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David's Bridal has specialized in wedding and formal wear since 1950. The company provides bridal gowns, bridesmaid dresses, accessories and special occasion attire.
- Personalized shopping experience
- Quality products and dresses
- High alteration costs
- Inconsistent service quality
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Reviewed May 11, 2016
I am very displeased with the service at the David's Bridal located 8111 NW Roanridge Road Kansas City, MO 64151. I bought my wedding dress from here and all my bridesmaid dresses. All my bridesmaid have had a horrible time with the customer service at this location. The lack of communication at this store is outstanding. Two of my bridesmaids were forced to reschedule their alterations meetings. My maid of honor was not informed that she would have to pay for alterations at the time of fitting. My other bridesmaid wasn't told anything period. She even asked the person on the phone if there was anything she needed to bring/know about for the fitting and they said no and hung up.
My other bridesmaid had a horrible time picking up her dress. She called ahead and gave permission for her husband to pick it up after he got off work. He went to the store and waited for 15 minutes before asking the employees if someone could please help him. They acted like he was a burden. Then he gave his wife's name and they went in the back and said that they couldn't find the dress even though they called and said it was ready to be picked up (within 7 days or they were sending it back!!) He said to maybe look under my name (the bride) and they asked him what my name is going to be... for clarification he asked "what is her name GOING to be or what IS her name?" They said WHAT IS HER NAME GOING TO BE so he gave them my married name... of course nothing was back there under that name.
So he asked about using my current name and the lady got an attitude and said "THAT IS NOT WHAT YOU JUST SAID!" So they tried under my current name and no luck. Again he tried his wife's name... they told him that he was wrong and that there was nothing there to pick up by that name. He told them firmly at this point to go check again. They went back a 4th time and they found the correct dress. Turns out they had spelled her last name incorrectly. Then he stood there for another 5 minutes before they asked if they could help him with anything else. And he asked if he needed to sign for the dress, their response was "oh yeah... I guess". So the employees were not following their procedure of keeping track of who actually picked up the dress!!! I would hate to think that just anyone could have gone in there and taken my bridesmaid's dress!!!
Other members of my family helping out at the wedding also purchased dresses at this location. Two of them did not even know that their dresses were ready for pickup. They were not called/emailed/notified at all. They only knew that they were ready for pickup because I got a rude call from an associate stating that the dresses need to be picked up in the next few days or they will be sent back!!! I do not plan on getting married again... however I will tell everyone not to go to this store due to the lack of communication and horrible customer service I and my whole bridal party has had to deal with this entire time.
Reviewed May 10, 2016
I brought my daughter's wedding dress in to be shipped to Florida! The Manager said "that's not our bag!" I replied "yes it is." She continued to be unprofessional and was going to charge me for another bag and I said I'm not paying for it. She continued in the Computer and said "oh it was bought 2 yrs ago." Her character and personality does not belong in David's Bridal. Corporate needs to remove her. I spent a few thousands dollars there which I wish I could have returned all of it. I'm a business owner and would never display that arrogance as it makes people not want to come back. And I will never refer anybody there.
Reviewed May 5, 2016
I have worked with many companies over my many years in business and I have never worked with a company as bad as David's Bridal. If they treat their brides-to-be as poorly as they treat the people they work with then I feel sorry for those young women. I would never do business with such a company. Find someone else to help you with your gown.
Reviewed April 26, 2016
I don't know where to begin. I dare say the entire staff at the David's Bridal shop on Brodie Lane needs training. So rude. First, when I arrived for my appointment and told the receptionist my name, she said in a somewhat curt tone, "No, the BRIDE'S name," implying, I felt, I was too old to be the bride. They did not have the dress I came to try on in stock although, online, it stated the dress WAS in stock. The clerk assigned to me acted put out at every turn, as if it was a chore to assist me.
After a short time I sensed she felt I had overstayed my welcome even though I only tried on three dresses. Is all they had in stock from the dozen I had marked as favorites. When I saw them, I noticed right away they were in bad shape. Each one looked as though it had been tried on numerous times. One dress had a LOT of beads missing. When I pointed it out to the clerk, she said, "It happens," and put it right back on the rack, for, I assume, a less-observant customer.
Not wishing to waste any more of her valuable time, I ordered the dress that was supposed to be in stock. She told me "No returns," just before she swiped my card, then wrote down the date my dress was to arrive, which was about a week before my wedding. I was worried for weeks, afraid my dress wouldn't arrive in time to be altered, but, thankfully, about a month later I received notice via email it was at the Brodie store.I called to ask if I could come try it on that day and was told yes. I let the clerk who answered the phone know when I would arrive, and was told that would be fine, then jumped in my car for the hour-long drive to the Brodie location.
When I got there, the clerk called the alteration lady to the front. I followed her to the dressing room and she handed me my dress. I tried it on and stepped up on the box in front of the mirror for her to do the fitting. That's when she told me I would have to make an appointment online for a fitting. I told her I called the store and made arrangements with the clerk who answered the phone and had driven an hour to get there and I was going to have to come back??? She said yes and made no apologies. She had no customers. The store was practically empty. I told her that was okay, changed out of the dress and walked out with it. No one stopped me, checked my paperwork to ensure the dress was, indeed, mine. Instead, they ignored me completely. Again, the Brodie store needs to train the staff, beginning with courtesy. The website is so professional, it felt like a bait and switch when compared to my actual shopping experience.
When I took my dress to a local shop for alterations, the clerk pointed out several places where it is missing beads. I am incredibly disappointed and it's too late to reorder another dress. It was supposed to be brand new. Seriously, you would be MUCH better off ordering a dress from China. (I should know... I ordered a dress from China, but it just wasn't flattering.) Much higher quality. Much better service. Much less aggravation.
Reviewed April 23, 2016
My first order, was cancelled due to no inventory of the item. One: if it's not available, don't have it on the website. Second: the dress is now available, again! I did what every desperate bride does, and ordered the next closest size, but down. Imagine my frustration last night checking on my second order, and seeing my first, right there available to buy. I received an email this morning that my second order, **, shipped. I immediately called care to cancel my order and get the size ten. I was advised (by a very kind rep) that there is a ten, in a store, but it's in bad shape and they won't ship it. Imagine my shock. They dress was available, then not available, now is available AGAIN but won't ship. This is horrible online service to say the least.
My second issue was the billing. The first dress was supposed to be free shipping. The code applied, removed the charge then re-applied the charge. This was my first email to David's. The representative told me when it shipped, she would adjust the fee. Well, we know that never happened. The third issue has been ongoing with the store. Harbison Blvd in Columbia, SC needs a lesson in customer service. When greeted on my first visit, I was ignored, then when I asked for assistance (I had an appt) the greeter rolled her eyes at me. The dress fitting was done by my friend because the sales agent didn't know where dresses were, how to get me in them, and had my friend crawling on her hands and knees to "fluff" and style the dress.
We went back a second time in hopes for improvement. Nope. We got the same woman who ALSO rolled her eyes asking why I was back again. Round two of my friend digging for dresses and crawling on the floor to get the dress in place. You can see why I ordered online. When I had a general idea of what size I needed, I knew I would never go back in a David's Bridal. I intend to return my now "shipped" item, unless there is some type of adjustment to the order for the service. My bridesmaids will also be shopping elsewhere. I truly hate to complain at such length, but this is honest feedback. The stores need help. The website is not properly supported. Your customer care takes FOREVER to get to on the phone, but the agent was very kind when I finally reached her.
Reviewed April 22, 2016
We bought my daughter's bridal gown at the location in Ft Worth, Texas and was told that they would add a bustle to the dress when it was altered. When we went in for another fitting it was suggested that she go up a size because she had not lost all the weight from the baby and she was also told at that time that the alterations were included. We go in for another fitting and we were told that the alterations were going to cost us 247$ and that did not include the bustle which she didn't have done because it was going to cost an addition 30$. I thought my daughter was going to burst into tears as she argued with the women doing the measurements. Had she stayed with the original size she had and not taken the advice of the consultant she would only have had to have the dress taken up.
This is supposed to a special moment for the bride and David's Bridal turned it into a nightmare. Not only did her consultant misrepresent the bridal gown to my daughter, the mother's dress I wanted was supposedly nowhere to be found in the Metro Plex and she proceeded to show me several dress that were not of my taste and looked like something my grandmother would wear. I left and called another location and was told there were three of these dresses in my size at other locations. My daughter and I went on a road trip and bought the dress at another location. The consultant at the Ft Worth location was not worried about the bride nor the mother of the bride but rather her own pocket in making a commission. SHAME ON YOU DAVID'S BRIDAL. I will never recommend you to anyone.
Reviewed April 22, 2016
Why I chose this place after already hearing bad reviews is beyond me, but I am really regretting it. They sat me down and asked what I was looking for in a dress. Then they proceeded to bring out hideous dresses that looked nothing like what I asked for. By the time they finally brought out a OK dress, I was so exhausted/frustrated and relieved that it wasn't a disaster of a dress that I bought it. Having still not learned from my mistakes, I selected 4 dresses that my bridesmaids were to choose from.
The retailer at the Michigan location typed a thorough note precisely describing which dresses were approved, and clearly stated to not charge the bridesmaids, but to instead charge me. My bridesmaid in New York was told there were only 2 options. She sent a picture of the one of the 2 options she was given, that she chose. It was not one of the 4 dresses I had approved. Icing on the cake: they charged her for the dress. My bridesmaid liked the dress so we decided despite being the wrong dress it was fine. I called customer service (was on hold for way too long) to correct the mischarge and was told they were unable to correct it. Customer service, both in-store and on the phone, are rude and apathetic.
Reviewed April 13, 2016
Wedding gown alteration experience: a seamstress by the name of NODIRA came out without a greeting, saying "what, what is wrong with it? I see nothing wrong". Unbeknownst to me, I had a portion of the gown under my foot and when she pulled the train, a ripping sound occurred. I wasn't upset with that. Accidents happen and it was both of our faults, but she abrasively stated "You need to watch. You be careful. You need to be careful.", placing blame on me. I explained my concerns for the fitting of the dress and again she stated she saw nothing wrong with it.
My mom mentioned that possibly the clear straps Vera had added were causing the puckering, to which Nodira said "Why are those there? We do not use those here. You are the customer - you told to put there. The dress will look like that. We cannot fix". I stated that Vera used her professional judgement and placed the straps (which we were agreeable with) and maybe it would be better to return when Vera could be there since Nodira was not familiar with or comfortable working with the clear straps.
