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[Bird mama]

Last time I ordered flowers I went to the local florists website and saw some autumnal arrangements.  This particular florist is connected with Teleflora.  A couple of us at work were going in on the arrangement for a sick co-worker - we didn't want to focus on illness.

So I called the florist about the arrangement and was told they didn't have the flowers for that arrangement but would make substitutions.

I said, does Teleflora come in at night and update your website without you knowing about it?  Guy didn't know what to say.

So we picked a beautiful victorian teacup and saucer arrangement.  I know squat about flowers but love the internet because I was reciting every flower in the arrangement's description to make the purchase.

I finally said, sir, this arrangement is going to someone that I will be visiting (bluff).  This means I will see what you deliver.  I also know where you are and am placing the order by phone because I am lazy.  I work downtown and you work downtown.

If our friend's floral arrangement does not arrive as pictured I will be visiting you and making your head hurt.

[abbeythe 8th]

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@Bird mama wrote:

Last time I ordered flowers I went to the local florists website and saw some autumnal arrangements.  This particular florist is connected with Teleflora.  A couple of us at work were going in on the arrangement for a sick co-worker - we didn't want to focus on illness.

So I called the florist about the arrangement and was told they didn't have the flowers for that arrangement but would make substitutions.

I said, does Teleflora come in at night and update your website without you knowing about it?  Guy didn't know what to say.

So we picked a beautiful victorian teacup and saucer arrangement.  I know squat about flowers but love the internet because I was reciting every flower in the arrangement's description to make the purchase.

I finally said, sir, this arrangement is going to someone that I will be visiting (bluff).  This means I will see what you deliver.  I also know where you are and am placing the order by phone because I am lazy.  I work downtown and you work downtown.

If our friend's floral arrangement does not arrive as pictured I will be visiting you and making your head hurt.

I'm surprised the florist didn't say he was sorry but he could not fill your order.

You'd make his head hurt?

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[Bird mama]

@abbeythe 8th

When I said it, he understood that I would come in complaining aka giving him a headache.

[Nataliesgramma]

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@Mominohio wrote:

I will only order from local florists, as I have seen so many people disappointed by going online or the 800 choices. 

I like to support local business whenever I can, and we still have a number of local florists in our area that do a really nice job.

I have always wanted a nice fresh pine and candle with a hurricane in the middle kind of centerpiece for my dining table during the season, but have never done it because it just seems I don't have the money during December. One of these years, though, I'm going in and get one!

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I remember walking into work after Thanksgiving and I could smell the pine....WE would get a semi load of boxes of it and all the other christmas greens.

[jlkz]

@Mominohio:

Cheapest way to have your centerpiece: check out a thrift store for the glass cylinder or hurricane---they may also have a selection of candles.  For the pine boughs, clip some from your tree or a forest.  Or, find plastic ones after the holidays and just spray them with scent next year.  Add some Christmas balls, bells, holly picks, oranges, etc.

Should make a reusable, seasonal centerpiece for a few pennies.

[ValuSkr]

Seems like the only work florists would get these days are weddings, funerals, corporate work, and tele-orders.  And they aren't usually very good at tele-orders, especially if the order is long-distance.  I wouldn't be surprised if their numbers are dwindling.

[Pqfan]

QVC has a link to FTD flowers at the bottom of this page.

I wonder how thats going?

[fourpaws56]

I am a florist and I am very busy

[Noel7]

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@Pqfan wrote:

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@sidsmom wrote:

Just saw a floral commercial...'Telefloral', if I remember correctly.

Made me think, where are all the floral commercials this year?

Years past, it seemed Jim McCann & 1800-FLOWERS was encroaching our TV time several times an hour.   Today...nothing.

Is the floral industry on the downslide?

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I think there have been instances where the flowers ordered in this manner didn't arrive looking like the ones in the photos. 1800 trouble.

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That happened to my daughter.  In grad school, she saved her money and sent flowers to DH and I for our anniversary.  It was more then $50 at the time, a lot for a student.

They arrived looking nothing like the photo image of what she had ordered, and most were dead.  I took photos the day we received the flowers and wrote a letter of complaint.

She got her $50 back and I threw out the dead mess.

We now order from a well known local man who does flower arrangements.

[fourpaws56]

hi noel, we are getting lots of rain,how about you? looks like a white Christmas too...YAY!