Archive for March, 2008
The other side of order gatherers.
This is the side of order gathering that most people (except other florists ) will not hear about. It is really frustrating when we get these orders. This is just one example.
This morning I received a call from one of the wire services. They wanted to know if we could complete and deliver an order […]
Posted: March 18th, 2008 under Lori's blog.
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Gone with the wind…
According to an article that appeared in British tabloid “The Sun” yesterday, a romantic proposal plan by a British guy vanished into thin air, after a balloon containing an expensive diamond ring was blown away.
The guy, Lefkos Hajji, asked his florist to put his $12,000 engagement-ring inside a balloon. His plan was to […]
Posted: March 14th, 2008 under News and Announcement.
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Iranian man ordered to pay 124,000-rose dowry
According to BBC News, an Iranian court ordered a guy to give his wife the 124,000 roses that he promised in her dowry.
(Excerpt from the BBC site)
The woman said she was claiming the dowry because her “very stingy husband” would not even pay for a cup of coffee, according to the E’temad newspaper.
The court […]
Posted: March 8th, 2008 under Uncategorized.
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Clueless Internet “Florist”
If you’ve ever read our article on “Internet florist”, you already know that these guys are not florists. They just take your order and electronically transmit the order to a local florist for fulfillment and delivery. We real florists call them “Order Gatherers” or simply OG.
Some of them are called dOG, meaning deceptive […]
Posted: March 8th, 2008 under Fake Florists, OP-Ed.
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