the flower count in specialty containers the wire service provides

[marie g bushnell]

April 17, 2009

I have tried to use the recipe I have received from the wire service for the container shown on the web site. There just arn't enough flowers. I always have to add more. I think that's why in most of the holiday specialty containers the wire service calls for the asian lilies (their less expensive) instead of hybrid lilies.
I always have to add more poms or lilies or whatever, even if it's one sided.

Marie
Flowers by Marie/PA.

 

[Tuberose]

The problem with the TF pics is that they use all perfectly open blooms and blooms that are usually bigger than what we can get from our sources. The recipe calls for one stem of lily and you see three large open lily blooms that will last a few days at most. We usually don't send ours out like that. Very difficult to keep them looking good and try to make a buck or two.

Trish

 

[lori042499]

I don't think TF even makes the arrangements anymore, I believe they are manufactured solely in a graphic design program..If you look real close at the individual components of the flowers and greens they are exacly the same bloom for bloom, so they can take 3 open lily buds and stick them intyo an arragement even though this never happens, they also crop out the ugly plastic dish on their center piece arrangements like the kinkade cottages...I have gotten that complaint several times, that on the internet you cannot see the dish...

 

[RC in Dayton and Cincinnati]

Marie,

It's called Over-promising and Under-delivering.

The wire services over-promise and let you under-deliver, not a good partnership to be in, but fortunately for you, you are not obligated to participate.

RC

 

[BOSS]

April 17, 2009

I have tried to use the recipe I have received from the wire service for the container shown on the web site. There just arn't enough flowers. I always have to add more. I think that's why in most of the holiday specialty containers the wire service calls for the asian lilies (their less expensive) instead of hybrid lilies.
I always have to add more poms or lilies or whatever, even if it's one sided.

Marie
Flowers by Marie/PA.

That's why, after 62 years in the game, and 37 for me personally, I DO NOT buy wire service containers... EVER!

 

[Robin]

We have also made that decision ,finishing up our 20th year in the business...I can buy better containers and not have them left over because they can't be made to look "right"...This will be our last season for them, and I feel like we will be FREE! The WS containers disappoint US, can't imagine how lousy it is for the recipients, even with putting extra flowers in! (and of course, we CHARGE for those flowers...rejecting under value orders is WAY too time consuming!!!)

 

[Pandalou]

This will be the last time I buy codified products too. I bought the MD FTD vases and they are so expensive. I was studying the purple vase arr on the flyer they sent us and the alstro is the size of a small plate.
Live and learn, if guess.
Sharon

 

[BOSS]

Live and learn, if guess.

It's all good...as long as you continue the learning part

 

[Tuberose]

I do have to say that the little picket fence container by TF sold well for us from wire ins and in the cooler at full price, can't say that about most of it tho.

trish

 

[Knife's Wife]

The suggested price is just that a SUGGESTED price. For some florist and areas it works, for some it doesn't. Make up the arrangement with what you need to make it look great and sell it at the price you need to for your area.

This is the way we have always done it. If you get wire ins for the suggested price than send an ask for more money.

You are not obligated to fill them for a suggested price, nor are you obligated to even carry them.

We buy the ones that we think our customers will like and price according to our product.

Take all those unused containers from the past and create your own design and put them on your website.

We had several of those ugly red heart shaped containers that TF did several years ago. This year I did an a dendrobium orchid arrangement in them and sold them all for VD off the web.

Don't let containers sit collecting dust! You would be surprise as to what some people like, even when we hate them!

Joan