Prestige Flowers review: Flowers delivery

I ordered flowers for my stepmother's birthday. Obviously her birthday is only one day per year, so it is important they arrive on that day. The Prestige Flowers website says 'Next Day Delivery', and when you checkout you choose the day you would like flowers to be delivered. What it should say is 'Next Day Delivery, But if you check our T&C's, this might not happen but that is OK with us, and there is nothing you can do about it.

The flowers did not arrive Next day, but that is down to Royal Mail. What bothered me is the attitude in Customer Service at Prestige Flowers, who could not care less. Royal Mail offer a guaranteed Next day service, but Prestige choose not to do that, they choose the possibly next day service, and if Royal Mail deliver in 48 hours instead of 24, then Prestige is happy with that.

The flowers arrived after 48 hours, and after so long in transit, not only were they late, they were wilted and brown. I reported this day after delivery, but they simply referred to T&C's and ignored my complaint.

I reported again on the 3rd day, again they denied anything was wrong.

On the 4th day I said again that the flowers were brown and wilted, and the response was that it is too late to complain now as it is more than 3 days after delivery.

The service is scandalous. I reported one day after delivery, but they ignore you for a few days until they make sure it is too late.

I care less about the money paid to them than I care about missing my stepmother's birthday, and then disappointing further with substandard flowers, and all I have asked for is an apology, but they will not apologise for the let down and disappointment.

They offered me £10 off my next order, but there will be no next order.