Bride Unable to Get $10,000 Deposit Back After Her Wedding Vendor Was Allegedly Put in Medically Induced Coma

A bride is out $10,000 after her vendor was allegedly placed into an induced coma.

The bride's best friend detailed the awful situation in a post on Reddit's "Wedding Planning" forum. The bride hired the "one-stop vendor who takes care of everything" because she is "well known" in the area and organized a different friend's wedding. But a friend of the vendor recently reached out to the bride to inform her that the vendor is now in a coma.

Although the bride is concerned for the vendor, she's even more worried about her nonrefundable $10,000 wedding deposit that she paid in cash.

"The vendor never mentioned it, but apparently she has been sick for a while," the Redditor said before adding of the bride, "My friend paid a nonrefundable $10,000 deposit, and in the contract, it says she is not allowed to use other vendors without facing a big fine."

To make matters worse, the bride is "now panicking" because there is no way to resolve the situation unless her vendor comes out of the coma, as she did not provide a single alternative contact.

"We have no way to reach out to the vendor," the bride's friend wrote. "This vendor does not have an office, a business email or anyone else we can contact. She once vaguely mentioned that she has an 'assistant' but we don’t know any of the assistant’s details or how to reach them."

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The two friends "don't think it's possible" to wait around for the vendor to emerge from her coma.

"Her wedding is next January and we need to start thinking of a plan B," the bride's friend wrote. "But the most important thing is we don’t know how to get this deposit back!"

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In the comments section, Redditors shared ideas on how to get the bride's deposit back. Most users suggested that hiring a lawyer would be the best option because the situation "reeks of a scam."

They said it was "questionable" how a well-known vendor could have little online presence or contact information, that "one-stop vendors" were too good to be true and that having to pay in cash was a red flag.

The poster admitted that it being a scam was her "fear too," but noted in a comment that the bride is "adamant that it’s not a scam" because of how widely liked the vendor is.

"Unfortunately, plenty of people work honestly for years before turning to fraud. I hope it works out for your friend," one person commented. In response, the bride's friend replied, "That’s very sad, but so true."

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