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I bought my d

ess at Sparkle Bridal Couture in Sacramento. I absolutely LOVE it... but the owner did something I was not so happy about. My wedding is October 6th 2012 and I went in to the store and tried on dresses in October. We visited 2 times so that my sister could also see the dress. My mom explained to Sandra the owner that I was dieting and had just started up Pilates and had lost about 25 pounds and was still losing. So she asked if we have 12 months when should we order. Sandra kept insisting to order now. We started to feel a lot of pressure from her and ended up being talked in to it. We left the deposit of 50% with the remaining amount to be paid in the next 30 days. 10 days later Sandra had an event at Sparkle that I attended. On the walls they had signs stating if you made an appointment that night to try on dresses, even if u had been in before and purchased your dress the day of your appointment they would give you 20% off. Well when you are buying a dress that comes to $2800, 20% is a lot!!!! I wrote Sandra an email and explained I thought since my dress purchase was not final yet because the last payment had not been made that I should get the 20% off. And if not on the whole balance AT LEAST on the remaining 50%. She said NO! I really left with a bitter feeling that she had purposely talked us in to purchasing the dress 10 days before the event. A few other things that happened after that gave me a bitter feeling, I emailed Sandra and asked her who made my dress for a bridal scrapbook I was filling out. She replied with your dress is made by "Sparkle Bridal Couture". ??? I didnt ask the name of her business I asked who made the design for my almost 3k wedding dress. When we were in the store she raved about where the fabrics were made etc so I asked here where exactly is my dress made. She said "As for our dresses, yes we do bring in certain designers dresses and we have SPARKLE gowns. We ensure our gowns are made with high-quality weaves of bridal fabric and unique laces and ornamentation sourced from around the world and then gowns are produced overseas. Did you know that 98% of bridal gowns are produced in foreign countries?" THAT was her response? Still not really answering my question. 

I am a business owner and I am in the wedding industry. If this had happened I would have by all means given my customer the 20% off just so that they would feel at ease. Not to mention I could have sent her a lot of business. Typically businesses in the wedding industry will do a lot of trade, and discounts for each other since we send referrals so often. Not the case here at all. 

It makes me really sad that even though I love my dress I really feel awkward about the whole situation. Kind of taken advantage of. What do you guys think

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