# Help! We are being ripped off by our wedding cake baker! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 26, 2000, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-we-are-being-ripped-off-by-our-wedding-cake-baker/23621 "2000-06-26T21:07:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kakkerlak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bb73d2/32.png) [@Kakkerlak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kakkerlak)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2000, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-we-are-being-ripped-off-by-our-wedding-cake-baker/23621/21 "2000-06-28T07:46:14Z")
I was just at a wedding where they got savvy to the price thumbscrews. You are, in fact, being taken advantage of. But pay cheerfully. Have a drink, write a nasty note to remind them they won’t get your business for anything else. My buddy bought several cakes, not tiered, no bride&groom decorations. The baker asked “are you sure this isn’t a wedding”? “No, no, just a family reunion”. A shrug, same price as quoted. Then ignore it and concentrate on the wedding. If this is the worst thing that can happen, you’re going to be fine. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2000, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-we-are-being-ripped-off-by-our-wedding-cake-baker/23621/22 "2000-06-28T23:36:49Z")
Always get things in writing. Also, get the person’s name who did the order on the order too. If youre really cheap get it at Albertsons or Luckys. $5 up per person is about right. [http://www.weddingcake.com](http://www.weddingcake.com) [http://www.weddingcake.net](http://www.weddingcake.net) [http://www.wedding-cake.com](http://www.wedding-cake.com) [http://www.wedding-cake.net](http://www.wedding-cake.net) Cakes by Mail! [not during summer].Call Schroeder’s Retail Bakery at 716-882-8424 for more information ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2000, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-we-are-being-ripped-off-by-our-wedding-cake-baker/23621/23 "2000-07-02T12:02:58Z")
Here it is, 8am on July 2nd and uglytruth has yet to fill us in on what the outcome was. PRIORITIES, PEOPLE! Sheesh! ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2000, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-we-are-being-ripped-off-by-our-wedding-cake-baker/23621/24 "2000-07-03T03:46:34Z")
This is the problem with the wedding business. Sure, word of mouth sort of matters, but most customers are one-time-only clients. While a really really great wedding service provider will probably benefit from word-of-mouth, I don’t think the bad news spreads as effectively. How many future brides do you know that you will have this conversation with? Some, but there are still plenty of couples doing their planning who will choose via the yellow pages and will stumble on this. When you get back from the honeymoon, I’d write a letter to the bakery. I’d tell them it was irresponsible and unprofessional to give you a quote that was only low-end. They should have quoted you a reasonable range. And I’d tell them that if they don’t offer you some remedy, you’ll be forces, as a responsible consumer, to notify other brides of their this practice. Someone was dead-on about telling the other service providers (photographer, florist, etc) too. Brides and grooms do often ask them for recommendations, so that will get the word out. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2000, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-we-are-being-ripped-off-by-our-wedding-cake-baker/23621/25 "2000-07-04T01:46:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by PunditLisa \* > \*\*Here it is, 8am on July 2nd and uglytruth has yet to fill us in on what the outcome was. > > PRIORITIES, PEOPLE! > > Sheesh! \*\* Sheez, you’d think the consummation was finished by now… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2000, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-we-are-being-ripped-off-by-our-wedding-cake-baker/23621/26 "2000-07-04T01:48:03Z")
Cranky had some valuable input. Another step is to contact the BBB in your area. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-we-are-being-ripped-off-by-our-wedding-cake-baker/23621.md?page=1)