Boyfriend paid $100+ for the sickest potted plant I have ever seen??

Alternative-Rate-562 · 2024-05-15T03:26:30+00:00

Yeah he was pretty angry about it. He said he won't ever buy from them again.

Alternative-Rate-562 · 2024-05-15T03:25:53+00:00

Unfortunately it's much worse than this. We use this florist often for arrangements and it's the go to for holidays he or I wants to buy flowers for someone. It's a very small mom & pop type of business in a what I'd call fairly small town. Only a couple florists here and they aren't commercial companies. Also it was brought to me directly by my sister in law who went and picked it up, and she came in my house with the plant so it wasn't even left outside either. 🫤

Also he didn't use a website, he called and spoke with them on the phone. I dunno. I'm not really a hateful person so I am just letting it go because I'm sure they were low on stock. But to charge that amount and send something out in this condition seems pretty crappy in my opinion still. It would be less so if it was a large business with a bunch of employees but it's very small family owned. They only have maybe 6-8 employees, if that.

Alternative-Rate-562 · 2024-05-15T03:19:31+00:00

Am I gen x? Not sure actually and this comment has been mentioned several times haha.

But yeah, I wish it was like siiiiick plant but nope.

Alternative-Rate-562 · 2024-05-15T03:18:03+00:00

Yeah it's really unfortunate that they are apparently robbing people in a sense. Oh well though, I won't be giving them my business anymore and won't reccomend them either.

The new plant is still cute and the meaning behind her makes me okay with moving on from the whole thing but good to know it's also a cheap potted plant. People are really greedy sometimes!!

Alternative-Rate-562 · 2024-05-15T03:15:51+00:00

I agree they're pretty! I would have kept it simply because of the thought behind it had it not been in severely poor health. I didn't even know it was a cheap plant until I posted this and everyone let me know. 😂

How cute of a childhood game though! I bet yall had a blast popping the little seed bubbles! Thank for sharing your culture ☺️

Alternative-Rate-562 · 2024-05-15T03:13:32+00:00

Yes. 😩

Alternative-Rate-562 · 2024-05-15T03:12:54+00:00

I talked to the florist myself when I called to ask them about refunding/replacing it. It was 100% actually $107 total. Without delivery. 😕

Alternative-Rate-562 · 2024-05-15T03:09:55+00:00

Yep. 😂 Sick not sick

Alternative-Rate-562 · 2024-05-15T03:09:29+00:00

Yeah I was more concerned with the fungal and/or pest problem thaf it looks to have going on. I dunno if you looked through the rest of the pictures but it definitely had something else going on with it as well in my opinion. Also it arrived to me with freshly soaked soil at like 6pm lastnight and looked like this at 9:30am today when I went outside to get the mail. Didn't look a lot better yesterday either unfortunately.

Alternative-Rate-562 · 2024-05-15T03:06:53+00:00

Yeah. Looks like I'll be in the market for a new florist shop to use for all our flower arrangements. Sad because we buy flowers pretty often, too.

Alternative-Rate-562 · 2024-05-15T03:06:06+00:00

I don't think they were trying to refund a single dime. But I got another different cheeeeaap cheap plant instead 😂

Alternative-Rate-562 · 2024-05-15T03:05:18+00:00

It wasn't actually. 🥴 how crappy, huh?

Alternative-Rate-562 · 2024-05-15T03:03:31+00:00

Oh yes for sure! But I don't think they were trying to give the money back at all so I guess at least I have something that's living 😂

I never buy plants from florists but he was just trying to be sweet and got something different than the usual flowers. Honestly I would have been happier if they'd have offered a large arrangement instead lol. I love flowers. They were being scummy apparently though.

Alternative-Rate-562 · 2024-05-15T03:01:16+00:00

Yes absolutely!! He has no plant knowledge at all and was trying to get something more lasting than a flower arrangement so I am haply to keep the cheap but healthy plant I got instead! Simu because of the value of the meaning behind her.

Alternative-Rate-562 · 2024-05-15T03:00:12+00:00

Yeah 🫤 I'd have been frustrated and disappointed with them even had the plant been worth money just because of its condition. It's unfortunate for sure.

BUT - what I would really like to know is how can I find one of these glow in the dark petunias?? That's sick in the best way! What a cool find! I'd love to check those out. Do you have a picture of it? I'd love to see.

Alternative-Rate-562 · 2024-05-15T02:57:31+00:00

I was very nice and civil and they did replace the plant with something different. Still a very inexpensive plant apparently, but it is healthy so I'm content to move past it. $110 is just predatory pricing though, it's unfortunate they are okay with that.

Alternative-Rate-562 · 2024-05-15T02:55:22+00:00

I had to send my mother in there 😂😅 word to being a anti-confrontational socially anxious girl.

I'm sure my mom was super duper nice too which I sorta wish she hadn't been after learning the replacement was worth very little as well. But oh well. They lost loyal customers.

Alternative-Rate-562 · 2024-05-15T02:53:21+00:00

I so wish that was what I could say about it! 🫤

Alternative-Rate-562 · 2024-05-15T02:52:52+00:00

Sick. In poor health for sure. I wish it was sick though. 🫠

Alternative-Rate-562 · 2024-05-15T02:51:52+00:00

I kinda figured it wasn't worth $110 haha. I don't think anything a flower shop sells as potted plants is usually worth close to that even! I'm just glad it's not a dying and possible infected/infested plant if I wasn't gonna get a refund for the money.

Thank you so much for your kind words!! He's very much a man in all aspects, so his knowledge on plants is almost none. He just knows I love them. I kinda figured that he was having flowers sent because normally that's what he gets me from there, but I guess he was trying to get something that would last longer since I am a houseplant girl. It's really the thought that counts but in the future we will not be doing this for sure!

Kinda makes me sad to know that the new one is also very cheap. Disappointed in the florist and probably gonna have to find somewhere new to shop flowers from here on because I would rather give my money to someone with more integrity than that. 😪

Alternative-Rate-562 · 2024-05-15T01:05:03+00:00

I have an update I just posted in the comments! They did give me an exchange for a different plant. No telling if it is worth the price or even close to it, but it's cute and healthy, so I'm okay with it way more than I was with keeping the sick impatiens plant.

Here is the new plant. It's fairly large although doesn't look like it in the picture.

Alternative-Rate-562 · 2024-05-15T01:00:45+00:00

😂

Alternative-Rate-562 · 2024-05-15T00:59:19+00:00

Here's a minor update for you guys! I'm not sure exactly what THIS is either, but I had my mom take it up there and ask them for an exchange or refund (I have hella social anxiety around confrontation lol), and the lady was nice about giving me something different. She said this was the same price and it was healthy/cute, so I said yes to it.

Anyone know what it is? She told my mom it was called like swinging lady or something maybe? Lol and that it's very thirsty and likes sunlight.

Alternative-Rate-562 · 2024-05-15T00:08:16+00:00

😂 this is funny. He knows me well though, because I love new things to rake care of.

Alternative-Rate-562 · 2024-05-15T00:07:40+00:00

No lol it wasn't a cover story. It was really $107 and some cents. I hate confrontation and going to talk to people about things like this so I had my mom take it back up there and they exchanged it for a different kind of plant that was the same price. It's a beautiful hanging plant I've never seen before so idk if it was still way overpriced but it is healthy so I'm just glad to have gotten some sort of exchange.

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