I'm soooo F^&#%@ pissed!!!

[clamum]

Send her a nice big bag of AIDS.

Originally posted by: NSFW

Originally posted by: Kalmah
I just don't understand how somebody can run a business as an asshole and make a profit.
And then you and your employees have a simple job of doing:
A: match font
B: match envelop

And somehow they fuckup both.

I need to find me a job where I don't have to bust my ass daily that I can mess things up left and right and the owner will just bitch at the client for wanting too much.

Have you checked into politics?

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[silverpig]

Originally posted by: Fritzo
My advice: CHILL

Every little detail doesn't get remembered. You're ruining it for yourself. These things happen.

Things people remember at a wedding:

1. Ceremony
2. Food
2. Speeches
3. Cake
4 First Dance

Things people DO NOT REMEMBER:

1. Dress/tux designs
2. flowers
3. decorations
4. invitations

It doesn't seem like it now, but you're making mountains out of molehills.

Bingo. It doesn't have to be perfect. Relax, trim a little bit off the cards, send them out and get this done.

 

[ruu]

Originally posted by: Aharami
take your invitation to kinkos, use their cutters to trim a hair off the invitations. problem solved.

This is good advice. Also try any local college or high school art department. In my experience, art teachers are nice and relaxed people that like to help out with stuff like this.

Originally posted by: Fritzo
My advice: CHILL

Every little detail doesn't get remembered. You're ruining it for yourself. These things happen.

Things people remember at a wedding:

1. Ceremony
2. Food
2. Speeches
3. Cake
4 First Dance

Things people DO NOT REMEMBER:

1. Dress/tux designs
2. flowers
3. decorations
4. invitations

It doesn't seem like it now, but you're making mountains out of molehills.

Yeah, but it's the principle of the thing, isn't it? It's less that the invitations aren't right and more that this lady sounds like a bitchy turd.

 

[Cuda1447]

For me its most def. the principal of it. I'm just going to target to get the right size envelopes and then we will address them myself. I just don't want this bitch to have a dime of my money.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Originally posted by: Kalmah
I just don't understand how somebody can run a business as an asshole and make a profit.
And then you and your employees have a simple job of doing:
A: match font
B: match envelop

And somehow they fuckup both.

I need to find me a job where I don't have to bust my ass daily that I can mess things up left and right and the owner will just bitch at the client for wanting too much.

Because wedding services are typically not driven by repeat business? The woman doesn't worry about customer retention because most of her customers will only seek her services once; most people don't get married all that frequently.

 

[dquan97]

Summary of solutions presented by ATOT:

1. Leave factual review on yelp/BBB
2a. Visit art/stationary B&M store to enlist help
2b. Go to Kinko's and use cutter to trim invitation to fit
3. Profit!

 

[Brainonska511]

Paying with a debit card was one of the stupidest things you can do. CC's have far better protections than debit cards. Plus, people listen to you when you still have the money.

 

[GasX]

Originally posted by: Fritzo
Things people remember at a wedding:

1. Ceremony
2. Food
2. Speeches
3. Cake
4 First Dance
.

Don't forget

6. Antics of drunken Uncles
7. Whorish behavior of bridesmaids
8. Loutish behavior of groom's friends/groomsmen
9. The asshole who took one of the instamatic cameras into the restroom and took scrotal close-ups...

 

[torpid]

You should be able to dispute a debit card purchase. I've done it in the past. My bank was very responsive. All I had to do was fill out a form stating what measures I'd taken to try to resolve it without a dispute. They refunded the money quickly. In the end, the seller finally responded (had been on "vacation" for two weeks) and refunded my money.

 

[UpgradeFailure]

Originally posted by: Cuda1447
Because its easier. We don't use our credit cards ever, why not just go straight from the bank account?

I guess you found out why to use your credit card and not a debit card

 

[dbk]

I don't know why you would do that over the internet...
edit: yeah take it to kinkos and trim the card so it'll fit

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: Aharami
take your invitation to kinkos, use their cutters to trim a hair off the invitations. problem solved.

Beautiful :thumbsup:

Also OP, call your bank and see if you can dispute the charges even though you used a debit card.

Do you not have a credit card, is that it?

 

[rudder]

Originally posted by: Brainonska511
Paying with a debit card was one of the stupidest things you can do. CC's have far better protections than debit cards. Plus, people listen to you when you still have the money.

The OP should have the same protections since it was run through the VISA system as a credit card. Had it been a B&M store and he used his PIN number then it would be run through the banks system (some banks offer additonal services for fraudulent charges and such).