She stated, "We are all equal here and do same work, we just do not use those. Most customers do not complain like you do about their dress. You are different". She also informed me that most people have a curve in an area and that mine doesn't, and that all body types are different. These differences in body type are precisely why people pay for alterations. My mother (who has minimal experience with sewing, yet enough to see the issue) suggested a solution that ultimately worked (to add two darts where the clear straps were, effectively eliminating the fit issue and the puckering issue).
We paid more for alterations ($630+) than my gown, and I do expect that the end result be something that I am pleased with. I am not looking for perfection, but I do expect the dress to fit without puckering and to be treated with courtesy and respect when being addressed by your staff. Vera stated multiple times that even if the first fitting was not right, "everything can be fixed. Will be fixed", and I felt confident that it wouldn't be a problem.
Perhaps Nodira was having a bad day, was stressed out, or something of that nature, but none of that should have lead her to treat a bride that way. I was literally near tears. I hope that you will follow up with me on this matter because this is not something that I take lightly and will remember anytime I think back to my wedding gown buying process with your company. Perhaps some additional customer service training would benefit Nodira so that no other bride has to experience what I went through today.
Reviewed April 13, 2016
My daughter went shopping by herself for her prom dress, she bought a dress that was "okay" because the employee told her she could return it with tags and receipt. She found a dress she loves. I just tried to return the dress and they said all sales final, no in store credit, 2 yr exchange policy (and nowhere was this printed on the receipt). First of all, not going to hang on to a dress we don't want "just in case" there might an occasion to exchange it. Secondly, train your employees better or don't deceive young women. Unless you are 100% sure you like the dress and don't need ANY help whatsoever, do not buy from David's Bridal - can't even imagine this lack of customer service if it were a wedding!!!
Reviewed April 7, 2016
I bought my daughter's wedding dress along with 3 bridesmaids dresses and a flower girl dress. We were rushed the whole time. They told my daughter that she didn't have a appt. which we made 3 wks before, but they did fit her in. We should've came back. The service was horrible. She told us the corset that my daughter wants added to the dress was around $80 and that she gets 1 free alteration. We thought great. That's awesome. Well when we went to have the corset fitted it turned into $180 and the alteration will be $200. We told the manager and we were told that they will make sure this doesn't happen again. Well it did happen and they will do nothing about it. I have emailed them 3x and no answer. This is bad business. Horrible company that doesn't want to help their clients.
Reviewed April 1, 2016
David's Bridal has the worst customer care I have ever seen. I brought my bridesmaids to get measured and try on their dresses. First the person helping us was helping everyone else and frequently disappeared - leaving us constantly waiting to get her attention for a minute at a time. Four of us had to share one dressing room. Finally everyone was measured and the rep wrote down the sizes and we were able to pay.
Two of the Four dresses come in and we are now told that we need to pick the dresses up within 7 days. This is information we should have been given when we ordered. Finally two calls to David's Bridal (we come from out of town) and they said they have a free shipping promotion on and shipped them. At this point I was relieved and thought it would go smoothly.
I WAS WRONG! Two of the dresses come in and one is 3 sizes too big! What is the point of measuring someone if you are going to force them to get alterations? I could have guessed her size and been off by less. The dress wouldnt even stay on their body, it would just fall completely off. The second dress is sewn completely crooked. The zipper is off and the ribbon around the waist is completely off.
The bridesmaid with the dress that is too big calls and they pretty much tell her she has three options. 1. This style doesnt usually fit without alterations, so you could do alterations. 2. You can order another size but it still will not fit. 3. You can choose a different style. If this dress was NOT going to fit her why would they let her order it? Perhaps some product knowledge would have avoided this?
So far, I am mortified and disgusted by the service given through this location and through the customer service line. I am horrified by the quality and the trickery that David's Bridal sells. I am also terrified about the other 2 dresses I am yet to receive. DO NOT SHOP HERE. NOT WORTH YOUR MONEY OR TIME. If you are considering going to David's Bridal you will have better luck at WALMART.
Reviewed March 27, 2016
I made a appointment with the Albany site! We spent part of the weekend in Albany to find a dress for my son wedding! I was greeted by a really nice receptionist after that it was downhill from there! Some lady call my name and she ask me what occasion I need a dress for and she said "look over there" and just left me there and never came back! I had to finally stop another person that work there to get someone to help me, all she did was find me a dressing room and left me, come back once and look at the one dress said "it look nice" and walk away and was helping another group of ladies! I was ignored!
The one dress I really like was a $200 dress that would of needed some alterations. The ironic thing was I told my friends the week before I was going to David's Bridal and they said "it would be nice to have someone help pull the dresses that you are looking for and it would be nice to be pampered and less stressful!" Not even close! The bathroom was disgusting! Dressing room was not very clean either! Will never go back there!
Reviewed Feb. 25, 2016
I recently ordered a bridesmaid dress from David's Bridal. They only have a 14 day window to return the dress. However, it took weeks for the dress to arrive. When I realized it wasn't the correct dress, I called and emailed to see if I could return it. There is no return after 14 days which is outrageous! Their customer service representatives were very unhelpful and I am discouraged. I would advise no one to purchase any sort or dress or accessory from David's Bridal.
Reviewed Feb. 22, 2016
I went to David's and the customer service was very poor. Kate supposedly a manager was very disrespectful to me. I wasn't there to buy anything, just to look. Not one time did I receive help. I would never recommend anyone to go to David's Bridal. They really need to take customer service classes!
Reviewed Feb. 17, 2016
I ordered a dress and the day it was scheduled to be delivered (2 weeks later) I got an email saying it was CANCELED and Out of stock!!! How could you charge someone and not let them know you don't have the product until the day it was to be delivered 2 weeks later! I tried call and all the customer service representative said was "It's in our policy that we can cancel at any time." I'm sure every Bride would love to hear that! Terrible customer service and bad business!!!
Reviewed Feb. 7, 2016
I had booked an appointment with David's bridal 5 months in advanced. I arrived with my 5 bridesmaids and was told to fill a little form in about the style and colours I wanted (all went well). After picking the dresses we were brought into the fitting room where the place was packed out. My bridesmaids had to share 2 cubical (small ones) as there wasn't enough fitting rooms. The lady that was meant to be helping us seemed to be helping everyone that morning and we found ourselves having to wait around for her to come back. There was another lady I tried to approach to ask her for help, she was very rude and told me I would have to wait. After we had finally chosen the dresses I was told that as soon as they came in me and my bridesmaids could all come back to try them on with their shoes.
So 3 days ago I received an email telling me that 3 out of the 5 dresses had come in and I had 7 days to collect them. I phoned up explaining that I had ordered 5 dresses and that I was told I could come in with all my bridesmaids to try them on. I was then told (very rudely) that this information was wrong and that I needed to collect the dresses because they didn't have the space to store them. I explained that I live 3 hours away and that I didn't want to have make 2 trips up there to collect my dresses. She then told me she could deliver them for a £20 charge. After arguing the case she then said she would put a note on the system to say that I could collect all dresses at once. "Great" I thought, I asked her to send me an email confirmation of this to which she said no. So today I decided to call them again as I had a gut feeling that this was not the case and that the lady I spoke to wouldn't make a note of this.
My gut instinct proved right as again I was told I needed to get the dresses, so I explained how I thought this was terrible customer service and that I had spent a lot of money only to be lied to and told originally that I could come back with all my bridesmaid. Then again she said she would make a note on the system and I could collect all the dresses. Of course I said how grateful I was and that it's all that I wanted to do. Then in the most rudest of voices she said "as long as you know I'm overriding the policy for you and your dresses." She then hung up!!!
So now after all this Im having to take a day off work to personally go and collect the 3 dresses as I do not trust that a note has been made. These people are only after your money! As soon as you make that purchase they don't care, they lie and they're so rude. Bridesmaid shopping should be a happy and lovely experience and something you should look back on as a happy fun event. This has been far from any of that. I would strongly recommend that no one visits this place as you will be left feeling cheated.
Reviewed Feb. 4, 2016
Tried to take back a wedding dress that was bought and never used. Called the store and they said "If you have the tags still on the dress and since you just bought it and have one of our credit card we will give your money back." Took it to the store and now they say "The store policy is no returns. It's on your sale receipt." I showed her my receipt and it doesn't have the no return policy on it. So she took me over to the cash register and showed me this real small sign that said "No returns. All sales are final." Called corporate and they LIE!!! NEVER BUY from DAVID'S BRIDAL.
Reviewed Jan. 20, 2016
They did not have a specific bridesmaid dress in stores and told me to order it online. I did so and when I received it I needed to exchange it, I brought it back to the store only to be greeted rudely and informed that David's Bridal retail stores are a separate company from David's Bridal online and therefore would not accept my return in store. Later when I tried asking for an online return I was informed that I was past the window for the return and they would no longer be accepting it. I explained that I had tried returning it in stores within the appropriate return window and that their sales reps in store had not informed me of the return policy, however their online customer service reps refused to allow the return or provide much help. I will NOT be recommending David's Bridal to any friends currently planning their weddings or those in the future. Completely disappointed.
Reviewed Jan. 17, 2016
I called New Year's Eve three different times to place an order and each time got absolutely no response. I understand it's a pre-holiday but if they were open, why weren't anyone answering calls? I called again the next day on new years and finally got an answer after the phone rang for a long time. The lady was nice but there was at one moment a long hold for a very simple question about custom wine glasses. So the not answering calls and long holds are my first issue.
The 2nd issue is that they never sent the email that they were supposed to send regarding shipping and tracking info. One day UPS just happened to pop up at my house with the order. Now what if I wasn't home to receive it? That's unacceptable. The last problem is that they took two whole weeks to claim the money that I paid (another waiting issue just like with phone calls). It caused a problem with my bank. I would never recommend David's bridal.
Reviewed Jan. 9, 2016
I will never purchase anything or encourage anyone to purchase anything from the Portage, MI David's Bridal. Today, my bridesmaid and I went to the store to pick up a bridesmaid dress. When I entered the store, two associates and the manager were discussing something regarding other customers. As I understand the need to take care of all the customers in the store, I decided to distract myself, and read the flyers on the table. Both I and my bridesmaid remained in front of the table. After a while, I realized, I was being ignored. Angered by the lack of customer service, we went over to the register to ask the cashier for help. While she went to get the dress, three older white women walked in, where the manager immediately acknowledge their presence. My bridesmaid and I, both African Americans, were horrified by this.
As I hate to think race had anything to do with this, but I can't help but to think that our outward appearance had something to do with the lack of response. Why weren't we acknowledge? Because they were white and we are black? Are we invisible? I thought that was only a superpower we see on TV, not at a bridal store in Portage, MI. The manager then approached my sister and I to ask if we needed any help, in which I replied we found someone to help as we were ignored when we came in. She walked away and the others gave me nasty facial expressions.
