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General Discussion => Share Your Badassity => Topic started by: FindingFI on November 27, 2017, 01:29:45 PM
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So for the last few months I have been looking for a wedding dress. I started looking at white department store dresses around $130 and under and didn't find anything that felt right. Moved up to bridesmaid dresses that came in ivory and found a few contenders in the $200-$500 ballpark, but still wasn't wowed. Started looking at bridal gowns with an absolute cap at $800, and I found one that I loved! The local store wanted $1,200 for it, but a salon in NYC was selling it on their website for $675. The huge price difference freaked me out a bit since I've seen too many horror stories about knock-off gowns. So I had been putting off placing the order for a while, and boy am I glad I did!
Fast forward to this weekend. A few dress shops near me were having Black Friday sample sales. They sell the dresses that everyone has been trying on in the store at a significant discount after designers discontinue the style and it can no longer by ordered. Well, I found a gorgeous designer gown, in my size, exactly what I was looking for, for $100 out the door! No more wondering if that online price was legit. Got my dress tucked away in a closet at my parents' house and my stress over finding the dress and not spending a fortune is gone!
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Sweet, when is the big day ?
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Next summer, plenty of time to get everything else together without dropping a ton of money!
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Congrats! Your perfect wedding dress for 100 dollars is a bargain.
The trick is often to have enough time when you plan to make a big purchase. First decide what (kind of) product you want and then have time to wait for a good sale that suddenly pops up.
I am trying to sell my 15 years old wedding dress on the local variant of Graig's list. But I haven't been lucky so far. One girl was interested, but didn't show up.
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Are there are any Facebook groups in your area for buying and reselling wedding related items? I'm in a couple and quite a few people have put dresses up for sale and gotten responses. It's less anonymous than something like Craigslist which seems to make buyers more comfortable.
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Are there are any Facebook groups in your area for buying and reselling wedding related items? I'm in a couple and quite a few people have put dresses up for sale and gotten responses. It's less anonymous than something like Craigslist which seems to make buyers more comfortable.
Yes, there was a public dress-sales event for school girls in the beginning of this month. But instead of wanting to drive there I put it out on the internet. But now I still have the dress for sale and I don't see any new events. It seems that local dress events are earlier than end of November. I guess I'll have to wait until next year. I now lowered the price on the add. We'll see if that has any effect...