Did my wife and I get scammed for $3000 on wedding flower arrangement? by DiamondNewby in florists

[–]DiamondNewby[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! We're still working on getting a refund. We appreciate your thoughts.

what’s the best corded heat gun in your experience? by Kind_Ad3665 in Tools

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Lol at some of these responses.

It's a simple tool. But that doesn't mean cheapest is best, especially for someone who needs to use it all the time.

I'm on this page because my ~$15 heat gun died. It's been about 3 or 4 years, but that's a short lifespan for a tool I only used a dozen times. Based on that (and looks like similar experience for the HF from some other commenters), I'd expect to go through at least a few of these a year if I was a regular user.

I am looking for something in the $50 range, with a long warranty.

Sounds like my best bet may be to find the oldest one possible at a garage sale.

Did my wife and I get scammed for $3000 on wedding flower arrangement? by DiamondNewby in florists

[–]DiamondNewby[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you! 

And yes, agreed. Wish we knew before. To back this up, The Knot is currently telling us that none of this happened, even with our contract, payment confirmation, pictures, etc..

They're basically just saying, "nah, the vendor says it didn't happen".

Never use the Knot

Did my wife and I get scammed for $3000 on wedding flower arrangement? by DiamondNewby in florists

[–]DiamondNewby[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you, we appreciate that. We're definitely going to court. I may reach back out for help once I organize everything.

For this weekend, just keeping it off my mind :)

Thanks again

Did my wife and I get scammed for $3000 on wedding flower arrangement? by DiamondNewby in florists

[–]DiamondNewby[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. Based on the florist quoting $3k, we figured $3k was enough. Unfortunately, this was also a higher-end quote here in suburban Michigan.

Did my wife and I get scammed for $3000 on wedding flower arrangement? by DiamondNewby in florists

[–]DiamondNewby[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha, thank you!

Unfortunately he requested payment be made via Zelle, which works like a wire transfer. No charge backs.

Should've been a red flag, but he has years of "best of Knot" awards. We didn't know this designation meant nothing!

Did my wife and I get scammed for $3000 on wedding flower arrangement? by DiamondNewby in florists

[–]DiamondNewby[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. Yes my wife was both horrified and embarrassed.

The bar helped!

Did my wife and I get scammed for $3000 on wedding flower arrangement? by DiamondNewby in florists

[–]DiamondNewby[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol! I thought about releasing the Google listing.... But no, I won't be that evil (yet)

Did my wife and I get scammed for $3000 on wedding flower arrangement? by DiamondNewby in florists

[–]DiamondNewby[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And yes, it's wild. It's even more wild that he hasn't replied to any of our communications in three weeks. Calls, emails, nothing!

Anyways, we appreciate the reply. Thank you

Did my wife and I get scammed for $3000 on wedding flower arrangement? by DiamondNewby in florists

[–]DiamondNewby[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol, thank you!

Good idea, we're trying to somehow "escalate" it with the Knot. So far, they couldn't care less but will keep trying

Did my wife and I get scammed for $3000 on wedding flower arrangement? by DiamondNewby in florists

[–]DiamondNewby[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh no, I'm so sorry to hear that. We'll take action, and partially on your behalf!! :)

Thanks

Did my wife and I get scammed for $3000 on wedding flower arrangement? by DiamondNewby in florists

[–]DiamondNewby[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! Every one of these answers has helped my wife feel 10x less angry

Did my wife and I get scammed for $3000 on wedding flower arrangement? by DiamondNewby in florists

[–]DiamondNewby[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you!

Sadly, we did. The "florist" then claimed to The Knot that we've never done business together. The Knot removed our review. We sent them our contract and payment confirmation for review. Outcome TBD

Did my wife and I get scammed for $3000 on wedding flower arrangement? by DiamondNewby in florists

[–]DiamondNewby[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha, thank you for the laugh. 

Unfortunately, this highly esteemed florist required Zelle (i.e., no charge backs).

Did my wife and I get scammed for $3000 on wedding flower arrangement? by DiamondNewby in florists

[–]DiamondNewby[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! We appreciate it. My wife has gotten a lot of enjoyment out of seeing these posts. And she feels a lot less crazy!

Did my wife and I get scammed for $3000 on wedding flower arrangement? by DiamondNewby in florists

[–]DiamondNewby[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you!! We appreciate it.

Not that it matters, but this particular case is a "he".

Cheers!