When the cashier came back with the dress, I asked for the manager, who I learned was the woman who were apart of this horrible experience the entire time. Her name is Antoinette. I told Antoinette of my experience in which she said she thought someone was helping us. She also said she was trying to break off the group to acknowledge us which does not match the behavior we exhibited. She then apologized and told us she didn't know what else I wanted her to do. This made her apology insincere in which I replied, I will be complaining to Corporate. No one, and I mean, no one should ever feel the way we felt once we left the store. We went for a simple task and it turned out to be the biggest lesson of discrimination in my life. I have heard of stores being sued for this exact behavior.
I plan to spread the word about this incident and demand David's Bridal's training program includes such training regarding discrimination. This was unacceptable behavior and an even worse response. Customer services is about servicing the customers, not your ego. I know as to what I speak. A genuine apology would have made a world of difference. A "We will be right with you", would have made all the difference. Instead, I got attitude and disrespect. Unacceptable.
Reviewed Nov. 30, 2015
I'm writing this because David's Bridal is not fair. I sent them 35 dollars and I only owe them $35 and they charged me an extra $35. They say the mail was late. I don't have anything to do with the mail. I just owe this company 10.00 dollars and want me to pay 35.00 more when it just 35.00. Please don't shop there. This is not right. Only in America.
Reviewed Nov. 25, 2015
I bought a dress in April, a promo purchase (6 months no interest). I also charged the alterations, which was almost the price of the dress! But that's another subject. That was another "promo purchase". In October I was charged the entire interest amount, $111. I called to clear up an error and was told they have 60 days to decide if I owed it! I owed about $100 dollars at that time. I paid the interest amount so I wouldn't be charged interest on the interest. Now I am fighting to get that amount back.
Reviewed Nov. 13, 2015
I had an appointment in October. My bridal consultant showed little interest or concern for my needs. After driving almost an hour I wanted to utilize my appointment. I should have left. I accomplished nothing there. She was no help in the dressing room. At times she walked away and my matron had to get her attention. She was very little help with attempting to help with getting a better fit of dresses on me, and brought one by one a poor selection, even after I showed her a picture.
I made a complaint the next day via email and my information was sent to the wrong manager. She was pleasant, apologetic, and offered for me to come to another store to have a better experience. My information was forwarded to the appropriate manager and after a month of emails and calls we finally spoke. She listened and informed me that the employee was no longer there. She offered a small discount and for me to visit another David's Bridal store. The managers attempted to make it right. I had another appointment this week at another David's Bridal store, but after I saw the reviews I cancelled my appointment.
Reviewed Nov. 11, 2015
I bought my dress and I wanted to do major alterations. I never took my dress home, I left it there. When I went back, after 6months, they never did any alterations to my dress and they fired the alteration lady. So, I worked with another girl, and I spent a lot of money creating a new dress. Then my grandma got sick, so I was back and forth to NY and I pushed the wedding back and my Grammy passed away 1/2015 :( ... Needless to say I never picked up my dress, but I called and told them I pushed my date back and I had a death in my family. I heard from no one at David's Bridal, absolutely no one.
From day one it was poor customer service. So, I call to pick up my dress and they said they donated it. They're lying. They resold it cause it was a beautiful creation. They said I abandoned it, but no one called me to pick it up. I thought it was okay. I spoke w/ store managers to corporate managers with no justice. I have lost my money I payed for my dress, my dress, and I have a wedding coming up. I'm so upset and sad. What kind of people are they? They have no conscience. Do not go to David's bridal.
Reviewed Nov. 8, 2015
I was currently on SET in Germany when I received a phone call that my fiance was hit by a drunk driver on Halloween and passed in the hospital in surgery from internal bleeding. I called my best friend Ashley and she flew to my house in California where my fiance and I shared an apartment to clean out his stuff and return my wedding dress which still had tags on it and less than 3 months bought. To no avail, was I able to return my dress. Being active duty military you'd think they'd be a little more sympathetic to those who serve but they weren't. So now I have a $1450 wedding dress sitting in my closet reminding me of my dead fiance.
Reviewed Nov. 5, 2015
So I purchased a dress off their website. I used their measurements for the specific dress and made my purchase. As well as the dress it cost over $10 in mail charges, but OK I can take that. When I received the dress it was at least 2 inches bigger than they had initially said, so I wanted to send it back and get the size smaller. On speaking to them they told me that I would need to log it for a return number, send it back to get my money back in approx 14 days, but I would need to REPURCHASE the dress in a size smaller (losing out on the discount I got for originally purchasing it - hence spending more money) and I WOULD NEED TO PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR THE RETURN MAILING. Basically for trying on a dress it cost me $18. Absolutely disgraceful. Avoid!!!
Reviewed Nov. 4, 2015
I purchased a dress through David's Bridal in Bakersfield, California. I loved my wedding dress, but my fiancee ended the engagement and now I'm stuck with a $1,100 wedding dress and no wedding. I'm brokenhearted and frustrated because I've had my dress less than a week and I would really like to return it. They said all sales are final. I can't keep this dress, it just reminds me of my ruined relationship. I really think they should change their return policies. I know this thing doesn't happen all the time, but they should accommodate the few that it does happen to.
Reviewed Oct. 24, 2015
This event occurred in the Augusta David's Bridal located at Walton Way Extension. My poor rating is due to extreme unprofessionalism. In my second visit to this store I witnessed employees gossiping about each other AND myself, their customer. I was simply waiting for the employees to finish their discussion with one another (speaking poorly of other staff members) in order to ask them a question.
This, however, was not what set me off. I had my heart set on a sash I saw and tried on in the store less than 2 months prior so I went into the store to relocate it. We looked in several places and could not find it. The employees located something SLIGHTLY similar to what I was describing (though much thicker, different design, and different materials used in it than the one I tried on and was describing). I actually heard them talking about me (again, their customer), declaring that the somewhat similar sash (though very different, in obvious ways) was the actual sash I must be looking for and I just didn't know what I was talking about. I will never walk into this store again for any reason.
Reviewed Oct. 20, 2015
I went to David's for a mother of the bride dress. Found no service and thankfully brought my fiancé to help zip and help with additional dresses. Only read reviews after and found them to be accurate. However, a month later returned for my own wedding dress. Took a friend but had great attention and service. Paid $199 for dress but ended with $183 in alterations!!! That was just a hem with a simple train bustle, a piece of lace to a low back and snug up the back. I wish someone had warned me, I would have taken it to my own person. I ended up spending $632 with slips, spanks, veil after only $199 for the dress.
Reviewed Oct. 12, 2015
If you're looking for a place to give you the experience you've always dreamed of looking for a wedding dress, David's Bridal should not even make an appearance on the list. There were only 2 consultants working to help people try on dresses, each of whom was working with at least 3 brides. We were made to wait for almost 2 hours before being "allowed" to try on dresses. There were about 20 open/unused rooms, but we weren't allowed to try the dresses on without a consultant. We received zero one-on-one attention the entire time. We were left to pull dresses ourselves & there was an extremely limited variety of plus size dresses. Everything was very similar & the really gorgeous dresses weren't available in larger sizes. They had all wedding dresses on sale, but didn't bother to have more people working.
This was not the first place I tried on dresses, which just made their lack of customer service that much more apparent. I would definitely recommend a smaller boutique style store. I will not be buying anything from David's Bridal even though the chain location would make it easier for my bridesmaids who are scattered through 4 different states. The cost you might save here is not worth the disrespect you're subjected to. The whole experience was completely ridiculous and aggravating. This just shows you how little you matter to larger companies who clearly couldn't care less about their consumers. They completely ruined my wedding dress shopping experience & I absolutely regret even going in there.
Reviewed Oct. 6, 2015
My daughter purchased her dress that cost $1,450.00 & $175.00 on veil. We came to our alteration appointment in which we spent another $592.00 for ($162.00 on bustle alone). We specified that we did not want dress to touch floor once bustled. Well, after wedding my daughter's dress came home with holes due to bustle job. I called and spoke to a "Manager" in which she explained that dress does not LAST OVER & OVER AGAIN and it happens 60% of the time. NOT once was advised that occurs and there is nothing that can be done. What a disgrace!!! With the amount of money spent.
Reviewed Oct. 2, 2015
I ordered three dresses intending to return two. Was told when I ordered the dresses that I had 30 days to return. Looking at their online policy, they give you 14 days from date of shipment to return which is impossible, as it takes about that long to get the dresses in the first place. I've called, and called, and emailed, and emailed, and they do not respond. For an experience as lovely as a wedding, you would think that they would want you to have a good experience as this is their bread and butter, so not the case. They do not care about their customer service one single bit.
Reviewed Sept. 20, 2015
I arrived for my 90 min scheduled appointment to try on wedding dresses on time with my mother, grandmother, and maid of honor. The sales women assigned to me was the most unprofessional salesperson I have ever dealt with. After about 20 min of trying on dresses that my group and I picked out another bride came in next to me who was assigned to the same sales woman. As soon as she showed up the sales woman asked my mother and grandmother to move so that her other customer's family could sit. She brought the other group extra chairs so they all had seats while part of my group had to stand. The sales woman did not say a single word to me once her other customer came.
Before this I asked her to bring me dresses from my favorites list which I spent hours working on online. She never brought me ONE dress! After standing there for about 10 minutes with no service I decided to ask my maid of honor to help me out of the dress and into another since there was limited time. My mother and maid of honor continued to help me in and out of dresses that they had to go pick out themselves. The manager noticed this and instead of offering assistance asked my friend if she wanted a job. I was so infuriated, I no longer felt happy with any dress I tried on and decided to just leave disappointed.
I gave myself a few hours to calm down before calling the store to speak to the manager about this in case she didn't fully notice the poor service I was given. The manager did apologize to me, however she followed that apology with an excuse that they were busy that day. There is absolutely no reason any person should show up for an appointment on time and be completely ignored for over an hour. Especially an appointment trying on wedding dresses which is supposed to be a fun day.
Reviewed Sept. 11, 2015
I agreed to sign up for a promotional 6 months, no interest credit card. If I didn't have it paid off in the 6 months the interest rate would be 26.99%. I was fairly confident that I could do this. My bill was for $998.51. When I reached the 6 month I still owed about $200.00. I wasn't concerned because I thought they would just add the 26.99% onto the balance that I owed. Wow..... Was I Wrong!!! I checked my account on-line and found that there was a $500.00 charge to my account. Called them right away and I was told that they go back to day one of the purchase and they also add in all the interest for each of the six months. I have never dealt with a credit card company that ever did anything like this. I'm guessing this is all legal in their fine print somewhere. I will never make this mistake again!
