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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator
Valentines day makes more $$$ when flowers are to be delivered to offices and places of work huh?
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YES - flower shops charge a delivery fee......believe our fees start at $6 and go up to $15 depending on the distance and difficulty......difficulty being places like refineries (high security places) and hospitals.
Some refineries have lobby's where they confirm the receivers name, accept the flowers on their behalf allowing you to leave them and move on. We like those
However, some refineries make you wait while they go out in the parking lot to sweep the delivery van and won't allow you to leave until the recipient makes their way up front to receive the flowers......this can sometimes take 30 minutes to an hour. There are a few refineries we refuse to make deliveries.
Hospitals can pose similar problems depending if it's for a patient or employee. Some hospitals don't allow fresh flowers/plants on specific floors. Also, patients are discharged and no longer at the hospital, no big deal if they live in the same city a few miles away. However, some live 25-50+ miles away.
There are other odd situations......
Back to Valentines Day. Orders placed early in the week have the choice of requesting specific delivery times. Anything after lunch today until lunch tomorrow will be sorted by AM/PM. Anything after that may be a NO GO. You see, we employee extra drivers over the three days, but each driver can only make so many deliveries and people get turned down. Also, flower shops run out of flowers which is the goal and blessing of EVERY shop.
Valentines Day falling on: Monday Tuesday Wednesday is much for profitable for shops compared to when it falls on Friday Saturday. Weekend V Days have so much more competition for $$$