This cracked me up — except for the part where the bride growls "I WANT WEDDING FLOWERS." Fuck that stereotypical shit.
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Jennifer
November 16th, 2007 · 11:54 AM · #
Hilarious! Totally agree with you about the comment at the end though! Kinda ruins it.
I'm actually in the process of shopping for my wedding dress, and I've been quoted much cheaper prices when I've asked for the same dress but told the shop I'm a bridesmaid… I'm wearing a short one and most styles come in a wide range of colours! Top tip!
Emily
November 16th, 2007 · 12:36 PM · #
It's similar for everything you run into. If you're looking for cupcakes or something alternative to a wedding cake some people explain it's for a retirement party – that way they don't get overcharged because it's a "wedding."
Ariel
November 16th, 2007 · 12:40 PM · #
Yup: that's the same advice I give in the book, Emily.
Me
November 16th, 2007 · 3:25 PM · #
I've read this advice (about saying it's for something else) in several places, but I've had some trouble following it. For one thing, I'm the worst liar. For another, I think many vendors are "on" to the whole say-it's-for-something-else thing. For example, I went to a bakery and asked if they could do large numbers of cupcakes:
Me: I have a special occasion coming up, and I was wondering if you can do, say, 100 cupcakes.
Bakery Lady: Is it for a wedding?
Me: It's just a party.
Bakery Lady: Well, yes, we can do that. If it's for a wedding, for example, we can do different decorations… etc.
Luckily, the price was great anyway, but I could not convince this lady it wasn't for a wedding.
Maybe it's just because I should have said a particular event (like a retirement party), but I just couldn't bring myself to do it somehow. Sigh.
Heather Gilson
November 17th, 2007 · 1:27 AM · #
Love it! That was pretty funny! I am sure this happens often. Although wedding flowers, cakes, photos are much more time consuming and are given SPECIAL attention by most vendors (hence it may cost a little more) I think you really have to pick and choose which vendors you lie to. If the details are important for your wedding day then I think you should be upfront with your vendors. If you don't really care too much about the details, then pinocchio away…
Amanda
November 17th, 2007 · 3:57 AM · #
The wedding cake one is funnier–exact same concept but more over-the-top. Same stereotypical bride demand at the end, but it seems funny to me because it is so extreme. Someone posted it over on the offbeat tribe: http://youtube.com/watch?v=gimiDBAK2wA
Rachel
November 17th, 2007 · 11:08 AM · #
I'm glad I'm having my wedding on Halloween, which offers up the perfect reason for the party. I plan on lying my butt off to vendors. Fortunately though, most of my wedding is DIY including the Decorate-your-own-cupcake bar.
Me
November 18th, 2007 · 12:19 PM · #
Wow, decorate your own cupcake?!?!? Rachel, can I come to your wedding?
Jess
November 18th, 2007 · 6:59 PM · #
Rachel, I thought I made up that idea! Awesome! Some people have been trying to convince me that it's too much mess and bother, but I'm adamant.
Rachel
November 19th, 2007 · 11:31 AM · #
Jess, What can I say? Great minds think alike. LOL
Lara
November 19th, 2007 · 7:03 PM · #
If I were hiring vendors I would absolutely lie my ass off. "Family function" "business affair" "Producing a play in which there is a wedding scene so we need wedding-esque flowers" …but we have completely eliminated all need for vendors so that leaves no one to lie to. Oh well!
Kit
July 17th, 2008 · 5:40 PM · #
Just as sometimes offbeat brides need to deal with traditional grooms, here we see an offbeat groom with a traditional bride. I feel sorry for his fictional ass.
Ragdoll
December 18th, 2008 · 12:27 AM · #
This is an old post , I know ,so I'm a tad late , but for everyone else like myself, who is reading this for the first time-
As a florist I know for a fact that this happens. I work for myself (I'm the small budget queen) But in shops, the usual labor charges are 10-20% , but for weddings , they charge 20- 40%. It wasn't just in the shop I worked in either. There is a florist trade magazine , that only floral shops and few independent florist can get called Florists Review. It has specific formulas for how to charge weddings , what to do if a bride is bugging the heck out of you and how to persuade brides to chose costlier flowers. It's quite sick, but 90% of florist use it as a monthly bible. Do some research of your own before you go to a florist. Remember to add around 30% of the total cost(delivery, labor, etc) of flowers and supplies , and say to your florist that you've received that total as an estimate from their "rival" florist. It works almost every time.