Reviewed Sept. 11, 2015
My daughter made an appt with David's Bridal in Lewisville, TX to try on wedding gowns. She clearly stated her budget to the sales person who started off not so great, but ended up being fairly helpful. After trying on about 6 dresses without loving any of them, the sales person brought one over for my daughter to try that was perfect. She/We LOVED it! Decided this was THE dress. While my daughter was getting her things together I followed the sales person to the register. I asked her what the price of the dress was (we had picked out all the others ourselves which were in our price range). She told me the dress was $1450! Our budget was $800. I reminded her of the budget and she said she would "see what she could do".
When my daughter got to the register the sales person announced "it's your lucky day, this dress is on sale for $850." Naturally, my daughter was thrilled because she felt this was THE dress. We paid for it and they said it would be a month before it arrived. Well, it arrived yesterday, except it wasn't the dress she ordered. Not even close. it was a short strapless, completely different color dress! After much arguing, David's Bridal realized their sales person had "mistakenly" entered the wrong item code. The correct code for the dress she decided on rang up as $1450. My daughter didn't have the money for $1450 and would have not purchased the dress except for the fact that the salesperson told us it was "on sale" for $850.
Now my daughter has not enough time to shop for a new dress and she was told she could either keep the dress they ordered by mistake, or pay $600 on the spot and they would order the correct one. She said she just wanted her money back and the store manager refused. Said all sales are final.... but this was NOT the dress we ordered. This was a key entry mistake by their sales person who I believe did it intentionally to make the sale and figured we would pay the additional $600 when backed against the wall by the time the wrong dress came in.
We escalated to the corporate office and they made the decision to honor the $850 price for the original dress. But, at this point my daughter has to have the dress shipped to Alaska (her fiance is in the Air Force and stationed there) and try and find a place to have alterations done. I have 5 daughters. This is the first one to get married. And I guarantee she will be the last one to ever set foot in a David's Bridal. I have my fingers crossed that when this dress shows up in Alaska that it is indeed THE dress. I just don't trust this company.
Reviewed Sept. 6, 2015
When you make an appointment you would think you get help. However, the gals working there are working with at least 4 people at a time and you don't have the help you need. It's not a nice bridal shop anymore. It's simply a retail store like Walmart with wedding dresses.
Reviewed Aug. 29, 2015
I am extremely disappointed in this company. The day I tried on dresses, I picked out a beautiful dress and was very happy with it, and the person who helped me find it was wonderful. However, it was all downhill from there... I had ordered some accessories online and when they came, they were garbage. The earrings were defectively made and the purse looked like something you'd give a child to play with. I tried to return them and according to their policy, they will not take returns in their store and you have to send it back to their warehouse at your own expense within 2 weeks/no exceptions. I emailed them through their help center and didn't even get an automated response.
So then my dress comes... And I try it on at my alterations appointment. Again, the person who was helping me was lovely, however the dress was not. The delicate design of beading and lace on the front wasn't at all the same quality of the original dress that I had tried on. We brought out the dress I had tried on to compare, and the design down the front that should have been symmetrical was crooked and sloppy. It looked like my dress was off of the discount/defective rack. Some of the beading was falling off and there were already some snags in the lace. At a price of $1350 + tax and then some over-priced accessories, you can imagine that the once ecstatic bride is now crushed by disappointment. Now we ordered another dress, but I really have low expectations after seeing the first dress they sent. And furthermore, that dress sat in their store for a month and nobody even inspected it for me for quality control purposes.
If I could do it all again, I wouldn't have gone to David's Bridal at all. The only redeeming factor is the in-store service, the people they hire are very nice and helpful. It is too bad they are bound to such crappy policies and low quality merchandise, because they ultimately are the ones to have to deal with angry customers.
Reviewed Aug. 27, 2015
I ordered 3 dresses online to try for my daughter's wedding. I need to return 2, so I did as instructed and went into my order and got RMA numbers. It said I would receive an email with the address to mail them back to. I haven't received it. I sent them an email, with no response. I then emailed through their website, with no response. The return has to be done in 14 days... I believe they are playing games. I have now been sitting on the phone for 25 minutes waiting for customer service to get an address to mail the dresses back. Their paperwork and website show no phone numbers and no addresses. I will NEVER, EVER shop at this place again. Should have listened to what people told me about them.
Updated on 9/23/2015: To finally get an address to send my return to, I had to call the number, which I had to find online since none of their paperwork has it, and instead of choosing the option to return, select the option to place an order. You'll get someone real quick! So I returned my dresses, they got them about a month before they finally sent me my refunds. I suggest that people file a claim through their credit cards. That may make them move a little faster. WHAT A TERRIBLE BUSINESS, WITH TERRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE. I will never set foot in their store again or order from them online. What a shame that a company of that size is so bad. So not recommended!
Reviewed Aug. 7, 2015
My Matron of Honor graciously purchased tank tops for the wedding party. When one bridesmaid attempted to exchange hers for a different size, she was denied. For the reason of, we didn't have a receipt and it was outside 30 days of purchase. This customer service was extremely disappointing. We simply wanted to exchange for a different size. Definitely don't lose your receipts and check sizes within 30 days.
Reviewed Aug. 6, 2015
I returned a dress by mail to David's Bridal. The tracking information confirmed that it was received a month ago, but I have yet to be credited back my money or hear anything from David's Bridal. I've been emailing, calling and leaving voicemail messages, but no one responds. When I try to call they keep me on hold for a very long time and blast grating music. Since I have not been credited my money back, and I have no dress, they have stolen my money, not to mention the time I've wasted trying to get someone there to help me out. Maybe no one actually works there?
Reviewed Aug. 5, 2015
I need help. I have not been able to get a hold of David's Bridal. I ordered a dress online and I didn't care for it so I am trying to return it. I sent in for an RMA number, which the website gave me but no return address. I have left message after message and have emailed them. How do I get the address to return it?
Reviewed July 16, 2015
I have had several experiences with David's Bridal and not a single one is good. First time was for my best friends wedding and she went to try on gowns and the lady was not very kind and unhelpful. I have them the benefit of the doubt and thought maybe she was just having a rough day, we all have them no biggie. Needless to say she didn't purchase a dress from them.
The second experience was for another friends wedding and we all tried on bridesmaid dresses and we had the same lady and she had the same rude attitude. All the sample dresses we picked had tags that said $139.99. So when she totaled my purchase and said the bill was $170 (something) I was like "wait, how is that possible" and she showed me the tag on the one she grabbed to ring me up said $169.99 and I said "wait why is this one more than the other ones over there?" And she argued and said they were all the same price so I went and grabbed another one with the $139.99 tag and showed her. She very rudely responded with "I have another appointment that just walked in. I don't have time to finish with this, I'm going to let someone else take over." They sold me the dress for $139.99.
The 3rd experience was an online one. I ordered a corset off their site and when it arrived it was not the size I ordered, I even have my receipt that says I ordered a 44DD and they sent me a 38CC. I called David's Bridal to see how to go about an exchange and they said they wouldn't do an exchange or refund in store and that I had to ship that back to them and get a refund and repurchase it. It took almost a month for David's Bridal to refund my money. Needless to say I will not be repurchasing the corset from them and will take my business elsewhere.
Reviewed July 14, 2015
I was pleased when I picked out my wedding dress and price. But when I went to get it altered, the woman didn't have a clue hardly of what she was doing. No strapless bra for me to try, and sign used to be up for a first free alterations. But I couldn't do payments for the alteration price. Hardly any was taken off my shoulders and cost me $50! I'm very displeased with their stock in garment bags as well!
Reviewed July 10, 2015
The David's Bridal experience isn't what you will receive from other bridal shops. You are getting what you pay for. This isn't the say yes to the dress sort of place. The staff is completely incompetent when it comes to advice or assistance helping you find the perfect dress. You better know what you want and what fits. If you do, you can find a relatively cheap gown. I found a gorgeous dress for under $1000 that I will happily take somewhere else for alterations.
Reviewed July 6, 2015
I purchased a dress off the rack. It wasn't a sale item and i didn't need any alteration. And was told at the end of my sale that it was a final sale and could not return or exchange the dress. I just don't agree with the return policy, and never buy from them again.
Reviewed July 5, 2015
Lana at the Sioux Falls, SD store is very rude and unhelpful. If I bought a bra online, they would allow me to return it. If I buy in-store, they would not allow it. I bought it only two days prior, drove 4 hours to home to try it on and realized they sold me the wrong thing. It did not fit with the dress I purchased from their store. It was their incompetence that I am in this situation. They were unwilling to assist or even tell me the bra was showing over the top of the back of the dress or the dress inside had too much padding to add more! She was like "if you would just let me finish... we always tell people it's final sale." No, your employee did not! They have you sign what looks like a credit card slip but actually says all sales final farther above the signature line that no one probably reads. She claims to only be willing to help me return it if I buy something of equal or more expensive value.
So why can I return it if I buy something else? Why is that allowed? Does that mean her reasoning of "well you may have worn it" when my wedding date is more than a month away and they can see that no longer applies. So they don't care if I have worn it if I buy something more expensive? Stay far, far away. I believe she was also the rude lady who called me when my dress came in. Apparently they emailed me 2 weeks earlier, which I did not receive. She said "well dress needs to be picked up in 2 weeks" but they never called until the time was up! Then, she said if I don't pick it up they may return it to the company. I had already bought the dress. Do not buy from here if you want any HUMAN response. Lana is a stone cold lady with no empathy.
Reviewed July 5, 2015
I'm going to keep this short.. Their website, yes it has fast shipping (in store I was told 3 months for my bridesmaids dress, but online it took 15 days), but their website said "free shipping on order 99+", this WAS NOT THE CASE! Apparently, this is only valid for US ground shipping. The catch is they don't use US ground shipping for international orders. It's just a plot to get you to order online. I SPENT $87 CAD for shipping and $154 CAD for duties and taxes for only three dresses worth $153 each... RIP OFF.
Reviewed June 28, 2015
I had an appointment with David's Bridal in Dallas, TX off Preston Rd today to try on wedding dresses. The service was horrible, the girls in the store had no intention on helping anyone. When I got there and told them I had an appointment I was told to fill out my name and wedding date. ** (wedding consultant) who never introduced herself just kept asking rude questions like why I waited so long to get my dress and other questions I did not believe were relevant to me finding a dress in the store that day. She walked away for 10 minutes until someone came to ask if we were taken care of. I requested that ** not help me and requested someone else. I was told to browse the store so I did, picked out 4 dresses to try on and stood at the dressing rooms waiting for someone. While waiting, I noticed 5 employees standing at the front of the store talking. Finally someone came over and introduced herself.
