Die in a fire 1-800 Flowers, you scumbags of epic proportionFollow

My remaining Grandparent has been in and out of the hospital a bunch as of late, Some of you may remember she took a turn for the worst a while ago, but then got better. Well now she is pretty sick again, so I decided to send her a flower basket from myself and my brother and sister. You know, a nice "get well soon Grandma!" from the grandparents to cheer her up.

Anyways, Grandma likes Hibiscuses, and hasn't had one in her retirement home for a while, so I picked out a nice bunch of them in a baskety thing. They were a little spendy, but hey, how many grandmas do you get to chear up right?

That was last tuesday, with the flowers to be delivered on Wednesday. Grandma's current condition doesn't let her answer the phone, so I have to rely on the relitives on that half of the state for information and to find out if they got there.

So a few days go by. One of the Aunts gets back to me. No Hibiscus. There is about a $3.00 really tiny and sickly Mum plant sitting on the counter, no card, and no indication it is anything other than the decor that was already in the room.

So, somewhat purturbed, I call the flower people to find out what happened. To make a long, somewhat aggravating phone conversation short, the ***** on the other end of the phone informed me that the flowers HAD in no uncertain terms been delivered, along with a card, and she had a delivery signature, though she would not tell me who from.

I then find out from her, after she has already accused me of lyeing about the lack of a hibiscus that Hibiscuses were out of stock at the time I ordered, so they replaced the order with an "assorted flowering plant", charged me the price for a hibiscus anyways, and due to their policy no they wouldn't send the goddamned correct plant or refund my money for their epicly ****** customer service, and would I be sure to use 1-800 flowers next time I feel like being scammed.

Needless to say this does not sit well with me. A replacement hibiscus from a local spokane florist has been ordered and is on its way, one with a physical address I can torch if they ***** it up, so Grandma WILL get her get well flowers.

To the 1-800 flower *****. If you ever read this, know that you ****** up on a truly epic level, and though you likely care little for what efforts I may throw into it, I will make it my new hobby to destroy you utterly.
The better buisiness buerau letter is already written, and will be CC'd to just about every consumer alert type news venu I have an e-mail address for. This post on this forum will live on into eternity, and the people of the forum and the internet shall read it and know you for the scumballs you are. May your children be eaten by woodchippers, and your ********* gnawed off by wolves. If I had recorded that conversation your representative just had, I would truly own your company within the month. How the **** you possibly justify jerking someone trying to do something nice for a sick grandparent around like that is beyond my comprehension.

I am mad. I am beyond mad.

The wombats are coming for you now. May god have mercy on your soul.

Crap, I left my camera at work, I'll try to remember tomorrow.


But I work on the EA-6B now, which is a old hunk of ****, but the exciting news is we transition to the E/A-18 Growler in 2011.


Good times!

Well maybe they should!

Call your credit card company and see if they'll reverse the charge.

I was just reading an article in Reader's Digest about how to get the attention of **** companies. I'll try to find it online for you!

I heard from a reliable source that they were the cause of your breakup.

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j/k :P But yea that sucks the big one.

I had a friend who used 1-800-flowers to send flowers to a funeral home for his uncle's funeral. What arrived can be considered one of the most embarrasing things ever (or funny, depending on your point of view). A flower basket arrived with a "get well soon" sign instead of the customary "nephew" red sash.


Nothing more needs to be said.

Call your credit card company. Tell them to reverse the charges. Put it into dispute. That way those bastards will have the money taken away from them until the situation is resolved. They promised one thing , did another and charged you. This can get resolved in your favor. F'uck them. Be firm. and tell your credit card company that you are their client AND TO GET TO WORK.

You stated to call it a scam, which is a heavy word when it comes to credit cards. A word that could backfire on him.

Well whatever. All I know is if that had happened to me I would be using some strong language, especially considering the situation.

They fucked up my valentines day flowers for a GF a few years back. So of course, I got accused of forgetting. And no phone call saying they didn't send them either.

Two days late, I called, they said sorry. Sent the flowers and a coupon.

I have not used them since.

The only benefit the company offers is that they have a website where you can view the arraignment's picture and than send it anywhere in the country. Other than that they are useless, and if they don't send what you paid for when you asked for then they are totally useless. I usually use Yahoo maps for the destination and make them show florist, then get a number and speak to a person. I found a nice one near my parents house in Florida and I just call them up when I want to send something.

I recommend getting the local numbers of a couple of members near each other and calling each after hours leaving the others numbers and say you want to a large order of hibiscuses please call back tomorrow afternoon. Repeat for several counties until you feel revenge is achieved.



Edited, Sep 3rd 2008 9:03pm by fhrugby