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Pro tip: I started asking for half up front after a wedding in Naperville taught me a $2,400 lesson
I was doing flowers for a wedding in Naperville last June and the couple's planner kept saying the check was in the mail, then ghosted me for 9 weeks after the event. Now I take 50% before I even order a single stem, and the folks who push back on that are almost always the ones who were going to stall anyway. Anyone else notice the deposit rule scares off the exact people you don't want?
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garcia.wren1d ago
What was the actual excuse they kept giving you during those 9 weeks? I ask because the ghosting part is what gets me more than the late payment. A planner who says the check is in the mail for two months isn't just slow, they're stringing you along on purpose because they know you've already done the work and can't take the flowers back. Did you ever figure out if it was the couple or the planner holding things up, because that changes how you handle the next one. And when you switched to 50%, how many people actually walked away versus just grumbled and paid? My guess is the walkaways were a tiny number and you came out ahead anyway.
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