Met this person at a outdoor craft fair in Carefree. Gave her a deposit for a semi-custom jacket. When she came to my home for a fitting, I was concerned that the jacket was not anywere near ready for a fitting. She spent a long time talking to me about her life. Then she said she needed the balance plus shipping costs and she would send the jacket to me within the next two weeks. I never received the jacket. She never contacted me again. I called her many times and she always had some excuse why she could not send the jacket. A couple times she would tell me she was going to be in town on a specific day but never showed up. She would just have more excuses or her voice mail was full and I could not leave anymore messages.
Finally I called my credit card company that I put the deposit on and placed a dispute. She called me after that and said she would deliver the jacket. I never heard from her again. The credit card company told me she said she sent the jacket. This was not true. She could not prove it and it was taken off my bill. I am out the balance plus shipping because I paid that part with a check. It seems this is what she does. I am not even sure she is a seamstresss. Maybe just a rip off artist.
I called the company that runs the fairs in Carefree and it seems she did not pay them either. They have banned her from exhibiting at any future fairs.
I hope people read this so that they do not get ripped off by this person. It is a terrible thing to get ripped off like this. I cannot imagine how people can be so deceitful. Lesson learned is to always pay with a credit card and to find a way to check people out before giving them any money. My mistake was to give her the balance before getting the jacket.
Bonnie promised to make a dress for $1450.00 . We paid $900.00 down and $550.00 later to complete dress plus money for shipping $40.00. To this day 08/24/2014 have not got dress and We told Bonnie by email we just wanted money back. Told Bonnie money back to late for wedding. Got alot of email & no action.
I contracted Bonnie Woodie to make 2 coats for my elderly mother's (87 years old) Christmas presents on December 9th, 2015. She was charging me $300 for 1 embroidered coat and $175 to make a pendleton blanket (which was valued at $180) to also be made into a winter coat. She first told me that the embroidered coat would be ready before Christmas and the other after. I said that was fine. During this initial meeting I gave her $200 cash. That same evening after I got home, she called and wanted to know if I could pay the remaining balance of $275 over the phone with a credit card. Reluctantly I agreed thinking this would speed up my order. She also mentioned that she already begun working on the pendleton. During our first meeting she mentioned doing a fitting for my mom to insure fit. Beginning on December 14th 2015, I tried to make a meeting for the fitting, but she started coming up with excuses as to why she couldn't come.December 21st 2015 she messaged and said her mom tried on the coat and she said her mom is the same size as my mom. (don't know how she knew, since she only met her once before.) December 24th, 2015 she messaged and said jacket was dropped off with her embroiderer. (she first made the impression at art show that she did all the work herself.) December 31st, 2015 she said she was still waiting for embroiderer and was working like a mad woman. Also said at this time that pendleton jacket was done and was going to swing by her embroiderer on way at the end of the next week. January 5th, 2016 she mentioned that embroidery was still not done. January 13th I messaged her that we just wanted the pendleton jacket and wanted a refund on the embroidered jacket since it was not done. She didn't answer calls, texts, facebook messages for the next 5 days. January 18th, 2016 I found her home number and called her. She quickly said that she would call me back after she finished eating. It took her over an hour before she called back explaining that her embroiderer is a truck driver and was never home and that was the reason it took so long. She first said she would bring my order tomorrow, which would have been January 19th, 2016. She talked me out of refund in exchange for some free advertising of my artwork for a New York fashion show. January 22nd, 2016 messaged and said it was too muddy to get out and couldn't come. Also mentioned that car tire was frozen in mud. January 25th, 2015. The next day she messaged and said she had family coming in to visit and couldn't leave home. January 31st, 2016 I facebook messaged her and said I was out of patience waiting for what was suppose to be my mothers Christmas presents and demanded a full refund and my pendleton blanket back or I would consult legal counsel. She messaged back and said she would make a note of it and would contact her attorney too. This lady is a complete fraud and has no idea how to conduct business. Looking on-line I found a variety of complaints against her regarding very similar matters, some filed with the better business bureau. This business needs to be shut down!
