There are many reasons people send flowers. Over the last three years of working “at the shop”, I’ve probably heard them all: get well, congratulations, I’m an idiot, I love you, happy birthday, happy anniversary, happy (insert random holiday here) just to name a few. The one thing all of these occasions have in common is… the BIG smile on the receiver’s face when I come to the door bearing a beautiful bouquet of flowers. Whether receivers were expecting me or it is a complete surprise, there’s always a smile.
We at Bakanas pride ourselves on creating the highest quality, smile inducing arrangements and fruit baskets. Be aware: There are businesses out there that don’t care about your smiles or your flowers. “Order Gathering” services only want one thing: your hard-earned cash. They jack up their prices with extra charges and service fees; then forward your order to a real florist at a discount of what you paid for your order. That is, if your order actually makes it to a real florist and isn’t made in some warehouse or shipped without water and unarranged in a box. The convenience of online ordering from these types of organizations can be tempting; but lots of reputable local florists have websites as well, and they can benefit from your business and will deliver much better service than these order collecting corporations. Non-affiliate order gathers with big ad budgets steal business from honest, hard-working local florists. They are the swindlers, spam, and pop-ups of the floral realm. Protect your local florist, they protect your smiles.
Find out where your money goes with these faceless Order Gathers and how to avoid falling prey to their scams at: http://alwaysupward.com/blog/a-rose-is-a-rose-is-not/
It is an interesting an interesting article, well worth your time.
-Liz
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