Suit shop have messed up

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Hi all,

Getting married Monday 19th and me, the best man, groomsman and father of the bride all ordered matching suits a few months ago, however I received a voicemail yesterday at 5:10 informing me that only 4 of the 5 suits have arrived as my best man hasn't been measured!

By the time I've driven home, the shop has closed, so rang back first thing this morning to find out what the hell is going on, I tell the manager the best man was measured and we even have a photo! Barely apologies and states they must have not saved his measurements and informs me he needs to be measured by 3pm today and they could order for Saturday, unfortunately, in part because of his job, couldn't contact my best man until 4pm, he also lives in London and I'm in Somerset, the shop are now saying there's nothing they can do, there going to measure tomorrow as his down and it will come Monday before 12, I'm due to get married at 1pm and was due at the venue at 11:30, we also had other things planned for the morning. The manager thinks this is perfectly fine as usually the courier is there by 10:30am and sais he'll knock 50% of the cost of just his suit.

I basically state this is completely unacceptable, how could this of happened, do they not check these things etc, we even went in a week ago to confirm all is ok but nope nothing they can do, they won't taxi the suit or anything like that, basically the manager has and done nothing.

This isn't what we needed a few days before wedding and it looks like were going to be forced to either buy him a new suit tomorrow which will mean he won't match or all of us new suits to match.

This is also a big and popular chain.

Sorry for the rant, but I'm stressed and needed to vent.
 
Having got married recently, I feel your pain.

Would you and the best man be able to trade suits? That way you could get a new one and would't look quite so odd that it's different to the rest.
 
Having got married recently, I feel your pain.

Would you and the best man be able to trade suits? That way you could get a new one and would't look quite so odd that it's different to the rest.

Think that's what were going to do, I'm not standing around a shop hoping for a delivery on my wedding day, I told the manager it was his mistake and its a wedding, he should have ordered every bloody size for tomorrow! I can't believe he only offered 50% of 1 suit, that's about £60...
 
Do they have a head office or social media presence? Sounds like it's time to go around the store manager.
 
Do they have a head office or social media presence? Sounds like it's time to go around the store manager.

That's the ticket. Businesses are petrified of a negative social media presence where it can be seen by thousands of potential customers, does better than emails at least.
 
Having been both the groom at my own wedding and best man at 2 in the last 2 years the best advice I can offer you is let your best man deal with it.

The last thing you need the weekend before the biggest day of your life is getting stressed about a suit. If you trust your best man (which you really should) let him take care of it, it's what he's there for. You certainly don't want to be getting yourself wound up about it by posting all over social media yourself.
 
This is also a big and popular chain.

Escalate your complaint then. I think getting someone else to collect the suit on his behalf is reasonable as would be billing the store for the extra trip/taxi there and back.


Just FYI - but when writing to or tweeting the head office use:

must have, could have etc..

'of' is a different word and doesn't make sense there, you're mishearing people when they use the shortened 've'.
 
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I don't get why people cut it so close I had mine sorted weeks in advance. I also don't blame the shop, things go wrong. Could have arranged for the suits last week.
 
Do they have a head office or social media presence? Sounds like it's time to go around the store manager.

I haven't even looked, but its Moss Bros, as my best man was in London, we asked about other stores in London as there's loads and the manager wouldn't even ring any of them for us and telling us we have too! We did, unfortunately none could help despite there managers being far more helpful, but it was same response, not until Monday.
 
I don't get why people cut it so close I had mine sorted weeks in advance. I also don't blame the shop, things go wrong. Could have arranged for the suits last week.

We didn't want too, we wanted them 2 weeks ago, the shop said they couldn't, thanks for the helpful comment.
 
I don't get why people cut it so close I had mine sorted weeks in advance. I also don't blame the shop, things go wrong. Could have arranged for the suits last week.

Nonsense, if they take on too many orders and have to rush to finish them, that is their problem, not the customers.
 
I don't get why people cut it so close I had mine sorted weeks in advance. I also don't blame the shop, things go wrong. Could have arranged for the suits last week.

You've clearly misunderstood the situation, this isn't cutting it close. It's standard practice for a suit hire company to get their suits in a few days before.

The OP has clearly had everything done months in advance including measurements and the hire company have messed up. The OP has only found out when the company has contacted him to say one hasn't arrived.

I highly doubt you had hire suites stored weeks in advance of a wedding, it's simply not how it works (I used to do suit hiring a long time ago).
 
I don't get why people cut it so close I had mine sorted weeks in advance. I also don't blame the shop, things go wrong. Could have arranged for the suits last week.

I'd blame the shop in this instance, especially when they know they're supposed to be ordering for X number of people and know they've not got the measurements for one person in that group (which turns out to have been their fault anyway).

I highly doubt you had hire suites stored weeks in advance of a wedding, it's simply not how it works (I used to do suit hiring a long time ago).

I can second this from a wedding a few months ago - measurements were taking in advance and the suits arrived a couple of days before the wedding + were returned two days after.
 
You've clearly misunderstood the situation, this isn't cutting it close. It's standard practice for a suit hire company to get their suits in a few days before.

The OP has clearly had everything done months in advance including measurements and the hire company have messed up. The OP has only found out when the company has contacted him to say one hasn't arrived.

I highly doubt you had hire suites stored weeks in advance of a wedding, it's simply not how it works (I used to do suit hiring a long time ago).

I didn't rent mine. Don't trust the shops not to screw things up.
 
Real shame, mistakes do happen, they needed to accept fault and do everything possible to help.

Rob, helpful as always, surprised anyone wants you at wedding
 
Maybe a bit late now but i would have looked to escalate it to their area manager/help desk. Leaving you without a suit after ordering them ages ago is unacceptable.

Threaten to go social media, including all the invitees to publish it, google/ internet ratings/ etc. If i didnt get 50% off everything or the suit guaranteed id be kicking up a fuss.

Like it was said previous, get yourself an amazing suit and have all the others matching, makes you stand out as the main man anyway.
 
What you want is a photo of your best man in a ill fitting suit with a sign on the back that says "suit place ****ed this up" and post it to there social media.
 
When you did the fitting, did you not pay a deposit for his fitting? And then also get a receipt of the record with his measurements?

That's what the local suit place near me does.

I hope it doesn't happen to me as I'm getting married next Friday!!! Hope it all works out for you
 
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