Venue dresser - am I being unreasonable

I'd be a bit peeved too. Could you not look to hire them from a company on behalf of the venue dresser?

That said, we are paying £5 per hire of a vase and they are only £10 to buy and I know for a fact they will be used more than twice.

I'd be pretty hacked off if my venue dresser was going to buy the candlebras, charge you the same price to hire them, and then keep them for herself? I'd be very tempted to just buy them all and sell them after the wedding....?

That's really annoying. That said, I have generally found that if you're clever about where you source things, you can buy for at least as cheaply as hiring. Although you have to bear in mind that when you hire, the fee should include set-up costs. Buying your own means setting stuff up yourself too and that is bloody time-consuming!

WSS

Ditto. Your hotel should be able to set them up for you.

If she is asking you to pay full price for them, then they should be yours to take home not hers to keep!

Nope not unreasonable at all. If you are hiring them then you should pay the hire price not the purchase price. Will she agree to you buying them ( you will probably be able to source them cheap enough) and just her set it all up?

It's not on for her to charge you full price to just hire them, but I think I'd be more annoyed that she's refusing to buy the amount that you've asked for!!! Srely you're paying for her to provide you what you want, not for her to make the decision.

Sack her!! ?

Not unreasonable at all she should charge you the hire price as im sure she would use them again anyway.Why not buy them yourself and just have her set them up for you or perhaps the venue would do it.