Don’t be unreasonable when bargaining

I recently talked to someone who provides wedding services. I commented that being a wedding vendor is a very good business to be in because you are always in the presence of love and happiness when you go about doing the job. He shared with me that it is not always the case, because there are some couples who can be really difficult to deal with. Here’re some good tips shared with me on why couples, especially the ladies, should practise some sensibility and reasonableness when dealing with their wedding vendors.

Most women are great bargainers when it comes to shopping. Many will also find themselves haggling with wedding vendors for the many services required for the big day. I’ve heard of some real horror stories of how some women go to the extent of being very unreasonable when bargaining for a better deal. How would you like to be drilled down to the very detail of calculating mileage costs (calculating actual distance, toll charges from entry to exit points and even cost per mile!)  in your quotation for your service as a vendor? And that’s just one aspect of the costs involved. Imagine having to deal with a couple more of these small costs, all broken down into detail, scrutinised closely by the couple!

Everyone would like to be paying value for money for their products and services. But when it comes to a wedding, you have to give and take a little bit. After all, the wedding industry is huge and if the vendor is not happy with you, they can choose not to accept the job. Even if they take the job for some reason, at the price that you managed to squeeze out of them, you can’t be sure they will go about happily doing their job. It’s not to say that the vendors aren’t professional enough to do a lousy job on your wedding day, but I believe in having good energy about you on your wedding day. I’m sure you only want to be talked about as the beautiful and gracious bride of the night, and not how a pain in the neck you are.

If the wedding budget doesn’t allow, and you want everything in a wedding, then you should be looking at cheaper alternatives as options. If you want only the best of things, then you obviously need to cut back on a few things. Bottom line is, it’s really not cool to get your vendors to justify each line of charges and slash them down to the bones.

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