Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Tip #101: Declining the Wedding Vendors.



Hi ladies!! Today's topic will be kept short and simple BUT I still think that it is important for us have some ideas on how to politely decline the wedding vendors that we have asked their quotations from. 

So, as usual us BTB[s] have always been given many choices.quotations.proposals.and whatnots. However, there is always a comparison between the many decor companies.photographer.videographer.mak andams and many more. Although given that many choices, ultimately We can only choose one for each of the categories most of the time correct?

In a way, we must also do our part to promptly reply our wedding vendor's emails and update them whether we are using their services or not. This will definitely help the wedding vendors to open up your wedding dates to other couples who might be considering their services as well.

As a matter of fact, this are all just some basic courtesy that we customers must not forget. Rather than just expecting courteous remarks and services from the vendors, we must not forget that both parties are human and this is part of their rice bowl so let's not be selfish and expect to be treated like Empress Dowager semacam jer eh korang.

Anyhoo, for me, I always find that it is very difficult for me to draft out a sentence on how to "Nicely" reject the so-called wedding vendor we have asked quotations from especially if the person we have liaise with are just super nice. Caught in the middle right?

I have tried to Google-d it but there isnt many. So here are some phrases that I have come up with that probably be useful to you BTB[s] when you want to reject the wedding vendor:

#1: 

Hi,

Thank you for taking the time to promptly reply our emails/ calls. However, we have decided to move forward with another (MUA/ Photographer/Videographer/Deco Company etc) that will be better suited with our wedding theme/ concept.

Nonetheless, you will still be in our contact list and we sure do hope to work with you for any of our future events.

or

#2: 

Hi,

We appreciate you taking the time to meet with us. However, regrettably we have decided to select the (MUA/ Photographer/Videographer/Deco Company etc) that best suited our budget. Sorry for any inconvenience caused.


So, this are some of the phrases that I used when declining a vendor. It does not need to panjang berjela macam compo eh people. Nobody cares about your Gramma stories. Just always remember to keep it short and simple. And always remember to be polite, why?? Sebab...kita nak buat majlis walimatul-urus, so elakkan daripada ada salah faham atau pergaduhan. We never know who will be casting an evil eye on our wedding ceremony. So, yang penting whenever you can to always take care of what you say to the vendors UNLESS memang dorang maha biadab....den you can tell me aku pon join sekaki bedal dorang macam keropok[s].


Till then,

Loved.

Sunday, October 27, 2013

Janji Melayu...


Hey y'allz!!! As usual, my blog dah pon bunyi cricket and jengkerik segala because too many things were going on and therefore, ter-miss updates all the stuff.

Anyhoo, last weekend main event was actually going to JB to so-called "confront" my card vendor which is Marina Cards Design at Level 5, at Plaza Angsana JB. I am so sorry to say this as part of my customer feedback review but BTB[s] PLEASE DO NOT GET YOUR CARDS FROM HERE!!!!! DO NOT ENGAGE THEM OKAY?!! Initially, we wanted to get a different vendor which is in JB too but their printer rosak...al-kisah. So, logically, we thought that this shop looks promising and tengok cards yang dah siap and waiting for collection pon suma orang Singapore punya.



Seriously, they do make me wanna smack them right in the face!!!!!!

And, this shop, they demanded 50% deposit from customers before they will give you a draft or layout.

The problem, I shall list it down here:

#1 Problem: DELAY IN GIVING US ARTWORK OR DRAFT LAYOUT

Promised time was one week from the date of order. We made an order and have given 50% deposit to the company on 14th September BUT we only received our draft layout on the 23rd October!! Tak ke musibot tu namanya!!! We have countlessly called. messaged.email sampai agaknya Gmail pon boleh meletop but it was NEVER replied!!!! And when we received the layout,,the second problem arrives...

#2 Problem: WRONG NAMES/WRONG LAYOUT....WRONG IN EVERYTHING!!!

The funny thing was that, we have already wrote our name CLEARLY in the invoice and have written and DRAW OUT the layout that we want but the stupid monkeys at the production site still can get it wrong.

