Flowers insolita Blog

If you look for a florist in Huntington in local Yellowpage (or Yellowbook), you will see a company named “Huntington Florist: 157 Main Street, Huntington” with a local phone number. This company also shows up in Yahoo/MSN local, but not in Google local.

“Huntington Florist” does not exist. This is a fictitious florist. If you call the listed local number (423-2101), your call will be forwarded to a call-center located in New Jersey without your knowledge. They are one of those “Order Gatherers” who are neither florist nor local.

If you live in Huntington, try to visit their supposedly physical address: 157 Main Street. 157 does not exist. 153 Main Street is an Architect office. The next address is 159, which is some kind of apartment.

Amazingly, this phony business is still not illegal in the state of New York. To our great embarassment, we have been helping them by filling the orders forwarded by them. We didn’t know that they were using the name like “Huntington Florist.” Now we have no part in their business.