I see where FTD announced where they are going to do a Mother's DayTV ad campaign "....will celebrate you, or artisan florists and feature some of our beautiful new Luxury Collection products...."
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Chezbloom
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Look at the stems in the cylinder vases, exactly the same with a round head of flowers cut and pasted on top. Ah, the magic of Photoshop!
Preposterous! I really like the word preposterous, I seem to use it a lot lately!!!
Preposterous! I really like the word preposterous, I seem to use it a lot lately!!!
BOSS
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Is it just me, or did anyone else notice that the "florist luxury collection" is EXPENSIVE??
They're going to advertise that "we" do $225.00 designs, but they're going to feature $29.95 at DacoN...
Let the MD Games begin.... Refuse on!
Okay.. is it just me - or does this look like a BOOB? NOPE - not just me - My 11 year old Braden also said.. BOOB!
That has got to be the worst photoshopping I have ever seen. Suspect sadly that most consumers won't realise/notice but an insult to the membership - most of whom who bother to look will.
Hurrumph!
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Hurrumph!
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Holy crap! I knew this was coming, Goldston said he likes to spend $3-400 on his own bouquets, but...
http://www.ftd.com/ftd-luxury-collection-pcg/grace/product-luxury/fw02/
http://www.ftd.com/ftd-luxury-collection-pcg/grace/product-luxury/fw02/
Rhonda
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I do hope they have someone hand- tie those and put them in a box that holds the hand tied in place for shipping, because some people are r e a l l y going to be pi$$ed off when they get them dropped at their house. There is no way anyone could get that "look" when dumped in their lap (doorstoop)
Chezbloom
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What the samcrap is going on with those things? The stems in that bowl are just freaky. I thought I was having a flashback from those Oregon schrooms I ate 20 years ago.
Chezbloom
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OMG Chez, Puleeeez do a post on the Real Florist blog about this. You just gotta!!!!!
While we're looking an no-way-it-will-look-like-the-picture pictures, what about this florist-delivered one for $39.95 including delivery:
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Looks like 6-7 Esperance roses and 8-10 stems of spray roses. In which size bubble bowl is that to be made? No dimensions indicated in the product description.
While we're looking an no-way-it-will-look-like-the-picture pictures, what about this florist-delivered one for $39.95 including delivery:
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How can 99% of shops (excluding Randy's and a couple others) make and deliver this for under $40?
Looks like 6-7 Esperance roses and 8-10 stems of spray roses. In which size bubble bowl is that to be made? No dimensions indicated in the product description.
OMG Chez, Puleeeez do a post on the Real Florist blog about this. You just gotta!!!!!
While we're looking an no-way-it-will-look-like-the-picture pictures, what about this florist-delivered one for $39.95 including delivery:
Description saysHow can 99% of shops (excluding Randy's and a couple others) make and deliver this for under $40?
Looks like 6-7 Esperance roses and 8-10 stems of spray roses. In which size bubble bowl is that to be made? No dimensions indicated in the product description.
Most shops won't have those flowers. If that happens, the customer will get 8-12 short pink roses in a little bubble bowl.
Wow! I like the concept, but it's out of reach for most of my customers. However, I give FTD credit for the fact that each one says florist delivered or not, and that they are trying to push higher price points. Baby steps in the right direction.
Clowns freak me out almost as much as all of those round balls of flowers!
Since when is a round ball "luxury"? I could see one or two designs but 30 out of about 40? It's just weird to me.
I think they are probably one of those decoy pricing, the pricing tactics whose purpose is not to sell these items, but to make other items look like a good value. FTD knows what they are doing. They are not stupid.
Here's how it works.
A high-end clothing store displays $2,000 suit in the window. A customer looks at it and becomes curious, because it's so expensive. At this point, he's not thinking he will buy anything. But he is lured.
So he walks in. Now he finds a $800 suit. He thinks, "Wow, that's cheap" and ends up buying it.
I don't think that's the point. The ceo of FTD really seems to believe that this is an untapped market, based on his experience in ordering flowers. There probably is a market for it. However, most florists will not be able to pull it off.
Maybe that's true, but I can't see a lot of people spending $300-$400 on an arrangement they order on the internet without actually speaking to a person. And why would they make so many of them so similar? Like I said in my last post, it just seems weird to me.
Which florist will have stock enough for these type of arrangement.
I can see florist looking at the price whent hey get the order and then doing something totally different with the roses they have in stock just to keep the order. If they do not get discovered after the fact they are home free.
Remember many people will not say what they receive when they talk to the sender unless they start describing the arr.
I see problems and I am sure many people out there won't spend that kinds of dollars.
Luc
I can see florist looking at the price whent hey get the order and then doing something totally different with the roses they have in stock just to keep the order. If they do not get discovered after the fact they are home free.
Remember many people will not say what they receive when they talk to the sender unless they start describing the arr.
I see problems and I am sure many people out there won't spend that kinds of dollars.
Luc
Tracy D'Amico
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why do all those roses have tulip stems ?
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Sher
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If they are selling the cymbidium design for 475..what a rip off...we delivered a $400 piece on Fri...in a 36 inch tall cylinder with 2 cymbid in vase, atop 5 hydrangea, 4 cymbidium stems, 5 oncidium sprays, 5 montsero leaves, 6 mango callas wrapped down the side of the vase and 24 roses...plus curley willow...Outstanding look...they cannot possibly think someone will pay that kind of money for no "design"..please say it isnt so...
Oh JB..it is a "cookie cutter" on our site...lol...just kidding....
Sher
Oh JB..it is a "cookie cutter" on our site...lol...just kidding....
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