Reviewed June 25, 2015
Horrible experience!! First, the sales girl brought me dresses that were way too big, and argued when I said I needed a smaller size, and her solution to make them fit better was for me to get a "** job". Second, when I chose a dress, the sales girl argued with my mother and I about ordering a bigger size, we said no but she ordered the wrong size anyway. The maid of honor dress was the wrong color and the veil was about 5 feet longer than the one I ordered! The employees I have dealt with all had terrible attitudes and treated me like they were doing me a favor!!
Reviewed June 20, 2015
In a nutshell, I tried calling customer service with a simple, one minute question about returns. I waited, without responses, 41 minutes the first call, and an hour the second. I left message on the mailbox of an employee at corporate. No response. Left a detailed message with the operator at corporate, who was pleasant, but received no response. Left two detailed messages on the general mailbox. Again, zip. Reading the other comments listed here, perhaps I should be glad that David's Bridal doesn't care about its customer or its service. Forewarned is forearmed. I truly believe that it stays in business only because of its drastic price cuts, because with the thousands of complaints I have read online there is no other explanation. Don't shop here... Once you buy, you are on your own.
Reviewed June 16, 2015
Horrible service. There isn't anyone to help you if you don't make an appt. They are not equipped for walk-ins. One consultant told me I would look better than the lady trying on the dress because I was smaller. I thought that was tacky and not honest and fair to the lady that was trying on the dress. Service is ridiculous. I would never ever go there again.
Reviewed June 11, 2015
I went to the Colma Store, in California. As I entered the door entrance of David's Bridal no one help me with my needs. I was in crutches and unable to locate the dresses I found online. I was walking with my crutches on each aisle, no one attended to me. I stop a sales associate and ask her where I can find the accessories dept.? She pointed 30 feet away and did not help me at all. Their customer service is very poor and in more way than one. They are not well equipped with pro active sales representatives that knows how to excel in their customer service. I left the store in a hurry because I was unable to roam around to look for things that I need. I am a 62 year old disable on both my knees and unable to help myself when no one is willing to extend their professional help. I WILL NO LONGER SHOP IN THIS STORE!!!!!!!
Reviewed June 10, 2015
I went to make an appointment and from the phone conversation the girl was rude. Then I went online to read reviews on the store in Hampton Virginia. Well I got spooked and did not go to the appointment. I refused to spend my money on my special day and be treated like crap to get a wedding dress. They lost my business before I ever stepped foot in the store. SOMEONE NEEDS TO CHANGE HOW THEY TREAT PEOPLE--- HELP.
Reviewed June 5, 2015
I purchased a dress from David's Bridal. They took down my phone number and e-mail address. I was told that my information was only to provide me information on my order. I immediately began getting solicitation calls and e-mails. I went to the store and complained. They blamed corporate, blah blah blah. They assured me that they had removed my information and I would not receive additional solicitations. Months later I am still receiving solicitation e-mails from businesses they sold my information to. This is the worst kind of business practice to sell people's private information simply because they made the mistake of supporting your business. I would not advise anyone to shop there unless you want your information sold around the globe!
Reviewed June 1, 2015
I picked out my dress and ordered it in Feb of this year. When I got to my first fitting, I put on a dress that was the same size that I had tried on the very first time, which was very big and needed clips to hold it up. The girl offered to have me try on a dress in the correct size and we ordered a new dress and did an even swap. Went in for a fitting yet again...both dresses were there. The one that was too big and the one that was the correct size. My fitting appointment was at 6pm. I never met the seamstress.
The girl who got me into my dress was busy with another client who had issues with her dress and was waiting for it to be finished. I had on my dress waiting to be pinned. It was almost an hour before the girl started pinning me, and as she's telling me that she never does bridal gowns...only prom dresses and bridesmaid dresses. She was interrupted so many times that I stood on my feet in my dress for 3 hours. When she was finally done, I paid for my alterations which was just a hem. She walked me out the door at 10:30pm.
My next appointment I went in...they hadn't done anything. It was the very same girl. They hadn't done anything but the hem. The bustle was never touched like it was supposed to be done. My appointment was at 7pm. I was supposed to just try on the dress and see if it was perfect and then fix any issues and walk out that night with the dress. I put on the dress and waited again to be seen. The girl was busy again and had four other appointments interrupting her. When she finally got to me, she started my bustle and an hour and a half later, it was done. Then I had to wait for her to finish and steam the dress. I walked out of there at 11pm.
The day of my wedding, my coordinator and my matron of honor couldn't figure out why there were snaps and extra loops in the oddest of spots. I feel that I was treated poorly and I shouldn't have wasted 8 hours of wait time and two and a half hours of drive time to be completely treated as last minute. I do not recommend this company. I won't let my daughter go there when someday she gets married. Ever. No way. You shouldn't have to wait. If you pay for a product and a service and make appointments for the service and product to be delivered, it should be timely. Incredibly wrong. I won't get my money back. Ridiculous.
Reviewed May 19, 2015
Horrible service. They told me by making changes that my body is out of line. I don't need to hear back from them. As well I had to come three times because they did not do changes on the dress. Second time I came in they have done nothing at all - just told me they couldn't read the notes. I needed it for next weekend so it was really stressful enough to know if they were even able to finish it. I would not recommend them at all if you want your dress day and time.
Reviewed May 18, 2015
I ordered a bridesmaid dress for a wedding and it came in damaged and sewn together crooked. They could not fix it so they ordered me another dress, a different one I had picked out (in case the same thing happened again). This second dress also came in damaged and sewn together wrong. In fact the fabric had been cut wrong and there wasn't enough for the seamstress to work with to attempt to fix it properly. They tried to fix it twice but I insisted it still was wrong (which it was).
I was nervous that they wouldn't refund my money by the negative reviews I have read since, but they did refund my money. For the most part the sales people were ok. Not professionals in the bridal industry, more like retail workers. A few had bad attitudes and were not pleasant. I'm glad I got my money back, but wasted two months, gas money driving back and forth numerous times, and a lot of aggravation. I now have 8 days to find a new dress before the wedding. SERIOUSLY!! Take these reviews to heart and do not shop here. I would never recommend this company, it has been a nightmare.
Reviewed May 15, 2015
First I want to preface this by stating I worked for David's for a year and use to send people there. As a bride however, two years later worse experience ever. When I went in for my January appointment I saw my bridal consultant maybe 4 times. We had to pull and try on the gowns without any assistance or suggestions because a group that came in without an appointment for bridesmaid dresses has a bride who decided to buy a new dress because she didn't like the one she had and she was the sole focus of my consultant.
Now onto my alterations appointment. They tried to tell me the dress needed to be hemmed even though it barely and I mean barely touched the ground, it would have been 1/10 if an once. Then I was told I was going to get a simple inexpensive bustle. That was not the case. When I questioned it at the checked out, they had the other brides alteration charge sheet. There were only 2 of us back there. When I asked if she would go change the charge sheet on my dress they tagged it with she told me it wouldn't matter that they never mixed up dresses there. I pointed it out that I use to work there and I know on the past dresses had been mixed she argued with me. Mind you she had been there less than a month. Oh and that simple bustle 10 buttons and bustle points. Completely absurd. Do not go there if you want a good or even ok experience for your bridal experience.
Reviewed May 3, 2015
Our good friends are getting married. I am a bridesmaid. I would not recommend them to anyone and most certainly not choose them. The customer service is just ok and the alteration process is humiliating. This is what happened: first they lost my appointment, they didn't notify me when the dress came in, and when I came in for alterations the dress was wrinkled and too small. The ladies altering the dress were rude and pushy.
Reviewed April 27, 2015
Went into David's Bridal for fitting on 2/15/15 for my august wedding. Paid for three gowns upfront. Everyone got fitted. My dress came back too big, my daughters dress too big and other daughters dress was too small. Not happy at all with the service of Davids Bridal. Now facing alterations on two dresses. And replacing another dress. Buyer please beware.
Reviewed April 24, 2015
My senior prom is this weekend. I bought my dress last weekend. I needed alterations for the dress I wanted. I said yes even with the $25 rush fee. They charged me for reshaping/cutting the arm hole and taking in the dress. They took measurements and pinned the dress, my mom and I paid for the dress and then left. I came back to pick it up, it fit perfectly. My mom took a look at it today and they did the shoddiest alterations. All they did was tuck the fabric in and sew a few stitches at the top and bottom of the fold! They charged me $80 for 15 minutes worth of work. They made no cuts to the fabric, they did not do anything but tuck it in and throw a few stitches in. $80 for that little work is stupid.
Reviewed April 17, 2015
I would ABSOLUTELY NOT RECOMMEND this shop to anyone. In fact, if I could give this store no stars I would have. I made an appointment weeks in advance so the bride (who lives out of state) could be there to approved the color and style of dress. Upon arriving they informed us that we did not have an appointment scheduled. I pulled out a card with the date and time confirming we did have an appointment scheduled. Another 25 minutes waiting before being helped. We ordered 2 dresses and made a fitting appointment before leaving.
The 5 days before the fitting (which was made over 6 weeks earlier) I never received a phone call or email that the dresses had been received in the store. I called to inquire and was put on hold for over and over again waiting and speaking to 3 different people before being told they were in the store. Arrived for scheduled fitting and the dresses could not be located for over 1/2 hr. When my girls were finally brought back to the fitting room they had another person being fitted. While again waiting the staff constantly interrupted our appointment and we waited and waited to have my 13yr olds dresses fitted.
When I had to sign for the alterations I almost had a heart attack when the cost was $255.00 to alter 2 Jr. bridesmaid dresses. The one dress alone was $175.00 which is more than the cost of the dress which was $159.00. With the wedding just 2 months away I didn't know what to do. I questioned the lady who said "that is what it cost". I was in pure shock!!!!! I'm a idiot for not walking out of the store then. I had to pay the entire fee before the dresses could be fitted. WHO makes you pay for services in full before they are done? It's a scam.
Made another appointment for a fitting after alterations (which can only be done a Wednesday per the lady, so I took a vacation day to make this appointment). I called the day before to make sure the alterations were done as this store is very disorganized and I didn't want to make a trip for nothing. Arrived at the scheduled time and of course I was told my appointment was 45mins later. After 15mins we were taken. One dress was fine the other didn't fit (no surprise) - No alterations were done on the bodice of the dress. It didn't fit and I ask the lady to make the alterations so that it fits to which I was told I would need to pay another $35.00.
I informed this ** that I had already paid 255.00 and I wasn't going to give her anymore money. She was the one who did the fitting and the dresses should have been altered and done. She said I didn't pay to have the bodice fitted at which point I told my girls to get dressed and bring the dresses with them. I went to speak to a manager who took another 10 minutes to come see me to explained in detail what my concerns were and what I wanted done. She left to speak to ** . She came back and told me that I must have scratched out the "take in" on the bodice and it wasn't done. I said I didn't scratch out anything to which the manager said "then your daughter must have."
