The girl and her mother got $1200 store credit, which they can use. I am sure the girl will wear formal clothes in the future. I doubt she will shut all doors on life at age 16 because of the death of a boyfriend. Life and we, the healthy ones at least, go on.
A contribution to a memorial fund assures the contribution goes to the funeral expenses. A refund to the girl and her mother may or may not have gone to the funeral. Which leads me to ask, what 16 year old girl pays for her boyfriend’s funeral?
From the comments at the article site, there was a post that said local news had reported that the mother had tried to return the dress BEFORE the boy died. Another report said it was the morning after he died! If true, what’s up with that?
Formal wear for women does change by season and from year to year, especially the high end stuff. Colors, fabrics and styles go in and out of fashion. The store where I shop for my clothing carries limited editions, so that I am pretty much guaranteed that I will not see another dress like the one I am wearing at an event. I understand that when I buy something I have bought it and if the event is cancelled or whatever happens the dress is mine. I would never think of asking for them to excempt me from their stated policy.
And before you say I sound harsh, I assure you I can speak from experience on this issue. My fiancee was killed in a boating accident when we were 20. I did not help pay for his funeral and neither I nor my mother were at a store trying to get money back on a dress the next morning. We were with his parents as we all tried to understand what had happened and asking why.
Since that time, I have gotten on. I’ve married, had children, even been to more than a few formal events.
“They don’t want to give any profit away.”
They have rent, employees, etc. Why do you
decide how much profit they can make?