Got any good David's Bridal horror stories? I have a new one!?

I got married 6 months ago, and my experience was AWFUL with them...just AWFUL, but thats another story for another day....





A good friend of mine is getting married in June. She has already gotten her wedding dress and went to David's to look for her bridesmaids dresses. My friend is doing I guess sort of a backwards color scheme, She is wearing a deep gold dress and the bridesmaids will be in ivory. (She has the coolest style, I couldn't pull it off, but it will be a PERFECT reflection of her) Anyway, she goes to Davids looking for ivory bridesmaids dresses and the sales girl tells her, "We don't carry ivory bridesmaids dresses, obviously that's not a very hip color, you should definetly change it." How rude can you be?! My friend told her "The hell I will, and I'm not going for one of your pre-fabricated weddings so give it up." Hooray, her! My friend switched sales girls, tried to find a flower girl dress but had no luck and walked out and I doubt will be back...lol!

Got any good David's Bridal horror stories? I have a new one!?
You said it they are horrible!! I had appt (which I made at a bridal show) When it first thing in the moring, and got attidude from the lady at the front desk. I had a few pictures and idea of what I wanted to try on. She told me " We dont carry those dress, so you will have to try on what the your consutant brings you." Then I was assigned a consulant which asked me " so do you have an idea of what kind of dress you want to try on? " I was thinking great she is going to be polite. LOL.





I showed her the ideas I had and she chuckled then replied " Oh you dont want to wear that kind of dress, wait here and I will go get you some I think will fit your body type, we should have something" I was ready to kill her, ok I am not a stick but I am not over weight! I just have what most would kill for curves in the right places.





So we tried on dresses and she kept telling me I needed that big tool skirt under my dress and I needed a bustlie, I had to get at least 3 inch heels and this and that! I am having a beach wedding I do not need all that junk!! Then after trying on 3 dresses she asked me "are you ready to buy anything" in that I am tried of you tone. I told her "no I am just looking."





She told me my 30mins was up and she had other people waiting that who were going to buy dresses. If I want to contuine looking I could, if I found something I wanted to buy to come find her. Ok I had an appt and it was for longer than 30mins!!





Ok how rude can you get to some one who is going to pay thousands of dollars in your store if they find the perfect dress. Needs less to say I found a dress I did like but I bought it some where else!! They are sooooo rude!! I will never suggest them to any one!! They do have cute bridemaid dresses I would love to use but I dont want to have to deal with there attidude.
Reply:I agree that bridal shops are much more helpful and polite!! Report It

Reply:I got my senior prom dress there. It would have been fine, but the dress I wanted, they didn't have my size, so I had to buy a bigger size and have it altered. The woman that did the alterations didn't know anything. Instead of doing the job right, she did what she thought would be financially best for me. It was awful, she tried to take it all in on just the sides, not in the back where it needed to be taken in. When I went back for a second fitting my mom was with me, and since the dress still wasn't right, my mom through a hissy fit, and we threatened to sue them for damages, which the manager said was unnecessary and that we will get the dress in time for prom. The dress got fixed, but I didn't like it after that, I almost didn't wear it to prom, I thought about wearing the one my mom and I made for junior prom, cause it was done right.





I'd never go back there for a prom dress, but we got better service for my brother's wedding, so I'd be willing to give them a second chance for my own wedding someday
Reply:Its a bride factory. Large chains like that rarely have the knowledge or personal touch. Im not blaming the sales women; for them its a job and they are meant to get as many brides in dresses as possible. But when I was there I saw dresses being trampled upon by brides wearing SHOES, dresses were sitting in the window soaking up the sun, and they were all smashed together and beads were falling off. I know some of those dresses were just samples (a new one to be ordered), but a store that treats their #1 product that way.. well I knew I wouldnt be satisfied so I promptly left. Its a real Mickey Mouse operation if I ever saw one.


Better to go to a boutique where they actually care about what theyre selling.
Reply:I agree with you 100%





I think that they make the girls take a class on how to be a b*tch before they hire them!