REALLY?? My 13 year old took this slip and scratched out the "take in". It took every ounce of self control not to scream at this manager. How truly sad this company treats customers. How unprofessional this manager treated me and to say I had scratched out the alteration and then accuse my daughter. HORRIBLE. David's bridal don't deserve your business.
Reviewed April 14, 2015
I bought a corset to go under my wedding dress from David's Bridal and since then I have gotten anywhere from 3-15 emails a day from various wedding vendors, from venues and DJs to invitations and cakes. Some of them even have David's Bridal in the subject line or indicate that it is a David's Bridal preferred vendor, so I know that David's Bridal gave them my email address. I have had to unsubscribe from each of them individually and it is a huge pain. I will never buy from David's Bridal again and have already told all my family and friends to avoid them like the plague!
Reviewed April 9, 2015
On April 3, 2015 I took my 18 yr. old daughter to David's Bridal in Morrow, Georgia to look at prom dresses. Once she found & tried on dress of her choice, it was determined that she needed another size. Sales associated advised that a gown in her size was available on Pennsylvania. The associate did not place order for us, but gave my daughter the phone number so order could be placed. We went in parking lot & placed order. We paid an additional $25.00 so that the dress could be expedited to us by Mon., April 6, 2015. Today, April 9, we have not received the dress!
Service poor from beginning! We should not be trying to track down a dress. And we have placed multiple calls to the David's Bridal customer service unit to no avail. The cost to send overnight should refunded. The sales associate at the Morrow store should have ordered the dress and maybe all of the other problems with this order would not have occurred. My daughter's prom is soon. This company's too big to treat customers this way. Proms, weddings and such are too special for David’s Bridal to ruin the event!
Reviewed April 5, 2015
First off let me say that there are at least 2 associates at David's Bridal in Portland Oregon that are decent human beings, that being said DO NOT BUY FROM HERE! First off in February I went to look at wedding gowns for my October wedding. The first appointment was with an associate named ** who was extremely helpful, she did not do any hard selling and when I found my "perfect" dress I said I had wanted to think about it and scheduled another appointment with **. Here is where it went bad. First off the associate that I scheduled the appointment with wasn't there for my appointment even though the appointment was with her, then I get this horrid woman who hard sold told me I had to buy everything now.. from the dress to the undergarments' dry cleaning and the special garment bag (not the cheap plastic one).
When I told her I saw the dress cheaper online at David's Bridal she started bad mouthing the online store telling me I would have huge problems. She then told me I needed to apply for a card (since I was hesitant to buy the dress that day). I told her I would be declined. I was then told that no one is ever declined (well I was) then she tried asking if I had any friends or family that could apply for the card. Horrified I told her under no such circumstance and was ready to leave when she decided to tell me about the lay away.. So hesitantly I did just that.
Fast forward to the day I was picking up the dress.. I asked to try it on one more time. Upon trying on the dress the undergarments clearly made the dress look odd, so I took the slip off and the dress was perfect! So I asked if they could just return it. The answer is NO. Even though I hadn't left the store yet because I had just paid for the dress in full 15 minutes earlier they said no..
Long story short they tried giving me store credit (this is after me asking for the manager and arguing with her for 10 minutes). Well anyone who knows David's Bridal knows everything is ridiculously expensive and the only thing my store credit would pay for was ugly flip flops or costume jewelry that I could get cheaper at Claire's. I was done - told them to keep my newly paid for dress and give it to someone else. BUYER BEWARE. They do not offer any returns even if you haven't walked out of the store. They do a hard sale, only some of the sales people actually care, and everything is always corporate fault. In the end after they were pressured by a slew of bridal and prom moms shopping they refunded the money for the slip but because of all the garbage and the horrible experience I cancelled my wedding.
Reviewed March 25, 2015
The Belden Village store is the best. The ladies are awesome. I had to return some bridesmaid dresses due to the girls gaining weight. They did not hesitate, they reordered new ones and didn't charge for the new ones. Very very nice there. Would highly recommend this store.
Reviewed March 14, 2015
BUYER BEWARE! David's Bridals does not have a refund policy. They will only give you store credit for your return. We bought a prom dress in a size 8 they didn't have the size so they had to order it. Of course we had to pay for it BEFORE they would order it. NEVER once did they tell us about their "return policy". Yes...it is on the receipt which you do not see until AFTER you pay. Very BAD customer service! We ended having to take the dress which did not fit (and of course they offered to tailor it for an additional 80$$). I told them I'd rather give money to an honest person to alter the dress! If you stand behind your product then you should refund the $ if the consumer doesn't want it. This dress had never even left the store! I have 4 daughters (which means lots of proms and lots of weddings) and will NEVER go there again!
Reviewed March 13, 2015
I wouldn't take a dress from David's Bridal even if it was given to me! I went there a few weeks ago to try on dresses and as soon as I walked in, the receptionist was SO rude, got all of my information wrong. When I pointed it out so she could make the corrections, she blamed her mess up on it "almost being time for her to leave". The sales associate made me pull all of my own dresses and when I was taking too long, she rudely told me I only had an hour to look around and choose a dress. As irritated as I was, I went into the fitting room to try them on and she didn't even offer to help me! I was trying on ball gowns with corset backs which are obviously hard to get on alone. To make matters worse, after I stripped down and started stepping into the first dress, I look inside of the dress and see it completely caked with someone else's makeup. I was disgusted!
I put my camisole back on and continued to try the dress on only to find out that the next 3 dresses were also covered in makeup. I was trying to tell myself that it was no big deal, that those dresses couldn't be the ones they send brides home with...but when I asked the associate if they would order a dress, she told me no, and that the dresses I tried on would be the dress they would sell me! Excuse my language but, there was NO way in hell I was buying a dress with someone else's face smeared all over it! Not to mention, the dresses seemed extremely cheaply made (seams coming undone, beads falling off, etc.). I am by no means a bridezilla, but I at least expect good customer service while finding my wedding dress. My first experience of trying on dresses was pretty much ruined. :/ Do not go there with high expectations.
Reviewed March 9, 2015
My daughter and I have been to this store many times since January. I never seen him until a few weeks ago. He is short, aloof and his facial expression tells you a lot. He never speaks to us when we come in. He rolls his eyes and walks off. Today was over the top. I was told that we could put anything in layaway by ** and also **, but what they did not specify is that it was only wedding gowns. The first encounter was ** told us we could pay our bill in the store. We went to pay our bill and he was snappy and rude about that. I reported this to ** and she apologized for him. Then I cancelled my bridal party's dresses and will seek out another bridal shop for bridesmaid's dress. Also, when I bought my dress, purchased a sash that was never orders. It was order a month after and our first appointment. They did not have my appointment scheduled so we had to wait until ** came in. -- Unhappy Bride.
Reviewed March 6, 2015
We had an apt. to find my wedding dresses and I am on a budget and I found a beautiful 99.00 dress online that said online and in stores. When I asked to try that dress, she told me I should have came in when they had the 99 dollar dresses. So I said OK do you have something close to what I'm looking for that I could try I want. Something white, simple, lightweight, for a June wedding and at a reasonable. As soon as I said reasonable price her attitude was awful. She pointed to clearance dresses and walked away! She had way too many girls she was attending to. Did not stay with me at all.
Thank goodness my mom and friend were there to be by my side to help get me in and out of my dress. Then I needed alterations so that was another issue. She called the lady over but she never came. She was busy so we walked back to her and I understand being busy but she don’t have to show her frustration and be so short and rude. I had enough of that as it was. We were going to purchase bridesmaid dresses from there but needless to say we will not be doing that now! I will never go back to David’s bridal nor will I recommend them. And if I didn't love that dress I would have just left everything in the fitting room and LEFT!
Reviewed Feb. 24, 2015
I made an appointment to be fitted for a bridesmaid dress at Davids Bridal in Mobile AL.. My bride and other bridesmaids went to Davids Bridal in Hattiesburg MS. With my work schedule and me living in Mobile the Mobile location was very convenient for me. I made the appointment and the fitting went well. A few weeks later I was ready to purchase my dress online but couldn't remember the size I fitted for. I call Davids Bridal only to find out that my representative did not enter my size in the computer. I had to take more time out of my busy schedule again to return to do another fitting.
Reviewed Feb. 24, 2015
I made my appointment, showed up, and was greeted by the nicest person. I showed her my favorites and gave her my budget. She pulled some of the most beautiful dresses that she felt would flatter my figure and be long enough - I'm 5'11". I tried on about 8 and he peeled with every single one. I bought a dress that is very beautiful - sash, corset, slip - and I plan to buy more accessories when I pick up my dress after alterations.
Reviewed Feb. 20, 2015
If you want to go to a place for a wedding dress and have a horrible experience, then you have come to the right place. Besides from that, the main question is, Is a "final sale" actually a sale if you never take possession of the merchandise? So, we all found out, later than sooner, that David hates brides :( ... (I mean David's bridal) and you can't return a dress - even if it was never worn or washed, or altered.
Reviewed Feb. 3, 2015
When me and my mom went into the shop the lady that was supposed to help us just put the dress in the room. It was up to me and my mom how to figure out everything when the lady was too busy helping other employee with someone else. Plus they stopped doing layaway. It just seem to me that unless you looked like or are rich they have no time for you. So very upset about the way I was treated. I felt like because we are on a budget we are now invisible to them. I will never recommend anyone to go there.
Reviewed Jan. 24, 2015
I would highly advise that you never visit David's Bridal unless you want your wedding party to look like an absolute disaster. They are the rudest, most incompetent company I have ever dealt with. And all I'm asking for is a pink dress that fits all my bridesmaids. After a four month search, they still don't have dresses. Thanks for ruining my wedding.
Reviewed Jan. 21, 2015
Customer service is ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE. When I made my appointment to look for a wedding dress, they told me there was no appointment showing up for me and acted as if I inconvenienced them. Then a few months later when searching for a bridesmaid dress I found online I called to see if it was offered in store or online only. I sat on hold for 15 mins., only to be hung up on and when I tried to call back the woman who answered tried to put me on hold AGAIN. When I told her I was on hold for 15 mins. and hung up on, SHE got an attitude with ME. I'll no longer be buying the wedding dress nor will I be purchasing my bridesmaid dresses with them. What a bummer. This place needs to get it together.
