It's hard to tell, but the beading on the veil matches the details in the dress. So of course, I definitely want it! Before committing though, I wanted to get an idea on cost. Yesterday I called up the Alfred Angelo store that I had visited before (read about that disaster here). Though they had screwed up before, I figured that they really wasn't anyway to mess up with this. All they had to do was go onto the computer and give me a price.
After being put on hold for almost minutes, the sales woman came back on the line to tell me that they didn't sell that veil. I explained that I was sure they sold it because I had tried it on there before (that picture above was taken there). She apparently had typed in the wrong number.
Take 2. And so I was put on hold for at least another 5 minutes. After getting back on the line, the sales woman told me they sometimes sell that veil but they don't right now, so she can't give me a price. I told her I wanted to buy it but I needed to know the price first. She then put me on hold again. Finally, she told me that the probably cost about $150 dollars, but she wasn't sure. She said to call back tomorrow to confirm.
Fast forward to today. I called back to Alfred Angelo and asked again for the price of veil. After being put on hold again for a while, a new saleswoman got back to me. She then told me that they couldn't tell me the price of the veil over the phone - it was company policy. I then explained that I had just called yesterday and was given a price, but I just wanted to confirm it. She responded only by saying, "well its a fairly new policy. Is there anything else that I can help you with then?" As politely as I possibly could at this point, I said no thanks and that was that.
Oh that sounds absolutely frustrating. How can brides budget anything when you get uncooperative salespeople? I got really lucky with my veil- my mom is making it (maybe with some of her old dress.) You can buy veils on PreOwnedWeddingDresses.com- maybe they'll have what you're looking for!
ReplyDeleteIt is very frustrating. I'm so glad that I bought my dress on preownedweddingdresses.com so that way I don't have to deal with them. Also, I actually have a friend who lives 10 minutes from one of their stores and she went in and got a price. It's only $150, so I think I'm going to buy it even though that means dealing with them again.
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