Never Order From 1-800-Flowers

Flower Man wrote:

Not high maintenance at all, I just wanted to do something special, thats all.

Why wait until one day to do that when everyone else in the world is doing something "special" (buying flowers and crap) at the same time?

what do i know wrote:

Why wait until one day to do that when everyone else in the world is doing something "special" (buying flowers and crap) at the same time?

I see your point, it is not lost on me. I agree for the most part.

I was trying to play along. I was trying to be fun. I see what you are saying and obviously agree at this point.

I dont think that excuses the company, but for now on I will not be ordering flowers from one of these companies.

Hell, I'll take her out to see the flowers somewhere, why pull 'em out of the ground.

what do i know wrote:

Why wait until one day to do that when everyone else in the world is doing something "special" (buying flowers and crap) at the same time?

Dude, homeboy was trying to do something nice for his wife. All guys know Vday sucks and is stupid. Most women like their men to do something though. This guy got robbed by 1800flowers, why harass him about it?

two words - local retail

good for the economy - immediate gratification - no risk - massive husband points and the benefits that result (see the post-nuptial thread)

Print out this thread so your GFs/wives have some sympathy.

welp, I guess 1800flowers hates you guys, cause I placed an order for 15 sweetheart tulips and they were delivered at like 2 this afternoon, and I ordered them yesterday.

very interesting

ummm mine worked wrote:

welp, I guess 1800flowers hates you guys, cause I placed an order for 15 sweetheart tulips and they were delivered at like 2 this afternoon, and I ordered them yesterday.

very interesting

Glad to see they got someone's order right, they have effed my orders up b4 too, I no longer order from them.

make sure your wife was home.

I ordered from 1800flowers once, and they tried to deliver a few times but my GF wasn't home cause she was busy. Then they just took them back to the fedex place, I called them and they gave me a double order for the same price as my original. It was sweet to wait a day and give her 4 dozen roses instead of 2. Who cares if it's a day late, stop putting pressure on the actual day, this isn't Christmas. You don't have to show that you love her on February 14th instead of the 15th. My GF was quite understanding and happy that I at least tried, and boy was she happy with 4 dozen roses. You guys need to stop freaking out about the date of V-day.

An easy solution FOR NEXT TIME. I send my wife flowers 3-4 times per year. Plus I use the same florist for funerals, b-days, etc. Develope a relationship with a local small town florist. You can alsways count on the local guys. I use a guy named Bill Taylor in MI and one year he talked me out of the expensive roses @ $80/dz and sold me 'down' to a nice arrangement which lasted 2x as long as roses and was 1/2 the price. My wife loved them. She got roses for her birthday. If you use the 1-800 guys you have very little recourse and you end up looking like an idiot.

When I get flowers for my wife I get them from the grocery store like others have posted. If you need them delivered, do it yourself. Trust me, they have the same exact effect!

For Valentine's day I spent <$10 on some very nice looking orange/yellow tulips (my wife's favorite) from Albertson's and spent the rest of my budget on other gifts (perfume she's been wanting and candy).

1-800-FLOWERS did the same thing to me. For my mom's 60th birthday I had sent like 2 dozen roses to her work. I had placed the order over a week in advance and selected the date.

Then the flowers didn't get delivered that day and I looked at it was still with their delivery carrier (FedEx I think). I called and they gave me a refund and offered to call my mom for me to apologize so I guess their customer service was good for me, but their actual service was terrible.

One suggestion is that you said you ordered 3 days in advance, you might check to see their policy, sometimes they require more time.

No, their website claims you could order on V-Day and get same-day service.

Also, 3 days in advance is huge for V-Day, that is like a year.

I dated a 1-800Flowers ordercenter supervisor. One of the 5 prettest women I've ever undraped but dumb as a doornail.

I feel bad for the original poster, as the guy was clearly trying to do something nice for his wife. The problem was most likely that the company did not hire enough temporary help to account for their busiest day of the year. I once had a job delivering flowers for VD, and my deliveries were subsequently late when I was given a run to a strip club.

Flower Man - make sure you contact your credit card company and protest the charge. They should make sure you don't pay the $200.

Teh solution to yout problem is to open the phone book of where you want them delivered (or go online), and pick a florist in the area. Call them yourself, and they'll take care of it. All these middlemen like FTD and so forth are a waste of time, and they increase your cost by a lot.

Wow, the website says same day delivery for 1 dozen roses is $85! Then $13 delivery fee and this is one day after Valentine's day...what was it yesterday??And all of you talking down to the guy for trying to do something nice for his wife the same day everyone else is, well, I am going to assume that you celebrate Christmas some other day of the year.

I hate all of you wrote:

No, their website claims you could order on V-Day and get same-day service.

Also, 3 days in advance is huge for V-Day, that is like a year.

Mrr82 wrote:

Mine showed up at her work at 5pm...i had been getting worried too and was kinda pissed and will ask for a refund. Half of what the girls look forward to is receiving the flowers in front of everyone. And the fact that she almost missed it by less then a minute is not acceptable.

You should def demand a refund and even more for your hardship.

You've got no beef. The OP does. Read the fine print on your agreement.

what do i know wrote:

Why wait until one day to do that when everyone else in the world is doing something "special" (buying flowers and crap) at the same time?[/quote]

I hate it when people say this and use it as an excuse. The idea behind Valentine's Day is the same behind Mother's Day, Father's Day, even birthday's and therefore Christmas (birth of Christ), and Thanksgiving, 4th of July, etc. Any holiday is a designated day (some with more reason than others) and that is precisely what Valentine's Day is - a designated day to celebrate a person's love for someone else. Just like there is a day to celebrate a person's life (birthday) and it is designated to be celebrated on that person's day of birth (fitting day). Mother's Day and Father's day is just a designated day to celebrate your Mother and Father in a special way.

This does not mean that someone does not love and appreciate their mother and father on all the other days, but just a day for them to SHOW their appreciation. What will happen without these designated days is most people will just go about living, taking everything for granted (read "most" as some, not all, just a generalization). It is a day to remind us of what we have (in this case a significant other, a love, etc.) and to celebrate that.

As a side note to this, there is probably (almost definitely I would imagine) a great explanation and story behind why Valentine's Day (the day to celebrate love) is on Feb. 14th (something to do with St. Valentine?? or maybe just hallmark). So if you really have that much of problem with the holiday and get bitter because people ONLY (sarcastic tone) treat their significant other nicely on one given day, realize that the day is there so that those that ACTUALLY take their significant other for granted and don't treat them special everyday will be reminded.