Reviewed Dec. 23, 2014
My advice to future brides!! Never visit #DavidsBridal! This has not been the first bad experience I had with them either!! I've never been treated so disgustingly like I have today when picking up my wedding dress!!!! I'm in shocked that a manager will treat a costumer - a bride to be - at that the way she did to me. I tried so hard to keep my composure but corporate will be hearing from me! She was extremely rude to rolling her eyes, sucking her teeth, and waving her hands in the air disrespectfully. She never even handed me my copy of my receipt and when I asked for it, she rolled her eyes and let out a very heavy breath. When I asked her a question about changing the size just in case, she started to laugh in my face saying, "It's clearance. There's only limited sizes. That's something you should of thought of." I couldn't imagine ever being treated so nasty as a paying customer. If it wasn't for me placing my dress on layaway, I would have never purchased my dress in that store.
Reviewed Dec. 11, 2014
I ordered several different sizes of the same shoe for my wedding online since they did not carry the shoes in store. I kept the ones that fit and returned the ones that did not. It seems like David's Bridal makes the process as difficult as possible hoping that someone will give up and just let them have your money. If you buy something online, you must return it in the mail. In order to return it in the mail, you must email David's Bridal within 14 days to get an RMA. Once you received the RMA, you can then send in your items to be returned. Having a tracking number is very important. If I did not have this, I probably would have never received a refund. And, it also helped a lot that the carrier service sent me an email with the day and time it was delivered (I used UPS).
The most frustrating thing is that the only way you can contact them is by email. There is no number posted for customer service on the website. When I sent emails asking for an RMA, they responded within a couple of days. On the website it says, "your return will be processed within in 14 days." I called to follow up on one of my returns before the 14 days was up, and someone sent me an email saying it takes 14 days for the returns to be processed. On this email a number to customer service was given. If I had never received this email, I would probably never have gotten the money back for both of my returns. I waited for the 14 days to pass on the first return, and then tried to contact them again.
I sent multiple emails and no one ever responded. I then called the customer service number. When I inquired about them not responding to my emails, they said that this was probably due to server issues. After calling 5 or 6 times over a period of 30 days, I finally received my first refund. Every time I spoke with someone I had to give them my tracking number, order number, and name of the delivery service even though I had emailed this to them several times and given the number over the phone every time I called. When I sent in my second return it was even worse. I had to call about about 10 times, and it took even longer than 30 days to process.
Half of the times that I called there was a message saying there was a high call volume, and they instructed you to leave a message. Of the times I was asked to leave a message, most of the time the voice mailbox was full and you were unable to leave a message. Of the messages that I was able to leave, no one ever called me back. I have had to deal with a lot of stress planning a wedding, and I never would have thought that returning some shoes to David's Bridal would be one of the most stressful things I have had to deal with.
Reviewed Dec. 8, 2014
I found the dress I loved on David's Bridal's website first. I was told by a friend to try local businesses and not use David's Bridal (but no specific explanation that I felt was serious enough to heed this warning), so I went to several other places first, ending with David's Bridal in Slidell, LA. I must say that the staff here was friendly and seemed knowledgeable. I ended up trying on the dress I found online, but didn't want to commit yet.
A week later I went to the location in Hattiesburg, MS (where I was living at the time), to try on the dress again and decided to buy it (unfortunately at full price). I had to order my size which had to be "cut to order." When it came in, the cap sleeves were too constricting (couldn't lift my arms past shoulder height) and scratchy. Even though it was rated with 5 hearts on the website, I later read through more reviews and noticed many people commented on the sleeve issue - so it wasn't just me. I was in the process of relocating and was told it shouldn't be a problem for alterations to fix at the location where I was moving to. Hattiesburg associates were friendly, but did seem less knowledgeable than Slidell.
Finally, at the location in Alexandria, LA, the alterations person told me I HAD to have a slip and bra before she would see me (even though I ONLY wanted the sleeves fixed - I felt it fit perfectly otherwise) and I could buy them there. She said she could fix the sleeves, but seemed almost dismissive of this as she moved on to several other suggestions for alterations. As an honest and sincere person, I forget that some people only care about themselves and have no problem lying to "naive" people to take advantage of them. I trusted her "expertise" and agreed to all these additional alterations. I didn't ask about the cost so when I got to the cash register and paid upfront for the alterations (another mistake of mine), and the bra and slip, I was shocked at the additional money I was having to shell out and hesitated for a moment (at which point the cashier started rambling about how they have the best bras, better than Dillards), but just went with it because it needed to get done.
Then I went home feeling uneasy about the experience because also the associate who helped me put on the dress before alterations was very intrusive - staring as I got undressed/dressed and also ended up giving me the wrong size bra after I told her my size TWICE. I never had the bra in my hand until I paid for it because she put it on me herself and then handed it to the cashier at the end. She also tried to show me veils saying I could buy the more expensive one and just not use the blusher (because the shorter, single layer was not in stock), and jewelry I was NOT interested in. I never saw her there again.
When I went back (after I had to call them to check on the status) the dress did not fit right at all because of the alterations she made, and the sleeves seemed the same to me. The woman did not come back to work, so I had new people to work with. They ended up letting me choose another dress and use credit from the first one. The second one I chose had to be taken up in length and had about 5 layers to deal with. There ended up being some layers I was tripping on, so I had to have it re-done. It eventually got worked out the WEEK before my wedding in November (and for reference, this whole process beginning with the first dress - started in April). Also, during this process I was told by 3 different people that they were managers so I'm not sure if every associate is a "manager" or what.
They also charge $10 for a garment bag after you spend $800 on a dress and up to $300 on alterations and undergarments. The groom got his suit from Macy's and they sent him home with a nice FREE garment bag! On the bottom of the David's Bridal receipt it says "your feedback is important to us" and to visit the given link. I tried that and there is no way that I can find to complete a survey or review.
To sum this up-- incompetence, strong and ruthless sales tactics, lying -- is what I experienced and it was the worst part of the wedding experience. I can't help but remember the sweetest girl who helped me at a local business (she seemed to be genuinely trying to help me find the best look for me and my personality, keeping budget in mind) and wishing I had gone back to her. In the end I loved my dress, but I would never recommend David's Bridal to anyone unless the dress fits perfect off the rack and they get it on sale.
Reviewed Dec. 2, 2014
My gown consultant was good. However my 2 stars goes towards David's Bridal overall and the store itself. Prior to my appointment, I thought I did the right thing by saving my favorites online and then bringing them into the store. This was the idea that, they will pull out your favorites once you're there. Well, when I got to the store, my top 4 favorites out of the 8 that I selected weren't even available in-store anymore! Apparently they were no longer in stock!! Well, why are they still online?
It seemed as if the dress I really loved, though discontinued, I COULD purchase. But in a larger size. They said I could order it. Sight unseen. AND the catch? I would have to pay in full! I felt so deflated. I eventually tried on a similar styled dress, placed the order for the real dress and paid in full. Yes, I loved the online version that much, I was willing to take that risk.
A month later, I received an email saying my dress arrived at the store. To think, they are supposed to help make this day special, but you send me an email? I would think I would at least receive a courtesy call. I guess that is just me. I called the store to ask them to ship it - a free service. They weren't able to provide me the tracking info and at that time said to call back Friday (day after Thanksgiving) and they will give me the tracking info. Well AS YOU CAN GUESS. I called, and called and called. NO ONE picked up! Was it because the location was closed? I have no clue.
It is now MONDAY, I am calling and calling, NO ONE is still picking up. I have no idea if my dress actually was shipped. WTH!?!? I don't think I should go through all this just to find out WHERE THE HELL MY DRESS IS. You would think, they are so keen on emailing, they would email me the tracking info. No. So as of now, it has been a week since my dress arrived at the store, and 4 days later since they claimed it was shipped and I am not able to reach ANYONE at the store to confirm this.
Dec 2nd: I have changed my stars to ONE because on Friday, this location gave me a UPS tracking number for my dress. When I looked it up, it says, "A UPS shipping label has been created. Once the shipment arrives at our facility, the tracking status--including the scheduled delivery date--will be updated. " Fine. I checked with UPS on Monday. Same message, I checked on Tuesday. Same message. I called UPS, they say they don't officially have the package yet. I called the store and after the phone ringing for 5 minutes (no exaggeration) someone picked up. I explained the problem and she says, "well UPS doesn't pick up on the weekends. It was picked up Monday evening, so they haven't put it in their system yet." Clearly the label was created, but it shouldn't and never takes UPS more than 24 hours to confirm they physically have the package. This is frustrating and it is so hard to reach ANYONE at the store.
Reviewed Oct. 22, 2014
When I went to david's to look at wedding dresses, I was shocked by how uncoordinated the staff was. I found a dress that I feel in love with and also decided to get my bride's maids' dresses, flower girl dresses accessories as well. I scheduled an appointment for bride's maids and when we showed up NOBODY was interested in helping us, as a matter of fact we were made to feel as if we were in the way. Once we made our choice and headed to the register to order 8 dresses and shoes, the staff was tripping over each other to help us. I guess they make commission. When the shoes came back twice, dyed the wrong color (twice), the associate had the never to give me attitude along "well what are we supposed to do worth them now?" I told her she could eat them for all I cared. If they weren't so incompetent this wouldn't have happened let alone twice.
The ladies that work here always look either dirty or that they don't comb their hair before coming to work. They promise to you all these discounts to get your business but when you try to use them they have stupid stipulations. I have been in Senegal whims since mine and is always the same thing. Attitude, rude people who act like they don't know without us they have no job. Wedding memories last a lifetime. Thank you David's for doing your absolute best to find up mine.
Reviewed Oct. 21, 2014
When we purchased the dress they tell you the price but they never tell you to take under consideration the alteration cost. Which could will be over 300.00. When I spoke to the store manager Lisa about this all she had to say is that I should have read the back of the receipt. Which is given after you make your purchase. All 3 brides that were there for the fitting had the same complaint and they did not care. It was leave or take the dress. They already make their sale. My suggestion is go somewhere else that are honest and have staff that know what they are doing. Terrible terrible terrible. This was the Coral Gables Location.
Reviewed Oct. 21, 2014
We ordered printed matchboxes. Designed online for $100 for 150 boxes. What arrived was 50 blank matchboxes and stickers we were supposed to place on the boxes ourselves. What a joke! I could go to Officemax and reproduce this for $15. I went online and there is no recourse and no way to contact them. Total BS! Don't ever order anything from this unethical company. I have ordered many personalized items online for my company, pens, compact mirrors, shirts. It would be like getting blank shirts and getting iron-on patches. What a dishonest, lazy and insulting company. Never buy anything from them, period.
