Wedding Dilemma! Can someone please help.....

JustinCredibleGillespie

Hey everyone,

I hope you can help. Long story short. My best friend was due to get married on 31/8/13 and her husband to be up and left telling her it was over, he has met someone else (a 19 yr old )

Anyway thats beside the point. My friend had her wedding dressed picked and paid £700 as a deposit, she has just got a phone call today from the shop to say that she has to pay the other £700 now to pick it up. She explained the whole situation and shes now been threatened to pay up or go to court.

Does anyone know where she stands?

Thanks in advance

JCG

xx

victor2

She ordered it, paid the deposit and owes the balance unfortunately.
It's not the supplier's fault the wedding isn't going ahead. The best she can hope for is some sympathy and a discount on the balance I would think.
If they've said pay up or be sued, then I suspect sympathy is a bit thin on the ground.

marisco_2

Is the dress an off the peg type that has not been adjusted to specifically fit your friend? Or is it one that has been fitted to her or made for her? This may make a big difference to how the shop see this situation.

It is awful that your friends fiance has walked away and called off the weddding. She may not be able to get her deposit back or get out of buying the dress though. It may have to be a case of paying what she owes on the dress and then selling it on herself.

claire16c

Normally you sign a contract when you pay the deposit.

You usually have to cancel in x weeks/months advance & that will depend how much money you owe.

So she needs to check what the contract she signed says.

partialycloudy

I have heard of some shops offering to sell the dress on? maybe give this to them as an option?

bigmaz

I wouldnt imagine she could get out of paying it, it isnt the shops fault its not going ahead. If they done that for every wedding that got cancelled they would loose a lot of monees.

JustinCredibleGillespie

No i understand, the dress hasn't been altered at all. It was to be done 8 weeks before the wedding.

I told her she should send 'him' the bill! There was over £3500 paid for out of her money for deposits. He also had the same amount saved but is now driving about in a brand new seat ibiza whilst she is seriously out of pocket.

Thanks for your help guys

Have a good weekend.

JCG

xx

krlyr

http://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/ may be worth a read.
If it's been tailored for her, or customised in any other way, then she will have less luck than if it's off-the-shelf.

She may have some luck recouping her costs if she were to sell it on though, there appears to be loads of websites specifically for selling wedding dresses on and if it's absolutely brand new she can hopefully ask a bit more for it. I would get her to advertise it as many places as possible in the hopes someone looking for that style of dress spots it and is happy to save a bit on the retail price.

partialycloudy

I doubt the dress shop will be out of pocket, there is a very high mark up on wedding dresses.
They have the dress, unaltered, so they could sell it on to another bride at a discount to make up the costs.

aileth

Like people say above, and failing that, if she has to pay for it, perhaps try and recoup the costs by selling it on, ebay or other such sites. What a horrible thing to happen. I'm a believer in karma, so I'm sure he will get what's coming to him

marisco_2

JustinCredibleGillespie wrote: »

There was over £3500 paid for out of her money for deposits.

Take it from one who knows, that is a small price to pay to be rid of someone who would dump their fiance for a 19 year old. She could of married him, tied herself up financially to him with a mortgage and had kids with him before seeing his true colours.

If she can face the fight it might be worth making him cover half of the losses over their wedding. It sounds as if she wouldn't get to far with that route though and may be best chalking this down to experience and moving on from it all as best she can.