I swear I am not making this up. A New York City bride is suing her florist for breach of contract because, she alleges, the flowers were the wrong color. And how much is this worth to her? $400,000 should cover the heartbreak and outrage. The bride, who is a lawyer, had this to say in the suit, "The use of predominantly pastel centerpieces had a significant impact on the look of the room and was entirely inconsistent with the vision the plaintiffs had bargained for." According to the lawsuit, the flowers cost $27,435.14. The lawsuit seeks over $400,000 in restitution and damages.
The florist claims he did his best to match the color to a photo the bride had provided, and that he explained to her that the match may not be exact.
To all of this, I say come on. Can't you be happy enough that you're getting married that you can shrug off some funny-colored flowers. If you can afford $27,000 for them, you can afford a little photoshop editing for your album. Sheesh!
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Oct 30th 2007 @ 11:29AM
Sunshine said...
I used to work for a flower shop and color variance is one of those things that brides never understand! Flowers are a living, natural thing... there is NO WAY to ensure that the flowers you pick out when planning your wedding will be the same shade as the new flowers that are used weeks (or even months) later for the wedding. Often times the flowers don't even come from the same grower. Brides need to understand that this is part of nature, not the florist being careless and making a mistake.
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Oct 30th 2007 @ 1:06PM
Mattie Claude said...
I can understand being upset over the wrong color flowers because I am a perfectionist but to sue for $300,000 is a bit absurd. I swear lawyers will try anything. They are mostly pimps.
Maybe she should get some money back or a compromise if they were absolutely wrong for the occassion but, to sue is frivilous unless she is someone important like the Prisendent's child where she would have her picture and the flowers all over the media.
I say, big whip. I hope the judge tosses this case right out.
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