Bonnie Woodie Reviews
Met this person at a outdoor craft fair in Carefree. Gave her a deposit for a semi-custom jacket. When she came to my home for a fitting, I was concerned that the jacket was not anywere near ready for a fitting. She spent a long time talking to me about her life. Then she said she needed the balance plus shipping costs and she would send the jacket to me within the next two weeks. I never received the jacket. She never contacted me again. I called her many times and she always had some excuse why she could not send the jacket. A couple times she would tell me she was going to be in town on a specific day but never showed up. She would just have more excuses or her voice mail was full and I could not leave anymore messages.
Finally I called my credit card company that I put the deposit on and placed a dispute. She called me after that and said she would deliver the jacket. I never heard from her again. The credit card company told me she said she sent the jacket. This was not true. She could not prove it and it was taken off my bill. I am out the balance plus shipping because I paid that part with a check. It seems this is what she does. I am not even sure she is a seamstresss. Maybe just a rip off artist.
I called the company that runs the fairs in Carefree and it seems she did not pay them either. They have banned her from exhibiting at any future fairs.
I hope people read this so that they do not get ripped off by this person. It is a terrible thing to get ripped off like this. I cannot imagine how people can be so deceitful. Lesson learned is to always pay with a credit card and to find a way to check people out before giving them any money. My mistake was to give her the balance before getting the jacket.
Bonnie promised to make a dress for $1450.00 . We paid $900.00 down and $550.00 later to complete dress plus money for shipping $40.00. To this day 08/24/2014 have not got dress and We told Bonnie by email we just wanted money back. Told Bonnie money back to late for wedding. Got alot of email & no action.
Bonnie Woodie AKA BigWater Designs
I contracted Bonnie Woodie to make 2 coats for my elderly mother's (87 years old) Christmas presents on December 9th, 2015. She was charging me $300 for 1 embroidered coat and $175 to make a pendleton blanket (which was valued at $180) to also be made into a winter coat. She first told me that the embroidered coat would be ready before Christmas and the other after. I said that was fine. During this initial meeting I gave her $200 cash. That same evening after I got home, she called and wanted to know if I could pay the remaining balance of $275 over the phone with a credit card. Reluctantly I agreed thinking this would speed up my order. She also mentioned that she already begun working on the pendleton. During our first meeting she mentioned doing a fitting for my mom to insure fit. Beginning on December 14th 2015, I tried to make a meeting for the fitting, but she started coming up with excuses as to why she couldn't come.December 21st 2015 she messaged and said her mom tried on the coat and she said her mom is the same size as my mom. (don't know how she knew, since she only met her once before.) December 24th, 2015 she messaged and said jacket was dropped off with her embroiderer. (she first made the impression at art show that she did all the work herself.) December 31st, 2015 she said she was still waiting for embroiderer and was working like a mad woman. Also said at this time that pendleton jacket was done and was going to swing by her embroiderer on way at the end of the next week. January 5th, 2016 she mentioned that embroidery was still not done. January 13th I messaged her that we just wanted the pendleton jacket and wanted a refund on the embroidered jacket since it was not done. She didn't answer calls, texts, facebook messages for the next 5 days. January 18th, 2016 I found her home number and called her. She quickly said that she would call me back after she finished eating. It took her over an hour before she called back explaining that her embroiderer is a truck driver and was never home and that was the reason it took so long. She first said she would bring my order tomorrow, which would have been January 19th, 2016. She talked me out of refund in exchange for some free advertising of my artwork for a New York fashion show. January 22nd, 2016 messaged and said it was too muddy to get out and couldn't come. Also mentioned that car tire was frozen in mud. January 25th, 2015. The next day she messaged and said she had family coming in to visit and couldn't leave home. January 31st, 2016 I facebook messaged her and said I was out of patience waiting for what was suppose to be my mothers Christmas presents and demanded a full refund and my pendleton blanket back or I would consult legal counsel. She messaged back and said she would make a note of it and would contact her attorney too. This lady is a complete fraud and has no idea how to conduct business. Looking on-line I found a variety of complaints against her regarding very similar matters, some filed with the better business bureau. This business needs to be shut down!