Reviewed Oct. 9, 2014
David's Bridal is the worst company anyone can possibly deal with. My Bride to be and I have had to deal with this company regarding several issues. Not only are they rude and have a no care attitude, put you on hold for 30 minutes or better then have to explain the same problem to 5 different people then hang up on you, cancel your order without notifying you, sell you things they don't have in stock or can't even get, broken zippers in the dresses and the list goes on. They like to leave you standing in line for over an hour while they are dealing with other customers complaints as well. The stores are filthy and not well kept. Do yourself a favor, don't even walk in their door or give them the opportunity to take your money. Your wedding is suppose to be a wonderful experience... David's Bridal turns it into a nightmare!!!!
Reviewed Sept. 4, 2014
As a first time bride, who would not be super excited about their wedding - let alone her wedding dress and the experience of buying & dealing with a big corporate such as David's Bridal. So to my disappointment & outrage over my experience for it has turned my happy memory of them to a bitter one & I would not want any future brides & customers to be subjected to this!!!
I fell in love with & bought my dress back in early May in Springfield Plaza in Springfield, VA. I was told by their consultant that it was the last dress & it's discontinued (but I didn't know nor was I told that it can still be ordered for it was available online still). Therefore I knew I could not let go of this dress thinking this was the very last one, so I bought it off of their clearance rack knowing it's been tried on several times, with some of the beads falling off and the hook & eye missing. But, I was happy because I was told that they will replace those things during my alteration & will steam the dress for free. Great! But, when I voiced my concern that I might not do the alterations with them because my mom wanted to add her special something to it since I am her only child, I asked if this will be a problem & would I still be able to get these awesome Free things that came with my dress? My consultant, ** (who of course is no longer working there) said that should not be an issue since I bought my dress with them. Great!
As I was paying for my dress, made an appt w/ alterations & ready to leave, she insisted that I take the dress home with me since my appt for alterations was not 'til Aug. & I asked if that would be an issue & she said NO! I then called to change my alteration date to Sept because my mom wanted to add a bustle to the back of the dress for me so that it won't be stepped on after the ceremony. I asked again if I should bring it in to them first to redo the free things or if I can go ahead with what my mom wanted to do.... I was told I could do either & that it's NO problem. Great!
So long story short, I am now at my appt (09/04/2014) with David's Bridal alteration & I am being told that due to their store policy, after an alteration has been done to the dress & the dress has left the store to begin with, they can no longer do anything with my dress that I bought from them & was told repeatedly that I would not encounter any problem - I am so livid right now!!!! This is why I asked & clarified more than twice with their own staff so that I would not run into this kind of problem - so to be told this, I nearly broke into tears & shaking with anger! After speaking with the SM, **, who I know is only doing her job & can't really be held accountable for what her staff at the time would be telling their brides/customers since she was not even the SM then when I first bought my dress back in May - I am still furious because ALL staff should be well versed in their policies & procedures to know what the heck they are talking about & telling their brides & customers.
Though, ** is somewhat understanding & somewhat willing to work with me, I know I am now getting a rushed job of the alterations to my dress & not to their liking. ** made me check out my own dress for any flaws in the dress that I can see for them to fix, i.e. beadings, hook & eye, etc... Why am I the one having to go over this dress, this is their job!!! ** also said they only do the steaming if I had it altered with them & when she saw that this too was upsetting me, she said she was willing to do this herself. Again, is this her job or another rushed & mediocre job to get me out the door & out of their hair?!?!
I am overwhelmed with the wedding coming up next month as is already & to have to deal with something like this is so frustrating & heart breaking. After having my bridal party buy their dresses here as well & there were also mistakes with those but not as severe as this, you'd think David's Bridal will be more accommodating & understanding to my plight & dilemma, but I get this: new hook & eye, 2 spot that needed minimal beading replacements & a steam from their own SM. I don't know anything about fabric therefore I don't know what else to look for since ** had me look over my own dress & tell her what to fix if there were any other problem with my dress for them to fix - Really!?!? So that knowing I'm not a seamstress & once I take this dress out the door back home with me, I am now accountable for it if I see anything else wrong with it since she had me look over my dress & not even tried it on at all?!!? Is that how this company ran its business?!
I am so sad & upset over this & I hope this helps future Brides & Customers out there considering going to David's Bridal, particularly with this store as to not run into this same problem. Save yourself the aggravation & being talked to like it's your fault for them misinforming you from the very start. Shame on you David's Bridal for getting your Brides so disgruntled & even more stressed out because of your misinformations you give to your customers & lack of employee training on your so-called policy & procedures that you expect everybody to fall in line with no questions asked! I've called corporate & was transferred to ** who supposedly is in charge or oversee this store & left her a message. Will update with her response.....
Reviewed Sept. 1, 2013
I recently got married. Now I've been engaged before. I went there and the girl told me that they have one dress to fit my shape. I am not skinny, but I'm a size 18 in normal clothes. Like a 22 in dresses like this. I had the credit card in hand ready to pay for one; budget wasn't an issue that time. I also wanted two flower girl dresses, 6 bridesmaids and the whole 10 yards. And I made sure they knew that. Glad I didn't get one that day because that engagement didn't last long.
This time around, I went in with a small budget. $600. I didn't want to go in the first place because of the way I was treated last time. But I live in a small town and there aren't very many dress shops. It was like they refused to show me anything even close. The smallest price they showed me was 1200 dollars! That's double. They even showed me a 3000 dollar dress! WOW. I ended up getting a dress there, but I picked it out. I was in one of their selections, and just walked off and took a look. I ended up with my dream dress for 400 dollars.
Reviewed Jan. 12, 2013
Buyer beware: If you want a new wedding dress, do not purchase it from David's Bridal. You will only get a dress that has been tried on by multiple people in one of their other stores and quite possibly damaged. They will 'steam clean' the dress for you if you ask and say this makes it 'good as new'. I purchased a "Mother of the Bride" formal gown from David's Bridal store last August. I paid an additional fee for it to be 'special ordered'. I was led to believe that I had purchased a new dress. The sales clerk called 'the manufacturer' to see if they would be able to make the dress in time for my event (6 weeks). I was present when she called and they assured her they would get the dress made and available to me in time. David's Bridal lied about this and did what I believe is bait and switch, which is illegal.
I went to pick up the dress and the first thing I noticed was a beat-up price tag attached to the dress. On closer inspection, I saw there was a white 'deodorant' type mark under one of the arms and the interior of the dress had clear lint balls and lint indicating that it had previously been worn. When I pointed these out, the sales clerk (same one that sold me the dress and ordered a 'new' one) stated that the mark was a 'tailor's mark' and the lint was 'shipping debris.' She promised it was a new, unworn dress, and tried to tell me that all of their dresses come in with a price tag on them. I expressed my doubt and asked to speak with the manager. I explained that this was not a new dress, which was what I had ordered. The manager told me that David's Bridal store is an 'off the rack' store and none of their 'special order' dresses are newly made.
A 'special order' dress means that they have a central department call around to other stores to find the right size/color on the rack and ship it to the store that needs it. I asked if this was for every dress and she assured me it was. Every dress they sell is off of a rack from one of their stores. No dress, not even the wedding dresses are newly made for the customer. The fact is, you are buying a dress that is a show model and tried on by heaven only knows how many people before you buy it. The manager claimed that all sales clerks tell clients this at the time of purchase and argued that the woman helping me made it perfectly clear when I bought the dress and again when I complained. She also stated there are large signs in the window, and in the lobby informing customers of this practice. Luckily I had a friend with me who verified I had never been told this information.
I then demanded to see the signs. Of course, she was not able to find one, and said she couldn’t imagine what happened to the missing signs. She left to look for them, and never returned. Another sales woman offered to steam clean the dress and said, “It is the best we can do.” Even though I did not have time to purchase a new dress and get it before the wedding in 2 weeks, I did try to get a refund. They refused and said they have a no refund policy. I had paid in full in cash. I was forced to wear this dress and had to pay for it to be dry cleaned at my own expense. They sold me a used dress claiming it was new! If you expect a new dress for your wedding, do not go to David’s Bridal. They should be forced to stop advertising and promoting 'special order' dresses as coming from the dressmaker/manufacturer and new. This is fraud.
Reviewed Nov. 26, 2012
I purchased a dress for $150 for my granddaughter in May 2010 on my Discover Card at the Greensboro, NC store. The dress was returned, not worn in 7 days and they refused to exchange or refund my money to my card. I did contact the BBB to no avail.
Reviewed June 15, 2012
I had to buy a discontinued dress from this store because this was the closest store that had it. I asked Latrisha if it had damage (it did) and she said not to worry, that it would be repaired before being shipped to me. It took me 40 minutes to order it over the phone. I got it on 6/13 and it was not repaired and missing its shawl. I immediately called and was on hold for 2 separate 15 minutes. The third time I called, I asked for corporate's phone # and suddenly I was afforded assistance. The shawl came 2 days later, but Candace had refused to compensate me for not having the dress repaired as promised. I spoke with Marion today at corporate and she too was very unhelpful. She told me I should have picked up the dress in person. I said, "What if the dress had been found in CA? I live in CT. That's ridiculous." She wouldn't budge and refused to assist me any further.
Marion did suggest that I take it to my local store to be repaired which is 60 miles away round trip (probably $15-20 in gas). This is not the first time I have had the displeasure of having to buy from David's, but as a bridesmaid, I do not have a say in the matter. I should not have been promised repair if in fact, it is not something they do before mailing, as corporate claimed. I would settle for a 25% discount on top of the sale price to cover my gas and aggravation of having to take it to my "local" store of which I'll have to make two trips to: one to drop off and one to pick up (actually a total of approximately 120 miles).
Reviewed Oct. 6, 2011
I purchased an evening dress to wear at my son's wedding in September 2011. Right before they were to introduce me to dance with my son, a relative noticed that my zipper in the back has pulled apart. I spent half hour in the ladies room getting the dress pinned together and missed the dance with my son. I had a professional seamstress look at the zipper the following day and she said that it was a flaw in the way it was put in and it had rolled under in one spot so the zipper could never close correctly. After a week of waiting for a reply from the customer service email, they informed me that they would credit my bill 15% of the price of the dress, less shipping and handling. This is totally unacceptable to me.
Reviewed Aug. 4, 2010
4Total with tax is $241.60. However, the items are not needed anymore and on returning to the store (08/03/2010) to get a credit, they informed us that it is a final sale and we cannot get credit. All the items were not available at that time, only the headpiece.
The bra and the skirt had to be ordered from their supplier. My question is this: can this store get away with not crediting me for these items even though they took my money and I didn't have all the stuff? This caused me to burn gas to drive into Manhattan and getting ticketed at $115.00 for parking in front of the store. I’m stressed out and tired sitting in the city traffic, and kids were crying in the back seat, hungry and frustrated.
David's Bridal Company Information
- Company Name:
- Davids Bridal
- Website:
- www.davidsbridal.com