Florist Question?? Is this weird or am i crazy???

Uh I don’t think that makes sense. I mean you already made these payments and contract. This only makes sense if you asked for something different or more or changed something

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I agree. If this was an error of the florist not ordering something before the price went up, that is their fault, not yours. You paid in full already.

Is there anything in your contract about owing money due to supply price increases or anything? If not you shouldn't have to owe them anything. You signed a contract and paid them already...

Does your contract specify cost?

If you have a signed contract which states the amount you owe (and paid) usually means you're locked into that price. You shouldn't have to pay extra (if you did not add or change anything). It;s the florist's responsibility.

I would definitely check your contract/proposal to see if you are responsible for additional/extra costs due to unexpected price increases from suppliers.

"Terms: At the time of the initial deposit, adjustments can still be made to the invoice. Average additions and subtractions are accepted up until the balance is paid in full. There is a guaranteed minimum payment of 85% of the original proposal. Any liability on the part of COMPANY is limited to the full refund of monies paid minus the deposit fee."

This is all it says about that. My final payment on the contract was made on 02/11. I really like the florist so I feel like I am in a really uncomfy position with only 40 days to go.

That is a really uncomfortable position, and I'm sorry you're finding yourself in it. I work in contracts for my job. You should reach out to her and say that you're sorry the price has gone up, but per the contract that you signed, "average additions and subtractions are accepted until the balance is paid in full." This is basically stating that once you've paid the full amount, no cost can be added (or subtracted) from your fee. It would be unfair for your vendor to demand more money from you after you have completed your final payment.

So unless you're willing to have her change the specific flowers for something similar...that might be right. One of the flowers I picked had a blight this year (of course) so I need to use a substitution. When is your wedding? Flowers are super expensive in February cuz nothing grows (my wedding is on Saturday) and they have to ship it all in from Australia, Asia (cornona virus) etc.

View Quoted Comment That’s what I was thinking! And it was just on the ceremony installment piece that she added the extra $700 to. And I didn’t make any changes. I am the worst at confrontation so I’m dreading that conversation. 😅

View Quoted Comment My wedding is April 11th of this year! I’m just worried if the price goes up again that she’ll change the price again and I really don’t have much left in my budget. I’m at 31,000 now and 7 of that is just flowers. 🙃

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Exactly this! Per your contract, she cannot raise your price at this point. I would confront her about this and I would not pay the extra $700! That is ridiculous!

My floral contract has a clause that if something should happen to increase the price, I would get to decide if I wanted to substitute the flowers to keep the cost the same or pay for the increase to keep the order. That is just how my florist works. Are you willing to consider options that would keep your budget the same? If that is even an option, of course.

Agree with pp that this isn’t okay unless she added a random clause in about adjusting later for market conditions.

If she was professional she'd know that after contracts were made and agreed upon that she can't just ask you for more money. If she was my florist I'd tell her that I'm not paying her anymore money than what we agreed on. And if she didn't realize the flowers were going to cost more than what she said that, that's her own fault. She'll either have to pay the extra amount herself or give me my money back.

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I totally hear that. I'm really lucky-- I have someone helping with the wedding who has volunteered herself to talk to anyone who steps out of line for me. I'm really fierce in my own head, but when it comes to actually confronting people, it gets really challenging.

View Quoted Comment Yikes. That does seem steep. And there will be plenty of flowers to pick from in April. And if it said in the contract that price adjustments can't be made, then she can't charge more. You may have to let her get alternative flowers though. A lot of florists reserve that right in case of availability or cost fluctuations

I have never heard of that and to be honest, you have a paid in full contract that the florist has to fulfill and you don't owe anything, unless you changed what was in your contract or there is a clause in the contract holding you responsible for price increases prior to your wedding.

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Also agree with Chantel. You should not be obligated to pay this, you have a signed contract paid in full. So she either needs to eat the cost, or substitute for something comparable. I’m surprised she didn’t even off that option. My florist told me when I hired her that my quote is locked in, and if anything increases due to unforeseen circumstance, she covers the cost. She actually told me a recent order she had increased like 1000% due to a strike where roses are flown in, but she did not charge the bride. You can politely tell your florist that you have already paid the agreed upon price, and do not have it in your budget to pay the increase, and are confused since the contract states there are no additions or subtractions after payment. It’s just business, and a good place should know this. $7,000 is a lot already!

View Quoted Comment I honestly can’t tell you how much easier this is now knowing that I wasn’t being stingy or crazy. My dad knows how bad I hate confrontation so he’s going to let me blame it on him and say he’s not willing to pay extra because we’ve paid so much already, there’s less than two months until the wedding, and our contract doesn’t hold us responsible for it. Hopefully she understands because I’m super nervous about it. I appreciate y'all's advice so much!!!