For my card, instead of my name with Beau..they go and placed my name with my Father-in-law's name!! Takkan aku nak kahwing ngan Bapak mertua sendiri kan???? And terang-terang in the invoice dah tulis my name and Beau's so HOW CAN IT BE WRONG????? Org kat production site suma BUTA KEDARAH KAPER??? Kalau tak nampak pakai teropong la siot!!!!


Not only that, our initials at the front page was also wrong. The layout and front cover page for Beau is also wrong. Instead of a picture of a tuxedo, Beau's card front cover page was a wedding gown. Seriously guys, korang better check mata korang ah!!! Ni baca pakai mata ke pakai bontot pon aku da tak tahu?!!!!!

And not to mention, all the many other errors which I do not want to write down because it will just make my blood boils to the next 1000 Fahrenheit. After seeing all the errors, me and my In-laws decided to make a trip to the shop just so to make sure they have received the email and clear up all the errors with them. Which brings us to the Problem No. 3 everybodeh!!

#3 Problem: STILL WRONG INITIALS + SEND WRONG PERSON'S LAYOUT

Alamak!! Tak tahu ah apa nak cakap kat orang company macam gini. Ni conferm perkerja suma BINGAI SELENGA KAYU BODOH NAK MAMPOS PUNYA!!!! I am so frustrated that they email us the layout so late plus now, for Beau's card, they confused it with another person la pulak!!! So, they have again make the mistake of sending another person's layout la pulak.

#4 Problem: NOT ONCE THIS IDIOTS APOLOGISE

When we reach the shop, the customer service officers conveniently say they do not know anything and they just dial the Boss's number on the phone and pass the phone to me. And when I talk to the Boss, she can actually ask me why I cant reach her if i call her numerous times?!!! HOW THE HELL I KNOW IDIOT?!!! Kau yang taknak angkat talipon and tak reply ALL MY EMAILS and NOW YOU ASK ME A DUMB QUESTION.

Which brings me to ONE simple logic: DUMB BOSS = DUMBER WORKERS

And I guess, that probably just maybe it's my luck to be dealing with dumbasses like this for both my engagement and wedding although both are different vendors. All I can say Do not believe in their janji melayu. Always Batam Time. Always Over promised and Under Deliver.

Oh well, I guess that any time soon around this week or the next, I am going to just take back my deposit which I HOPE THEY WILL RETURN and tak perangai macam penyangak rempit kat negeri diorang!!!

Till then,
Loved.

Sunday, October 06, 2013

Tipah Tertipu Lagi!!!




Hey Y'allz!!! So, as usual akak lambat sekentot la about the recent Woodlands Wedding Saga kan? As usual laaaaa....but nevertheless still I need to address the situation to the BTB[s] reading my blog. I dont know who you guys are but its amazing on how I can get Thousands of pageviews per day!!!!! Lain kali, beri lah salam...hi hi ker eh?!!! hehehehehe....

Anyhoo, speaking of the whole Couple + Family kena tipu segala, it is sad on how there are many wedding vendors out there who have the heart to just cock up other people life's savings in a snap with many empty promises. Definitely, Im referring to those wedding vendors who really have cheated others in general la aye...not just pointing my fingers to a certain organization!! Siapa yang makan chilli dia lah yang terasa pedas la yerr. 

This "CREEPY CHEATERS" are not first timers being published as headliners on front page news okay ladies. There are so many spreads about them in recent years so please please ladies, Do your research!!!!! Do not throw tons of money you guys have saved for your dream wedding to get sub standard wedding organisers. You want an unforgettable wedding for the wrong reason. Go ahead and engage this type of vendors [lah]. Conferm when majllis da cock-up, many will not forget about it sampai kau beranak pinak.

So, the moral of the story is ladies. Do your RESEARCH on the internet and forums such as cozycot pon ada!!!! And COMPARE the market Price from different wedding vendors. ASK people around you who recently got married about the vendors that they took! Do not just be taken in by artificial sweetener words the wedding company has given you. Always go to different companies and ask. Hell yes, I know it's leceh but still if you want to risk of being cheated more than a 5 digit sum be my jemputan aye?

