her local florists. 34 stems for £50 seemed reasonable

Who died and made you queen on what people can spend their money on ?