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10 Reasons To Buy Directly From Your Local Florist
Over 50% of customers
are buying their flowers on the Internet these days. Commonly from "Corporate
America Conglomerates" like ftd.com and 1800flowers.com. But what
are customers loosing by shopping this way? Mostly personal attention,
direct customer service, and money! We want our local customers to understand
why we are better, so we have put together the following list of reasons
to buy from us instead of floral websites and national call centers:
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10 Reasons To Buy Direct
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Help
in a Pinch. Need flowers delivered on the same day at 3PM? In
the dog house at 5:59PM? We go the extra mile to make sure you are
serviced. We'll do what it takes to go the extra mile to make sure
you have what you need. Try to get FTD or 1800Flowers to do that!
ha!
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Relationship.
If you order from us regularly, we want to get to know you as a
person and your likes and dislikes with arrangements. FTD and 1800Flowers
don't have time for that.
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Peace
of Mind. When you order from us, you know exactly who to call
if there is a problem. If you order from FTD.com or 1800flowers.com,
do you which florist is filling your order? No. We guarantee to
make you happy!
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Comparable
ease of use. We have a buy online feature and 24 hour phone
service just like FTD and 1800flowers, but it supports us 100%,
not those big giants!
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Better
Designs. Floral websites use very basic arrangements with little
creativity because they have to stick to basic core flowers that
every shop in the county has on hand on a regular basis. We can
handle all special requests (within reason of course!)
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Support
your local community. The money that you spend on FTD.com goes
to Illinois. The money you spend on 1800flowers.com goes to New
York, the money you spend with us stays in Colorado!
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Self-satisfaction.
That you are supporting a small business, rather than a large profit
machine answering to investors.
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Control
over your order. Special instructions and requests can easily
be communicated to a local florist and is near impossible with
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Personalized
service. Your call will not go to a call center or to some bulk
e-mail folder along with hundreds of other customers
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Better
value. When you order from ftd.com or 1800flowers.com, the company
keeps 27% (yes, 27%) as a commission! So if you spend $100 on flowers,
the florist only gets $73.00 to make an arrangement!
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Written
by: Gary Googins Owner, Bloomfield Florist
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