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You know that annoying species of person/hominid at work who emails you with a request only to call you 45.3 seconds later just to make sure that you got their email?
Yeah. Nobody wants to be THAT person.
Unfortunately, that's what you need to do to make sure you get your cake on time at Nothing Bundt Cakes.
Don't get me wrong - the cakes rock. I've had two of them (lemon and red velvet) and they are quite exquisite. But... each time we have gone to pick up the cake at the agreed upon time the cake was either 1) not ready or, 2) they had given the cake to another customer.
And therein lies the problem - people tend to order cakes for events. Events are typically defined as celebratory gatherings where other people who mildly tolerate you, show up in coordinated fashion to consume cake with you and revel in, well, whatever it is that needs to be reveled in. (e.g. Not being dead, etc.). Unfortunately, when the cake isn't ready, or it has been given to another customer, (thereby starting a 'they stole my cake - I steal someone else's cake - who steals someone else's cake' etc. etc. chain reaction), it kind of makes the coordinated event not so, er, coordinated.
The first time it happened, NBC knocked half off the price. The second time it happened, NBC did nothing and we paid full price. No apology either. I guess you could say they simply said "Let them eat cake." Ouch.
The cake is 5 stars.
The management at NBC: 1-2 stars.
So, if you want to try Nothing Bundt Cakes and you need it for an event where people gather at a specified time to eat the cake, you need to honey badger these people into submission. Seriously. And that's too bad, because the product is excellent.
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