1-800-FLOWERS.com

In this mobile world, families are busier and living further apart than ever before. It’s not unheard of for parents and their grown children to live halfway across the country from each other, like my husband! That’s what keeps ...

A good friend of mine (from out of state) called me last week and told me that she had been sick and was going to have to go for surgery the following week. Well, I knew she had been sick for a while, but didn't know she had been put in the hospital for...

Okay, okay... Better late than never. This is a tardy entry into Dionne25 's Mother's Day Write-Off. Due to many different things that were out of my control, I was not able to write an entry until now. Sorry, ...

Shopping for flowers is not something that I do very often. Special occasions, like anniversaries, birthdays, Christmas, etc., are about the only time that I think about this type of gift. And when I do think about it, I often turn to the internet, to...

Many of my family and my friends live in other States (and Countries) than I do. Therefore, I rely on online sites to order their flowers and gifts. While there are a few stores I always check first, I like to try new stores as well. I had received ...

There it was, Valentine's Day 2006, and I wanted to surprise my Beloved Barbara with something special. She had already gotten flowers and candy from me the previous Saturday (our wedding anniversary is the 11th of February), but I love to surprise her. ...

Now that my parents live about 3000 miles from me, I have to get creative when it comes to holiday gifts. I hadn't used 1-800-flowers before, but we had seen that they were offering a special online, and that was what drew me to the site for the first ...

I have been using this www.1800flowers.com site for over three years now. I use it whenever I want to send flowers to people and I cannot go personally. I first came across this site when I was searching online for a place to purchase and ship ...

I am not a huge fan of flowers. Not a big fan of getting them, and not a big fan of sending them. Flowers most certainly brighten many occasions, and can often make someone’s day, and I always appreciate getting them…

However, I suppose I...

I’ve been ordering flowers and plants through 1800flowers.com for as long as I can remember making online transactions. They’ve been around a long time, have a nice selection, and are usually dependable for on-time delivery of good-quality ...

Gentlemen, please take your seats. Turn off the game, quit thinking about work, put down your beer, and try to focus for the two-three minutes it will take you to read this. This stuff isn't difficult, it's just completely foreign and therefore ...

Pros: Easy to remember phone number
Cons: unreliable delivery, inconsistent quality of flowers

Riddle: What are things for which you pay when sent late? Answer: Tax returns, mortgage bills, and flowers. Of these, the "late charge" is highest with flowers. Unlike the other two items, you won't find redemption by just sending in some...

Pros: Delivery where you can't be
Cons: you don't know *what* they will deliver!

My sisters' father in law died -he was a friend to all of us from the time we were teenagers & all of us were devastated. I called 1-800-FLOWERS, having used them for long-distance delivery lots of times before. I did not plan on seeing my sister...

Pros: easy
Cons: expensive, cannot guarantee delivery or specific product

Just before my son got married, he wanted to surprise his fiance on Valentine's Day with a dozen long-stemmed, red roses. He called 1-800 Flowers. He was told the flowers would be delivered on Valentine's Day and the cost would be over $100.00. He...

Pros: More choices, direct communication with floral provider
Cons: You don't see a picture

When I want to send flowers to distant places, I just look up local florists on the Internet yellow pages and order from them. I find that I'm able to get a better variety of options by calling the local florist myself. I can get all sorts of live...