The Quest for Florist
My sisterrette (Ageth) and I have been to Dangwa last sunday(May 23) and ask at least 4 shops to quote me the bouquets and arrangements that we need for our day. We first went to Emma's flower shop and I admit that I felt a cold feet because of the prices she wrote on that small paper. For a simple bridal bouquet, she quoted me 5k, that's already my budget for the flowers. I said to myself, definitely I am not getting them.
The next stop is Lush Bloom, I started the conversation by asking their price for my preferred bridal bouquet and they are half lesser than the first shop we went to, so sabi ko ay "mas mura dito". So asked the girl to continue to list down our requirements, and "okay lang"so not expensive nor expensive presyonmg florist, so we went off to another pit stop.(ala amazing race)
Then we head to next shop that we thought can give us cheap but with quality service. And so we entered the stall of Ver's Flower Shop since we saw their tarpaulin about wedding bouquets.And indeed, they know what they're talking about. I asked first the price for my bridal bouquet (which became my gauge in checking if the shop's quote is cheap or expensive)and the girl said 1.8k, 700 bucks cheaper from Lush Bloom, can you imagin that, to think that's just across Lush Bloom and yet you get that price. Some of their price are just few buck away from other shop but I can say better arrangement, plus they're very amenable to my style. And what I like about them is they suggests not so expensive kind of flowers that can go with the arrangement I like.
Syempre, being OC we went to another shop even it's past 7pm. I checked my wedding notebook and there's the name of Resty's flower shop, being lucky that day we found the store easily and it's still open. Ask an quite old lady to quote me arrangements for our wedding. And there we sit on a steamy part of their shop (as it about to rain). Ask their price for my dream bridal bouqueta and the result...same price as Lush Bloom. But I give them the list of flower requirements for them to quote anyway. I'm not impressed at all with what they're telling me because they only show me samples from magazines and not their actual arrangements from an album and I didn't feel any importance during our conversation since I am a prospect client.
I wanted to go to more shops but its getting late and we still have to meet honey and go home in Parañaque that night. Hoping that the next time we go there we can meet Mang Boy and got his quoatation...alynn
The next stop is Lush Bloom, I started the conversation by asking their price for my preferred bridal bouquet and they are half lesser than the first shop we went to, so sabi ko ay "mas mura dito". So asked the girl to continue to list down our requirements, and "okay lang"so not expensive nor expensive presyonmg florist, so we went off to another pit stop.(ala amazing race)
Then we head to next shop that we thought can give us cheap but with quality service. And so we entered the stall of Ver's Flower Shop since we saw their tarpaulin about wedding bouquets.And indeed, they know what they're talking about. I asked first the price for my bridal bouquet (which became my gauge in checking if the shop's quote is cheap or expensive)and the girl said 1.8k, 700 bucks cheaper from Lush Bloom, can you imagin that, to think that's just across Lush Bloom and yet you get that price. Some of their price are just few buck away from other shop but I can say better arrangement, plus they're very amenable to my style. And what I like about them is they suggests not so expensive kind of flowers that can go with the arrangement I like.
Syempre, being OC we went to another shop even it's past 7pm. I checked my wedding notebook and there's the name of Resty's flower shop, being lucky that day we found the store easily and it's still open. Ask an quite old lady to quote me arrangements for our wedding. And there we sit on a steamy part of their shop (as it about to rain). Ask their price for my dream bridal bouqueta and the result...same price as Lush Bloom. But I give them the list of flower requirements for them to quote anyway. I'm not impressed at all with what they're telling me because they only show me samples from magazines and not their actual arrangements from an album and I didn't feel any importance during our conversation since I am a prospect client.
I wanted to go to more shops but its getting late and we still have to meet honey and go home in Parañaque that night. Hoping that the next time we go there we can meet Mang Boy and got his quoatation...alynn
posted by Alynn Leyretana-Tiongson at Monday, May 30, 2005
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