[Nathan Zachary]

"“He asked them not to send a receipt or any record of it to his home or office, conditions to which he alleges the company agreed.”
Breach of contract if true. (For argument’s sake of course)

They didn't send a record of it. They sent an advertisement in which it thanked him for his patronage. That isn't a receipt of any specific transaction. Had he sent his wife flowers once in a while, she'd of thought nothing of it.

[Vermont Lt]

Had he sent flowers to his wife once in a while, I can assure you he would not need to pick up someone else to get what he could have gotten for free.

[goldstategop]

And if it was legal, I doubt it would be worth a $1 million dollars. If anything, public knowledge of adultery should harm YOUR reputation. This is knowledge most people don't want any one to know about. Greer must be the kind of guy who was shamed only when he was caught by the wife having the affair.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[gridlock]

Had he sent his wife flowers once in a while, she'd of thought nothing of it.

An excellent point!

[Churchillspirit]

Just a few hours before he died, my husband bought me a car. As I could not get out of the lease on my husband's car, the company from whom he had bought the car for me agreed to take it back. For the next five years I kept getting mail from Ford thanking me for purchasing one of their vehicles - very painful as it reminded me of that awful day.

No doubt the folks selling the cars and those dealing with PR are worlds apart.

Perhaps the same is true with 1-800-FLOWERS.