Supplier taking ages to respond

Its worth checking your junk box for her reply ESPECIALLY if you have gmail/hotmail ----- those things can be super sensitive.

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Ah.

Give her a call.

How has she been when she has replied? Just wondering if she's perhaps having a flurry of weddings on at the moment so is a bit inundated with immediate brides. I'd just keep politely nudging, perhaps ask her if this is the best platform to talk to her on?

I've found this seems to be a habit with a lot of suppliers - great until you pay the deposit, then they shuffle you off to the "not yet" pile :/
I agree with Chloe above, definitely just politely nudge. I think we're conditioned to think that we're bugging people when we do this, but messages are pretty instant so it's possible she intended to reply and forget, or received a ton more messages and yours just got pushed along to the bottom.
Without that reminder, people tend to forget - it's a bit like RSVPs, they either respond instantly or you end up chasing them at the deadline!

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"I've found this seems to be a habit with a lot of suppliers - great until you pay the deposit, then they shuffle you off to the "not yet" pile :/"

The thing is when people are booking up to 2 years in advance there really is nothing else to do for a while. But saying that a supplier should be replying to a question.

I tell my couples I am here for anything they need wedding related at any time but I do do this full time - so maybe that is the factor here when suppliers do not respond quick enough - they may have another full time job.

Some couples are like "Bill our wedding is getting close ( and its 6 months away ) for me that is many weddings away but as a supplier I do appreciate that for them its almost tomorrow.

Sometimes it feels like they are getting in-touch just to check if im still alive

Other-times its me panicking and getting in touch with the couple because they are so laid back about everything.

The bottom line is that a supplier should be responding to a question.

But please everyone check your junk box.

Thanks everyone, she has replied now, but it is a little annoying waiting for so long for replies, like I said, my wedding is still 7 months away so nothing is urgent at the moment, it's more just giving me anxiety about later down the line!

View quoted message I booked suppliers like the photographer, DJ and cars in Jan/Feb 2021 which was a long way in advance for a July 2022 wedding. Paid deposits and of course nothing happened for a while. I recently went onto all their websites to check they were all still alive and trading 🤣

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She's probably super busy with weddings she is doing right now. I wouldn't worry too much about her taking a few days to reply to a question about a hair trial in 7 months time. I agree it would have been ideal if she could have responded more promptly, but I know all my friends in the wedding business are snowed under right now, and their priority is organising stuff for weddings happening in the next 3-4 months.