My sister had to deal with them last year for her wedding dress, and I forgave and forgot that whole ordeal...so I went back in for my bridesmaid dresses this year and on my gosh...those women just should know not to mess with a bride-to-be! They are so rude and obvioulsy very stupid because they have lost out on a sale with me, once again!
Reply:We don't have Davids Bridal here in the UK as far as I am aware, but good for your friend for sticking up for her choices, a shop assistant has no place at all to say that she should change her choices, she should just have been happy to help and advise, in the end she cost them business.
Reply:Shame, I had a wonderful time with them but my mother hates them and she had a fight with one of the sales girls because they insisted she had a padded bra on and my mom freaked out. She is big busted but they kept tell her to take her padded bra off- I thought she was going to kill the girl.
Reply:Oh that makes me so sad. I bought my dress and all my bridesmaids dresses at David's bridal and I had a great experience. The salesgirls were wonderful and very patient with us. I had five girls in at once to try on bridesmaids dresses and all the girls in there were helping us. We did the separates for the bridesmaids, so they all tried on all the styles and the girls helped them by getting the right size, zipping them up when I was helping another one and giving a lot of compliments. I am sorry that you all had such a bad experience.
Reply:When I went to David's Bridal to pick out dresses with my bridesmaids, the sales people had attitudes. I ignored it for a bit, because it was in July (in Texas), it was hot and somebody had stolen their airconditioner parts...It was so hot in that store, but we still shopped. When I asked the sales girl for the dress I was looking for, she kinda rolled her eyes and went and found them. I did buy all 3 dresses there. One of the dresses had to be ordered, so they were suppose to call me when it came in so I could give them the address on where to ship it. Almost two weeks had passed the DUE date of the dress and no phone call. I had called them and they said, yes we called you and you were suppose to give us the address.....I said, sorry nobody called me, what is the date on that note? LOL the date was the purchase date! They ended up paying for the shipping to my bridesmaid.





The dresses are very simple and pretty.
Reply:I'm in my SIL wedding next month and we got our dresses at David's (boo-hiss). Anyway our sales girl was a witch... I finally got fed up and got like 20 dresses and put them in the dressing room. When she would ask if there were any to hang up, I'd give her 1 or 2 dresses. I ran her rear off all evening - I wouldn't even try dresses on - I'd just get them to make her put them back.... Don't get mad, get even....
Reply:I had a great sales lady when I went. She was funny and was honest - which was what I needed since I went wedding dress shopping by myself. (Long story - i pretty much did everything myself for my wedding) Needless to say she helped me find my dress. When I took my mother back with me she loved it. I didn't have them alter it because I heard horror stories about their alterations (some while I was standing in the store!)
Reply:I didn't have any problems finding, trying on, and purchasing the dress I wanted. My only problem is the help stopped after they found out that I was not doing alterations with them. They didn't assist with repackaging the dress after I tried it on. I didn't care at that point. The dress was in my hands paid for and I was ready to leave.
Reply:I had a very good experience with my wedding dress, but have had a few frustrating experiences with them.
Reply:I had a good experience with them in North Olmsted, Ohio, but when i went to the one in Mayfield with my mom it was terrible.. I think it all depends on where you go, and if the girl are having a good day or not.





I have to go there November 3rd with all my bridesmaids next week to try on some dresses, ill post how it went when we get back. Wish me luck.. Oh and ofcourse i am going to the North Olmsted one, never going back to the other one...
Reply:I was a bridesmaid in a friends wedding...when we went to David's bridal for our 3pm appointment our sales girl decided that she wouldn't help us until 3:45. And get this...the bridal party had to get the dresses cause that wench was busy helping someone without an appointment. Well I got pissed off and yelled then demanded that someone else get the commision.
Reply:I am so glad you posted this, I was two seconds away from asking the same thing.


I have heard some stories but none that extreme. They seem to be sales people who tend to think that what they say goes. I went in for my fitting and they were very helpful and all but wanted me to get that dress right then and there. I had looked around before going there. I also heard that they hike their prices up for alterations. My aunt went last year for her wedding and she said they almost charged her $400 for alterations and she said she really didn't need any other than the hem trimmed some. She took it to a seamstress and they charged her less than half. I have heard a few stories but I just decided on a dress that they have and I am gonna wait for it to go on sale when they have those 25%-50% off sales in a few months.

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