Florist Mapspam On Yahoo Local – Part 1
Do you see a flower shop here? Neither do we. But according to Yahoo Local, it’s the location of NEW YORK FLORIST (FREE DELIVERY TO ALL ZIP CODES) – 60 Reade St., New York, NY. Take a few steps east...
View ArticleFlorist Mapspam on Yahoo Local – Part 2
How many flower-buying consumers haven’t heard of 1-800-Flowers or FTD? When they decide to purchase direct from a local florist and skip a middleman, it’s logical a shopper would head to a Local...
View ArticleToday Show Compares Local Florist to Online
On NBC’s Weekend Today this past Saturday, anchor Amy Robach and CNBC reporter Vera Gibbons featured a story about Tricks of the Trade – What Your Florist Won’t Tell You. (video) The consumer advice...
View ArticleCustomer Service Run-Around
This month, Ron Burley of the AARP Magazine showed readers how to fight ‘company policy’ at 1-800-Flowers and get their money back for faulty products and services. The AARP member’s flower gift had...
View ArticleWhy Your Flowers Don’t Look Like the Picture – Part 3
Because according to a 1800Flowers.com customer service rep, pink is out of season. Blogger, the Trading Goddess, wanted to send pink flowers and ordered a “Florist Select European Hand Tied Bouquet”,...
View ArticleWhy your flowers don’t look like the picture – Part 4
Blogger Chris took FTD.com up on a offer he’d received via Netflix to purchase a Christmas arrangements for his wife. What he was sold: What he got: Chris said “I didn’t know it was supposed to be...
View ArticleFall is in the air~!
Can you feel it yet? We do here in Michigan… Fall is in the air! The hot muggy days of summer have given way to the cooler and dryer days of Fall with their Autumn hues of gold, orange, bronze, yellow...
View ArticleMother’s Day Flowers from Local Florists
It’s almost Mother’s Day Week and local florists across the US and Canada are getting ready to deliver your fondest wishes to Moms, Grandmas and the women who have been special ‘moms’ in your life....
View ArticleWhy Gov. Schwarzenegger Should Sign AB 2076
The California Legislature recently passed AB 2076, a bill which prevents out-of-area affiliate marketers – “Absentee Florists” – from using geographic misrepresentation to lead consumers to believe...
View ArticleFTD and LivingSocial Deal: Let Me Save You a Buck
While more than 100K buyers have snagged FTD.com’s offer on LivingSocial.com for a “get $35 in flowers for $15” coupon, they could have saved a real buck by simply bypassing the deal and ordering...
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