Bridemaid dress cancellation

hollydays

What does your partner say about the fall out ? Again, can he not intervene?

Aylesbury_Duck

Tracey_m wrote: »

I haven’t stopped crying and I’m just trying to work out with all the advice I’ve then given what the best next step.

You need to distance yourself from the emotional aspect of this and look at the facts rationally. Over several pages now, you've been advised that the only way of quickly getting your dress is to settle the outstanding bill, in full. Instead, you're spending all your time and energy finding out what your legal rights are. That time and energy isn't misplaced, it's mis-timed. Find a way to raise the money you need (and you've had several helpful and practical suggestions for doing so), pay the bill, get your dress back and then use the legal rights argument to recover any losses you're due from the shop. You've also got some complicated family money to sort out but again, that can wait until you have your dress back.

You have a reasonably expensive dress ordered, which suggests you have other reasonable wedding costs to pay at some point. Find a way of trimming one or some of those to raise the money you need now. Downgrading the car, cutting back on flowers, selecting a cheaper menu option, etc. are all suggestions. Getting a loan from someone or somewhere is another. Asking if you can delay payment on another expense item is another.

You seem unwilling to even entertain anything other than 'going legal'. As someone else does, I'm starting to doubt your genuine motivation here. Is it really to get your dress back or is it something else, because you're not doing anything practical to achieve the former.

Tracey_m

Warby I actually do not know when the balance was due I I had no correspondence regarding the dresses as it was my SIL paying for them.. All I knw remaining balance was to be paid when dresses arrived and were to be collected..

But then the shop said the designer was not releasing the dresses until full payment was made .. this was after my SIL said she wanted her deposit bk and wasn’t paying remaining balance. It was onky then that the shop rang me then looking payment..
then they said they were sending out a letter

BoGoF

Are you sure you have been speaking to Trading Standards. Unless you are in Scotland my understanding the route was via CAB....i.e. you cannot contact them direct.

Tracey_m

I have actually rang the bank for a bank loan and I’m awaiting response. So your very wrong in saying I’m only interested in legal action. I do not want it to go that way. I have thanked everyone for all there comments an advice and I got that so I’m happy enough to go forward and do what I have to do to get my dress..

Tracey_m

Yes I have .. there is actually a trading standards service in Belfast, newtonbreda road.. goggle it!

BoGoF

No need for the attitude. You never said you were in Northern Ireland

Tracey_m

Hollydays
It is causing friction between us also. He so easy going about it all.. and I’m not really getting anything from him. he just keeps saying it will all work out..
I think he’s hoping for the best 🤦🏼!♀️. as far as the fall out

Undervalued

Tracey_m wrote: »

Yes I have .. there is actually a trading standards service in Belfast, newtonbreda road.. goggle it!

You wouldn't be able to access TS direct in England (or Wales AFAIK) hence the various questions / expressions of surprise.

Even so, AFAIK the law is the same in this area in N. Ireland as in England & Wales. What you relay as TS's advice still seems to be to be more, how shall I put it, sympathetic / optimistic than I would have expected.

As I said earlier, much as I sympathise, I see no realistic alternative but to pay them and get the dress released then fight the matter out after the wedding (obviously assuming more detailed and calmer investigation confirms you have a decent case). Nothing else is going to happen in time.

Tracey_m

I can not believe the message I have just had..

THEY ARE RELEASING NY WEDDING DRESS..

When they went bk on the receipt my name wasn’t signed on the contract.. (as I have stated) so therefore they cannot hold my wedding.. ��

Thank you al for your advice

Ps) they have now accepted DD payment for the bridemaids dresses.. Even thou I don’t have to pay them as I’m not liable I would not do that on anyone out trying to make a living