Bride vs. Bridal Store

Dress: Dupioni Scoopneck Dress with
Pleated Skirt and Pockets Alfred Sung
Style #: D447(here)

I am actually a bridesmaid in 2 weddings this summer (!!!). The dress above is the dress for the 2nd wedding I will be in. Sorry for the poor quality, I was unable to find a higher quality photo that allowed me to save to my desktop. The dress I will be wearing will actually be in a dark navy blue (or as the designer calls it, midnight). Very cute, yes?

I thought I would share with you all our experience with the bridal boutique we were going to purchase the dresses from. Below is my Yelp review, which you can also find here.

    I am a bridesmaid in a friend's upcoming September wedding.

    When one Bridesmaid found the dress for $40 cheaper in an Atlanta store (where she is from), the store was nice enough to match the price. So far, so good. 

    When I called to get the same discount they told me I had to make sure my dress was also on sale at the Atlanta location (I had a slightly different style) and provide them with the store name and number so they could verify. Fair enough.

    When I called back to confirm that my dress was indeed $40 cheaper and that I would like the discount, the SA became very defensive. She started talking about how she had to contact THE designer himself, and ask permission to lower their price (BS). They tried to tell me that what the Atlanta store was doing was illegal (BS). THE designer was in the process of pulling his line from the Atlanta store b/c they were selling them too cheap (BS). She tried to make me feel bad for asking them to lower their price which would drive the market price down to an unsustainable level and drive the designer out of business (BS).

    Once she realized I was not buying her BS (I refused to put down the deposit before she would confirm the price match), her final move was to threaten me with calling THE BRIDE. Gasp! I sweetly said, please do. The result, the Bride was so pissed off she canceled our entire order, found the dress online for $50 cheaper (including shipping!), and told the SA to piss off.

    Moral of the story: La Belle Elaine's Bridal inflates their prices by a ridiculous amount and has shitty customer service.

The end.