10/01/2026
PSA -- PLEASE READ!!
I feel like I'm preaching to the choir over here and I'm so sorry to have to keep repeating myself.
Non payments have recently become a serious, reoccurring issue. I've always tried to work with anyone who needed time to pay off orders. I understand what it's like to be a single mom, or to live paycheck to paycheck, or to have unexpected things come up. Unfortunately, trusting people to follow through on their word, especially when we've gone out of our way to try to work with them, has put us in a serious bind.
We have SEVERAL that have placed $100, $200, $300, $400 orders that committed to their orders, set up payment arrangements, and haven't followed through.
I don't know of very many other places that will give you the time we have or be willing to work with you the way we have been, and we feel completely taken advantage of.
Some of you we have even let pick up the clothes that still aren't paid for because you needed them for a special event or simply because we trusted you. Some have customs arriving that I will be unable to resell and am just out the money for completely. Some of the inventory, as it arrives, I can resell, but don't have the time frame to wait, and am at this point not even breaking even for most of it in order to recoup at least some of the money we are out.
We count on your comments and orders as commitments and are relying on that income as we've already paid for the inventory out of our pocket. I understand things come up, I know how life goes. However, you also know when you place an order and have a balance outstanding and have made that commitment.
We are not a big corporation and situations like this truly affect us. We've been running the boutique for 5 years now and have never had an issue to the extent it is right now. And that's just as much my fault as it is anyone's, for trusting and believing in everyone, and for trying so hard to work with everyone.
At this point, we are currently being forced to seriously contemplate completely closing our business. I've poured my heart and soul into this and truly love what I do. And hate that this is what it's coming to.
And there's so many of you that this doesn't apply to... some that ask for their total before I even go through comments, those that always pay as soon as the request is sent, some that honor every single payment arrangement every single time. And we appreciate every single one of you.
Please don't comment on items going forward if you can't or don't intend to make payment. Right now, I'm not sure what we will have to change going forward or where this will leave us. But I will keep you updated as we work through it.
Thank you for reading if you made it this far. And I can't tell you how much I appreciate so many of you who loyalty support B&B ❤️
