Would you buy a wedding dress off ebay?

[wigglebum]

Just wondering if anyone has bought one or is thinking about buying one especially the ones that come from China and made to your measurements?

[Siamsal]

I know someone that did.

Delivery was quite fast, but she did have a bit of trouble with the carriers, as they insisted on delivering to her home address (she works full-time) and having signature. So use a work address (if you have one).

The dress was just as the picture and description. The material wasn't absolute top quality, but adequate (for a wedding dress). The workmanship seemed quite good. It fitted her OK, so they seemed to have stuck to the measurements! The only (slight) downer was that it didn't look as stylish as in the pic, but I suppose that's true for anything you buy by mail order.

Overall, she was happy with it, and it was great value for money.

[wigglebum]

Thanks Siamsal for that feeling a bit better about doing it now, it just I don't have loads of money to spend and thought this was a better solution.

I have a work address so it will be delivered there xx

[chazza]

A friend of mine bought a dress from china, made to her measurements and was very disappointed in the shape and fit of it as well as the poor quality of it

She strongly advised us against it

[wigglebum]

Oh no thats not good :o(

[kazxe]

I would strongly advise you not to buy one of the ebay china ones - my friend did and it almost ruined her big day

Why not try to see if there are any shops near you that specialise in second hand wedding dresses? I know some may be old but many people nowadays are giving their dresses away and you can pick up some lovely modern ones easily

If it helps my dress cost �500 - brand new - from a proper shop - i had deliberated over spending �1800 on a dress - but i saw sense and on the day my dress was just fab and i never thought about the more expensive one once!!

Good luck

[PatriciaH]

I asked other e bayers on the "community " link on e bay and i was told allsorts- tax to be paid etc - have a look on e- bay

[scoobysoo]

Wigglebum - do you have a Pronuptia store near you? If so, they have amazing sales. I found the perfect dress knocked down from �1250 to �250.
Debenhams and BHS also do very affordable wedding ranges.

[gtaylor]

I bought my dress at an estate sale shop. It was a L600 dress which I paid about L7.50 for (it had been marked down a few times) and it's in perfect shape, complete with swarovski-encrusted veil. Doesn't _quite_ fit perfectly but for that price I'll have it altered. Check secondhand shops, definitely.

[Avey]

I bought my dress in Ireland it cost very little and was from Romantica of Devon check them out beautiful dresses at very reasonable prices. Good luck x

[SRH]

Another option is to try the Oxfam bridal shops. Before you think this is a joke, they now have shops with great ex-stock brand new dresses - over 95 per cent of the dresses sold are brand new, and originate from catwalk shows and high-end wedding retailers. Sizes range from 8 to 24, so there�s something to suit everyone. You can also get your shoes, veil and tiara from them. Youmight get a fab bargain (no-one need know where it came from) and you get the feel-good factor of giving money to a great charity. They have shops all over the place - see the website for details - http://www.oxfam.org.uk/shop/highstreet/bridal .htm

[wigglebum]

Thanks SRH have looked at the website seems fab, may have to pop to a shop near me :o)

[SRH]

Good luck with the wedding! Also just heard today that Marks and Spencer are launching wedding dresses - for �120. Not sure what they look like but should be in the newspapers in the next few days.

[Mistopheles]

Hi, I'm looking for a reasonable priced wedding dress too - you may have found one by now, but if not, try lily wedding.com - it's an American site that ships to UK. GOURGEOUS dresses for around the �150 mark, including shipping!