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selling my wedding dress

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misspoppy
misspoppy Posts: 1,009 Forumite
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Hi

Following the amazing success of my first ebay sale I thought, well I've been seperated for 7 years I could get rid of my wedding dress which is 10 years old but not that dated.

Has anyone sold a wedding dress on ebay with any success? I will obviously wait a couple of months, Easter is the start of the silly season and with Valentines coming up there will be an increase in the brides to be I'm sure.

I will have to get the dress cleaned and so I don't want to pay for this if I'm only going to get £20 for it.

Thanks for your help
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  • frivolous_fay
    frivolous_fay Posts: 13,302 Forumite
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    I take it you will start the bidding fairly low, rather than put a Buy It Now on it? This is a good thing - it means you will deter any lurking Nigerian scammers.
    My TV is broken! :cry:
    Edit: refunded £515 for TV 1.5 years out of warranty - thank you Sale of Goods Act! :j
  • pennylane99
    pennylane99 Posts: 5,783 Forumite
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    you might get people who want to come and try the dress on before bidding....
  • misspoppy
    misspoppy Posts: 1,009 Forumite
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    pennylane99 wrote:
    you might get people who want to come and try the dress on before bidding....


    That is a very good point, do you think I should market it as a pettit item as I am 5'3" and although I wore heels and it was slightly too long it it might not be great for much taller people.

    I wasn't sure if this would encourage buyers, on reflection it probaly
  • pennylane99
    pennylane99 Posts: 5,783 Forumite
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    misspoppy wrote:
    That is a very good point, do you think I should market it as a pettit item as I am 5'3" and although I wore heels and it was slightly too long it it might not be great for much taller people.

    I wasn't sure if this would encourage buyers, on reflection it probaly

    what I meant was would you be comfortable with strangers coming into your home, if they say they would like to see/try the dress on....think of the safety aspect for yourself too.
  • misspoppy
    misspoppy Posts: 1,009 Forumite
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    ah, i hadn't thought of that, but my bf could be here i suppose.
  • sockospice
    sockospice Posts: 551 Forumite
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    misspoppy wrote:
    That is a very good point, do you think I should market it as a pettit item as I am 5'3" and although I wore heels and it was slightly too long it it might not be great for much taller people.

    I wasn't sure if this would encourage buyers, on reflection it probaly

    Get measuring! Give every measurement you can, that way you'll hopefully get fewer timewasters.
  • lisyloo
    lisyloo Posts: 30,077 Forumite
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    I will have to get the dress cleaned and so I don't want to pay for this if I'm only going to get £20 for it.

    Why not get it cleaned AFTER it has sold.
    You could state in the auction that delivery will take a ew extra days due to cleaning.

    Personally I don't put in a starting price of less than I am willing to let an item go for.
  • hesjane
    hesjane Posts: 2,123 Forumite
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    Hi

    don't want to put a bad light on ebay, but wedding dresses don't make a lot of money. I haven't sold one, but have bought 2 in the last week or so. They were brand new with tags (both designer labels) and I paid £10.50 for one and £36.15 for the other (plus postage of course). They are both stunning dresses which clearly costs hundreds.

    The £10.50 dress had appalling photos and I took a chance on the description - but the dress arrived and is stunning. Bargain!

    Just to show you the links are here and here

    I think what I am trying to say is be prepared to be disappointed....and definitely put a reserve if you don't want it to go for silly money - which is what I believe I paid for two stunning dresses

    NB: no I'm not getting married nor do I have a wedding dress fetish LOL - I bought them for a modelling session for a photoshoot and will probably ebay them again afterwards.
  • pennylane99
    pennylane99 Posts: 5,783 Forumite
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    lisyloo wrote:
    Why not get it cleaned AFTER it has sold.
    You could state in the auction that delivery will take a ew extra days due to cleaning.

    Personally I don't put in a starting price of less than I am willing to let an item go for.

    having a dress cleaned can cost £70 and more.....

    wedding dresses only sell for high amounts on Ebay if they are designer, Maggie Sottero ones do ok...and current styles....
  • butterfly72
    butterfly72 Posts: 1,222 Forumite
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    I also have a wedding dress to sell. (and shoes) It looks like ebay isn't an option. Any other ideas for selling it?
    £2019 in 2019 #44 - 864.06/2019
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