So, I read the stories on STOMP.FACEBOOK.BERITA HARIAN. And as usual, the thing that really ticks me off is that, it was stated that the parents of the couple are willing to forgive the company. WHAT THE @@$##$%$W$%)*????????

I am sorry ah mak-cik!! I know we are Muslim segala tapi kalau nak sedia maafkan orang pon agak-agak la jugak unless you got your $$$$$ back den tu different story la eh!! IF it was me...I say ME eh?!! Aku rasa kan......like what my Bestie always tell me. Itu orang da kena tembak ngan senapang Gajah la siot!!! Orang da meng-aibkan majlis walimah kau...duit kau da terbang and still you want to forgive them?!!


IF that's the real case, sorry ah call me a BITCH but I will drive you to Hades myself!!!! That's why I always find that orang melayu kita slalu kena pijak!!! Because, they forgive others too easily for all the wrong reasons! So public will always have the perception that penyangak-penyangak ni buat salah kecik padahal da patut kena tembak!!

There was a story that was told by another malay acquantaince of mine. Her niece has actually engaged a malay wedding planner....I dont know which company and was cheated of $70, 000 okay?!!!!

$70k?????!!!! Mak datuk nenek kakak dia nyer laki ah!!!!! I was shocked boy!!! She said that the pelamin was halfway done....kain berselerak and deejay came for only 5 mins and demand for his $$$. After which, he left and tukang masak never to be found. Maybe pengsan or was just pronounced dead. Who knows???

To this type of wedding vendors....SHIT YOU MAN!!! SHIT YOU!!!! AND MAY THE SHIT BE WITH YOU ALWAYS!!! You can go around running away somewhere and get knock down by a truck with full load of SHIT equal level to the SHIT you throw at others!!!

I am still wondering, since there are so many Couples who have been cheated in the last recent years, isnt there a samaritan or equal minds to actually start a committee about wedding vendors??? To actually protect both the wedding company who might get cheated or to the couples who might get cheated vice versa. They should set up a protocol and vendors have to abide by the systems. No doubt, that it wont really solve the problem but it could at least minimize the cheating cases since wedding vendors are NEEDED to abide by a stardardized rules and regulations. Anyone? Anyone????

And also to the Expo Wedding Organisers, do your clients a favour and engaged only the quality wedding providers can or not?? Do some of the research and make sure blacklist the company from doing their exhibition. These are some of the suggestions I think that could help us BTB[s] and Mak BTB[s] of our society. Not everyone does research and most of the time, the Wedding Expo are our target to find wedding providers. But, not all the wedding providers there could be trusted I must say.

I, for once do not engage any wedding providers from the Wedding Expo. Usually, I will just search on forums and ask around for trusty wedding providers. My wedding vendors are mostly our own friends and contacts and I dont know if this is too anal of me. But I will always prefer to do my meet-ups at the wedding vendor's house. So, in case anything happen...Akak "GEGAR" rumah kau!!!! hahahhahahah....oh well....maybe just a little splash of paint...glue in the padlock...standard "Tailong" procedure [lah]!! Hhahahahaha....just kidding!!!

And also, I prefer to plan the wedding by me and Beau. Having a wedding planner is good but I am just so cautious that I decided not to trust the ones in the market. Luckily for me, I have awesome friends who are running around to be the "Wedding Planners". Still the same concept and at the same time "Freeeeeeeeeee!!" Not trying to be a cheap-skate la eh...but I trust my friends that they will do a better job than most wedding planners out there.

So Ladies, please do have a pool of friends.cousins.people you trust to give quality advise for your wedding day. They are usually the ones who will see the "blindspots" and inform you while you are busy trying to lose weight and have a deadly diet dreaming about walking down the aisle in your white dress.

Till then,

Loved.

P.s: PROTECT YOUR $$$$$ PEOPLE!!!