SARAH'S FLOWERS

Overall, very unprofessional. My fiancé and daughter met with a woman named Lisa (the owner?), and provided pictures and descriptions of the 5 pieces. They were told that the entire order would be "around" $150.00: the 2 boutineers were $18/piece, the corsage $25-$30, and the bouquets"around 50-ish." My daughter texted Lisa a picture of the maid-of-honor dress at least 3 times; Lisa could never retrieve the picture (daughter has an iPhone). Two days later, I receive a call from an assistant who tells me the order was over $300. I was extremely surprised and started asking questions. The assistant was unable to answer many of the questions, and told me I needed to place the order now to get the flowers ordered--which made sense, given that the wedding was in less than 2 weeks, but I still did not understand how an order doubled. I was hoping to make some substitutions to lower the price. I contacted another florist in the same town, told them about the 5 pieces and the price from Sarah's. The woman who answered the phone at the other florist (Weddings by Desiree) seemed very sympathetic and took my information. The owner had just left for the day. I followed up with an email that included more information about colors, the pieces, and the price quoted by Sarah's. I never was contacted by Desiree, so I called the next day to follow up. The reception this time was very frosty. I was told that the shop was too busy to accept my order ( 5 pieces???). I called Sarah's flowers, and spoke to Lisa, who informed me that her shop was in a small town (no kidding); that I had "bad mouthed her to another florist" (since when is challenging a price and seeking better service bad mouthing?); and that she was not going to work with me because I could not be satisfied and that I was "too difficult to work with." She also informed me that other florists would not work with me because of her influence. Wow. I just got dissed by a flower arranger. I went to Public's in Graystone, spoke with a lovely woman named Ana, and had awesome flowers. For $60. In a week. When I walked into Public's to pick them up, everyone was so nice and congratulatory. Even picking up flowers was fun! Maybe Sarah's flowers were going to be incredible. For $300, absolutely. But $300 in flowers for an hour's worth of posing for pics, a 15-minute ceremony, and a 2-hour dinner just seemed over the top for this bride.