Ebay and China dress brides please post in here. Need your help

Tigerlilley1980

sal-ad_daze wrote: »

Just be aware girls that if you pay a lot for postage you won't get it back if you are unfortunate enough to enter a dispute and get a refund from paypal, they will only refund what you paid for the item not the postage. I think this also applies for shipping insurance as well.
Dresses from China are a bargain but make sure the bulk of the money you pay is for the item and not the postage.

Well said Sal, that's why it is proabbly better to buy direct from them, isn't it? Tiger xxx

chelbel1981

sal-ad_daze wrote: »

Just be aware girls that if you pay a lot for postage you won't get it back if you are unfortunate enough to enter a dispute and get a refund from paypal, they will only refund what you paid for the item not the postage. I think this also applies for shipping insurance as well.
Dresses from China are a bargain but make sure the bulk of the money you pay is for the item and not the postage.

That's exactly what I thought, but then I'm in 2 minds if to bother with buying direct because you wouldn't be protected through paypal

Tigerlilley It's a lovely cake because we chose it :rotfl:

sal-ad_daze

Milly (and Landy too I think) both take payments via paypal as well as the usual credit card.

Tigerlilley1980

They do take paypal because they sent me an invoice for when I was ready to buy, but never did because I found one somewhere else which I liked better, Tiger xx

chelbel1981

Milly have been back in touch twice, to ask if the price was ok etc. I emailed them back to ask if they could do the dress in silk dupion (cos that's what it's actually made of) the reply said yes at the same price

I need to take the plunge but it's wayyy too early

lindaatno9

Thing to remember also is if you think a cheaper dress is cost effective and then have to fork out for alterations for length or sides, this will bump up the price. A client of mine has just bought her "bargain" dresses from BHS for £65 but, because they didn't have the sizes, she bought what there was and thought of alterations. When you have to start taking up hems, taking in sides and lifting shoulder straps, these costs add up. her £65 dress turned into a £100 dress after alterations of which I could have made a much better job had she come to me in the first place for slightly less money!!
Sometimes cheap dresses don't stay cheap once alterations have been added. Just a thought. :beer:

floss2

chelbel1981 wrote: »

I need to take the plunge but it's wayyy too early

When do you get married? Don't forget things like Chinese New Year in January (at least 2 weeks shut-down)....

MORPH3US

Has anyone ever got done for taxes on these dresses when they land in the UK, or have they always been ok?

chelbel1981

lindaatno9 wrote: »

Thing to remember also is if you think a cheaper dress is cost effective and then have to fork out for alterations for length or sides, this will bump up the price. A client of mine has just bought her "bargain" dresses from BHS for £65 but, because they didn't have the sizes, she bought what there was and thought of alterations. When you have to start taking up hems, taking in sides and lifting shoulder straps, these costs add up. her £65 dress turned into a £100 dress after alterations of which I could have made a much better job had she come to me in the first place for slightly less money!!
Sometimes cheap dresses don't stay cheap once alterations have been added. Just a thought. :beer:

But they wouldn't add £1000 to the dress cos that is what I am saving

floss2 wrote: »

When do you get married? Don't forget things like Chinese New Year in January (at least 2 weeks shut-down)....

Not until October next year:j

val_84

http://s79.photobucket.com/albums/j157/val_67/Wedding/

heres pics of my dresses, BMs and mine are from Landy bridal and I can recommend them enough! I paid 215 euros for mine and i think 60 euros for the BMs...where are you based? if your near me I have no probs if you want to come and have a look at mine?