Visa will offer some protections.. OP give them a call.

 

[torpid]

Originally posted by: UpgradeFailure

Originally posted by: Cuda1447
Because its easier. We don't use our credit cards ever, why not just go straight from the bank account?

I guess you found out why to use your credit card and not a debit card

It seems not. I think he found out why not to take the average ATOT grunt's advice about debit card disputes, though.

 

[MasonLuke]

go to kinkos and use the paper slicer and trim a few centimeters off so it fits; noone will ever notice.

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: KK
can you trim a wise and beautiful woman hair off the invites?

:beer:

 

[rh71]

Have your fiancee talk to her in a calm manner, maybe she will be more forgiving then. If that doesn't work, make sure she knows you will tell of this experience everywhere you can including message boards (like theknot.com) - she is the business owner and should know what's bad for business. The wedding industry works by word of mouth. There are ways you can get your story out without it being direct slander and it will have the same affect against her.

Good luck with getting it corrected though.

 

[akshatp]

Originally posted by: Cuda1447
Because its easier. We don't use our credit cards ever, why not just go straight from the bank account? A lot of places run it like credit anyway. Besides, we didn't expect to have a problem.

Do you have insurance for your car? Why, are you EXPECTING to get into an accident?
Do you carry health insurance? Why, are you EXPECTING to get sick?


YOUR BAD for using a Debit card and YOUR BAD using a company without doing any homework/background checking/testimonials first.

Between the guy who paid CASH for a locksmith who ripped him off and you, there will be plenty of competition for ownage of the day.

Good luck with your invites. I hope you are wiser in the future.

 

[evident]

Originally posted by: Cuda1447
Because its easier. We don't use our credit cards ever, why not just go straight from the bank account? A lot of places run it like credit anyway. Besides, we didn't expect to have a problem.

Your situation proves this statement false. Using credit card adds a layer of protection when buying shit, adds to your credit score, and if you have a decent card you can even get cashback on ALL YOUR PURCHASES INCLUDING BILLS. why not use a credit card? i'd still take it up w/ the BBB and start some bad press on these people.


actually, if it's a Visa debit card, you still may have some protections on your side. give your bank a call and speak to the manager

 

[Axoliien]

Originally posted by: Aharami
take your invitation to kinkos, use their cutters to trim a hair off the invitations. problem solved.

Agreed. We got our invitations about a month late due to errors printing, and some had been cut with a bit of overlap. I just trimmed them off, who even cares, at your wedding they are all going to be wooing over you guys and not your invites. Just leave a bad review about your experience and how they handled you, make your case to BBB, though if they aren't a member it really won't matter, and move on. Just don't start your marriage off all worried about a piece of paper, trust me you will deal with crap like this MANY MORE TIMES after the vows are exchanged.

 

[ivan2]

take it to consumerist.

 

[hanoverphist]

Originally posted by: HomeBrewerDude
take the invites to a local printer and ask them to trim off 1/8".

ding-ding-ding


i made my own invites, had them printed at a shop. they can cut to size. cost me about 20% of the lowest estimate as well. it pays to be a dtp sometimes

 

[Fritzo]

Originally posted by: Mwilding

Originally posted by: Fritzo
Things people remember at a wedding:

1. Ceremony
2. Food
2. Speeches
3. Cake
4 First Dance
.

Don't forget

6. Antics of drunken Uncles
7. Whorish behavior of bridesmaids
8. Loutish behavior of groom's friends/groomsmen
9. The asshole who took one of the instamatic cameras into the restroom and took scrotal close-ups...

BAHHAHAHAAA...I thought I was the only one that did that! Someone took a picture of a big dump with "Thanks for the food!" written on a napkin at our wedding.

 

[Brainonska511]

Originally posted by: rudder

Originally posted by: Brainonska511
Paying with a debit card was one of the stupidest things you can do. CC's have far better protections than debit cards. Plus, people listen to you when you still have the money.

The OP should have the same protections since it was run through the VISA system as a credit card. Had it been a B&M store and he used his PIN number then it would be run through the banks system (some banks offer additonal services for fraudulent charges and such).

Visa will offer some protections.. OP give them a call.

I don't know about that. It's still a debit card - just run through as a credit transaction (but the money is pretty much removed right away or within a day or two).

AFAIK, it isn't the transaction handling company that offers the protections by law, it is the issuing bank.

 

[Specop 007]

Look at your debit card real close. Does it have that Visa or Mastercard logo?

Guess what. You get most of the protections offered to a credit card.

Send the shit back certified and do a chargeback at your bank if your that pissed about it.