The bride is bilking her friends

Just got clear evidence that the bride is bilking her bridal party by requiring we buy certain things and insisting she (not the MOH) collect the money and manage all the bookings and online orderings. From the start, I thought that was odd (like you MPH is an accountant and you've got a wedding to plan--why you wanna chase down 15 people to collect t-shirt money? Let your ladies worry bout that!)
Long story short, the bridal party starts complaining about the costs to the MOH. MOH asks the bride if they can take the stressful chore of collecting bachelorette $ and to have the guest list (She instructed the party on every aspect of the bachelorette party we are supposed to throw). Bride refused to relinquish control, so only she knows how much anything costs. So I made some calls and emails, and it turns out she is overcharging the bridal party by a lot and pocketing the rest of the money. I received clear evidence of this from repeated vendors who gave me the real prices. In the past, she "kept" some auction baskets and prize money that her guests were supposed to win at a wedding fundraiser. It's getting so shady I can't even see. To top it off, she's demanded presents for her bachelorette party too! (she's already had 3 parties, and the bridal shower in a few weeks is littered with uber expensive registry items).

I haven't shared this info with the rest of the ladies, but I'm fuming. Since when is it okay to bulk your friends? We'd be happy to help her afford this wedding if she asked instead of being deceptive



. Sorry just had to rant.