I booked a caterer in mid of November for my reception in June. Sudah bayar deposit. Days later, she (the cp from the caterer service) called to let me know that they don't dissapear with the money. Grateful.
Months went by. Senyap. Since the big day is just around the corner, I called her up in early February. She claimed "Susah nye nak call awak and abah awak dik...akak risau sangat!". Apakah??? Kami tukar number kah?
So we finally had our meeting which turns out she arrived late by 2 hours. The reason so is because she had another meeting with another client earlier that day, and couldn't comunicate with me because she had problems with her handphone. Takpe, so we discussed on the event, food, also table settings and some decors. She said, full quotation to be send via email by latest 2 days from the day we had our meeting. Also we scheduled our next meeting to today, 18th Feb 2010.
Last noon, I called up to remind her of the meeting and she was at Sunway Lagoon with her kids. I asked about the promised overdue quotation that she never sent, and she apologized for being so busy. I thought I heard wrong when she said she's at Sunway Lagoon. This time, she couldn't contact me because she lost her handphone and her purse as well. She just make a police report regarding her lost IC and went to Sunway Lagoon straight away. Ok, I told her to send me the quotation latest by that night so that I can discuss with my parents and prepare for tomorrow's meeting with her. A double promises she gave.
Today, we suppose to have a meeting at 11 am and I still have not received the quotation. This early morning, I received a sms from her saying that she could not commit the meeting today because she had an emergency and had to rush back to Johor last night. She also said, "sorry, kita jumpa Sabtu ni ya". Says who I'm available on Saturday? Adakah I kena ikut her schedule sekarang ya?
I don't know. Perhaps I'm just being paranoid. I'm just affraid of she not being able to turns up during my big day nanti. Or maybe when I pay her 50% nanti, and ends up I could not get through her at all. I heard some brides have bad experience with caterers and that really scares me hell out.
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mcm2 peel vendor nih..da amik duit orang patutnya tunjukla komitmen sikit..taula bz..tapi ptt jaga hati customer...geram jgk sbb sangat tak suka vendor yang senyap je dan lambat kasi respond..takot diorg lari..uhu
caterers, wedding planners, if dah takda ethic work , memang habis. ure not being paranoid at all. she just thinks that ur reception is still a few months away and she doesnt make it her priorities. a friend of mine had the same prob. when she became more firm and persisent, lagi teruk orang tu nyer peranai. haih. hope all goes well dear
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same wif me dear. now tgh takut2 nak bayar 1/2 deposit for baju. takut kena tipu jek. alamak! takde baju la eden nanti...my bf dah push2 neh since sy lengah2 nak g bayar.
i dh kesal + kecewa dgn one of the caterer "tut".... ckp bukan main besar "kitorg dh byk buat function besar2 so x pyh risau" alih2 mmg x boleh ambik dgn dia sbb caterer tu x take serious..ckp lebih tp hampeh. janji tp x tepati.lupa la, sesat la..poyo gila...
erk..is that "tut" refers to your official yang you cakap kat i tu ye riena? baru ingat nak beralih arah ke dia..huuuu...
seriously scared. and u are not being paranoid. sape2 pun akan freaking out kalau jd cm ni. apakata u tegas sket for the next meeting session. obviously dia take for granted je u punya wedding.last month, parents i pegi wedding yg caterer nye ialah pak e*g*u. (u mesti tau sape). bad service,staff sket, mknan and pinggan mangkuk xcukup. xsgka kan? according tuan rumah, dia dh ckp berapa ramai org akan dtg. after the kenduri, tuan rumah menangis sbb sedih and malu. kesian..
hope caterer u akan being more serious after this.insyaallah..
inila dia..org melayu..haishhh
orang yang banyak sgt excuses ni tak payah lah nak buat bisnes. hanya boleh menyusahkan org lain je.
zla da bayar bape?huhu..teruk betul..
ngeh..100 je :D
Hi,
Just wanted to share my experience.. i had the same situation with my so called wedding planner.. i met her through online.. her package looked really menarik.. so i scheduled an appointment.. she was really friendly and sounded knowledgable about her work.. the week after that i went to her boutique to pay the deposit and 20%..
She's hired to do hiasan at my house for akad nikah and pelamin at the hotel.. it's so difficult to contact her.. nak arrange for appointment pun banyak kali bagi alasan nak cancel.. then she asked for money lg sbb nak beli kain konon.. but 1 month to my wedding.. i haven't seen any material or progress for my prep..
She kept on suruh rilek saying everything is alright.. i trusted her.. a day before my wedding.. i tunggu from 3pm sbb die kata team die nak dtg buat pelamin and hiasan.. sampai kol 8 mlm baru minah tu dtg.. but WITHOUT her team.. die ckp team die otw.. she asked for the balance 50%, my dad said no..siapkan kerja dulu baru dpt.. she asked for herself to be excused sbb nak amik brg.. in the end.. she off her handphone and left me crying the whole night sbb then only i realized my wedding planner had runaway with my money!
Tp Allah Maha Pengasih lg Penyayang.. we managed to get another vendor to do the pelamin in less than 24hours! the new team came at 7am and start pasang and hias2 rumah.. akad nikah was at 9am.. nasib sempat siap.. and the reception that night, the same team came again and hias the dewan as well as the pelamin..
We wanted to lodge a police report, tp malangnya kitaorg takde nama penuh dia and bukti receipt yg payment was made to her.. all these while the 2 payments was using a kedai runcit resits sbb die kata resit official tak dpt lagi.. so kitaorg let it go..
Nak jadikan cerita 5 months later i met her at OU.. jln2 dgn anak die sambil makan ice cream.. berderau darah i.. i tegur die and pushed her aside.. tgh2 mall tu i marah2 kat die.. i tak pedulikan anak die tgk mak die kena marah.. let the boy know that mak die makan duit haram.. she gave 1001 reasons why she didn't turn up.. but who cares kan..
So yeah.. based on my experience, if you have time to change your vendor, please do.. biarlah bayar mahal skit, as long as this is a trusted vendor.. bukan vendor2 yg baru nak naik business.. there are plenty of people yg amik kesempatan in the wedding industry and in the end, pengantin yg merana.. carik vendor yg any of your friends pernah guna or vendor yg mmg establish..
Anyway, sorry tulis panjang.. but good luck on your wedding prep!
omg RuZaNNa..kurang ajar betul vendor tu! you should slept her in her face baru puas hati! giler jahat buat sampai camtu skali. niaya orang betul..ni bukan open house ke ape ke..kenduri kawen beb! Allah Maha pengasih kan, nasib u dapat replace vendor at the very the last minute..
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