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Selling a Wedding Dress?

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  • petchy
    petchy Posts: 135 Forumite
    Hi, Its been cleaned at a cost of £110.

    We may post, but its just collection at the moment!

    here's a link, more pictures are available on request.

    http://www.preloved.co.uk/fuseaction-adverts.showadvert/index-1033411374/1f05b939.html
    Cheers Petchy
  • LEJC
    LEJC Posts: 9,618 Forumite
    It is a beautiful dress you are selling ...but I think one of the main reasons its not selling is the price...
    there is already a used one in a size 12 on ebay for £300 and that has not sold yet so its my thought that although you have spnt a lot on cleaning the dress the price is still too high...but having said that I am sure that it is a good buy for someone if its what they are after.
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  • petchy
    petchy Posts: 135 Forumite
    It is beautiful yes!

    It does come with Vail (£180) and Tiara (£80)

    The thing is there is no point selling for £300 its such a low price, we may as well keep it as a momento if thats all it'd fetch!
    Cheers Petchy
  • shellsuit
    shellsuit Posts: 24,749 Forumite
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    petchy wrote: »
    Hi, Its been cleaned at a cost of £110. Says £85 in the ad ;)

    We may post, but its just collection at the moment! That really puts some people off.

    here's a link, more pictures are available on request.

    http://www.preloved.co.uk/fuseaction-adverts.showadvert/index-1033411374/1f05b939.html

    If you want to sell it, put it on eBay, allow collection or postage.

    I'd throw the veil in with the dress and sell the tiara separately.

    More pics needed. Closes ups, more pics with bride wearing it, even stock pics. As many as you can add.

    I'd have the dress and veil on as a buy it now for £400 and accept offers.

    I doubt you'd get £450 tho!

    Hope that helps :)
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  • LEJC
    LEJC Posts: 9,618 Forumite
    Your listing on peloved doesn't make it clear that its a package to include the veil and tiara...I read it as for £450 its the dress and the others coild be included at a seperate cost....you might want to clarify that in your listing....just ideas to help you get some interest...
    frugal October...£41.82 of £40 food shopping spend for the 2 of us!

    2017 toiletries challenge 179 out 145 in ...£18.64 spend
  • shellsuit
    shellsuit Posts: 24,749 Forumite
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    petchy wrote: »
    It is beautiful yes!

    It does come with Vail (£180) and Tiara (£80)

    The thing is there is no point selling for £300 its such a low price, we may as well keep it as a momento if thats all it'd fetch!


    Now I'm confused.

    You're selling the dress + veil + tiara and want £450 for them?

    Your ad says you want £450 for the dress and the tiara and veil are available seperately?
    Tank fly boss walk jam nitty gritty...
  • nykied
    nykied Posts: 951 Forumite
    shellsuit wrote: »
    Now I'm confused.

    You're selling the dress + veil + tiara and want £450 for them?

    Your ad says you want £450 for the dress and the tiara and veil are available seperately?

    Yes, that's what I saw from the ad too.

    If you're listing on ebay, it's always useful to join Auctiva, as you can post as many pictures as you like, yet ebay only charge you for one.
  • RainbowDrops
    RainbowDrops Posts: 4,674 Forumite
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    What other's have said about the extras - make it clear what's on offer.
    Personally, I would sell the veil sepparately, as not everyone wants a veil.

    And give more details about the tiara when selling, again sepparately. At £80 I assume it's designer? I'd want to know more about it before forking out £80, especially as you can get them as cheap as £3 from Primark!
  • Maysie
    Maysie Posts: 2,379 Forumite
    Ebay now give you more than one photo free Nykied. I think its 4 or 6 for clothes. It varies per category though.
  • Afitos
    Afitos Posts: 503 Forumite
    Hi,
    It is a beautiful dress, I love the top part.

    I have to say I do agree with everyone else. There are so many to choose from in that price range, often you can pick a new one up on ebay for that sort of money. I got my Maggie dress from Ebay for 250 pounds, cleaned and delivered. I think if people are looking at a used dress they are going to be wary of spending that sort of money without seeing it first. Delivery will help .
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