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Should I sell my wedding dress to pay debt?

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  • tigtag02
    tigtag02 Posts: 6,857 Forumite
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    BAILIFFCHASER wrote: »
    A word of advice. If you sell on ebay make sure you have 2 ids. One to sell and the other to bidd with. !!!!!! the shill bidding rule. everybody does it onway or another

    And thankyou to another TRUSTWORTHY MSE'er for that :o

    Any bids yet IA? (you want me to bid it up :p)
    :heartpuls baby no3 due 16th November :heartpuls
    TEAM YELLOW
    DFD 16/6/10
    "Shut your gob! Or I'll come round your houses and stamp on all your toys" The ONE, the ONLY, the LEGENDARY Gene Hunt :heart2:
  • Iguana
    Iguana Posts: 1,781 Forumite
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    immoral_angeluk wrote: »
    Should have mentioned that our girls aren't being christened. I'm pagan and Ste is atheist! lol

    Wear it on a special occaision!
  • tigtag02
    tigtag02 Posts: 6,857 Forumite
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    Iguana wrote: »
    Wear it on a special occaision!


    :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

    She did :p Then she flogged it :p

    :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
    :heartpuls baby no3 due 16th November :heartpuls
    TEAM YELLOW
    DFD 16/6/10
    "Shut your gob! Or I'll come round your houses and stamp on all your toys" The ONE, the ONLY, the LEGENDARY Gene Hunt :heart2:
  • tsharp
    tsharp Posts: 1,532 Forumite
    Wear it for special sex games....
    "I have enough money to last me the rest of my life, unless I buy something."
  • maisieme
    maisieme Posts: 11 Forumite
    Does anyone know of any better way's to sell on wedding dresses. I've still got mine (although i've been divorced 5 years!) I did consider selling it on ebay but when i looked they were fetching next to nothing and it seemed like too much hastle!
    If you want something bad enough you CAN do it! Honestly - I'm living proof:j :j
    Ashamed to still be so in debt :o :- As of June 07:- Capital One CC (0%) £5290.32
    Lloyds CC (0% paying interest on bt fee!) £2675.00 M&S CC (3.9%) £2800.00
    Morgan Stanley CC (0%) £3022.84 Virgin CC (0%) £3091.32 A+L Overdraft (0%)
    Most shameful of all is my lack of will power! - But I am proud to be dealing with my debts! (DFW Nerd 528!)
  • fistfullofdollars
    fistfullofdollars Posts: 205 Forumite
    I'd be heartbroken if my wife ever decided to sell hers. I'd not do it. Sell the telly before the wedding dress has to go!
    Starting debt @ LBM: £8436.51 (8/5/7)
    Barclaycard: £5804.52 (May 07) - 6.9% LOB Now: £5315.25
    Egg: £1640.99 (May 07) - 1.9% May 08 - Now: £1242.69
    [strike]Barclays O/D: £991dr (May 07) - 16.9% - Now: £0.00[/strike]
    Debt August 07 £6557.94
    Aim: To Clear Barclays OD by Nov 2007! Realistic DFD: August 2009
  • Lucy1982_2
    Lucy1982_2 Posts: 4,611 Forumite
    I would sell it, I don't imagine your going to wear it again and you have all the photos of the day.

    I tried ebay with mine and ended up car booting it for £40.... it had cost me £550!
    Current debt - £16,300 :(
    Debt at worst 17/03/2011 - £18,067.62:eek::eek:
    :ANot going anywhere else, ever again :A
  • LookingAhead
    LookingAhead Posts: 4,633 Forumite
    Forgive me if I missed the outcome of this on another thread but.....I_A....did it sell in the end?
    Bank Balance: In the black for the moment.
    Sainsburys Loan: Cleared July 2010
    Credit cards: AMEX Airmiles Card: direct debit set to clear balance monthly
  • moneymaker2
    moneymaker2 Posts: 449 Forumite
    immoral,

    I have just put mine on ebay. I got married May 2006. I looked at whether my daughter would want to wear it when she got married and all I had was the thought in my head of laughing at the state of my mums wedding dress.
    I would love to pass the dress on to be part of someone elses big special day. I why shouldn't I try and make some money out of it.
    Go for it. (Just hope it's not as nice as mine cause now I'll have competition on ebay.....lol)
  • black-saturn
    black-saturn Posts: 13,937 Forumite
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    I would definately sell it. In fact I'm getting married next year and i already know I'm going to sell the dress, flowers, bridesmaids dresses, head dresses and everything. The only thing we will be keeping is the photos and the rings. In fact I've bought almost everything for it from ebay as well so my wedding isn't going to cost me much at all. Sell it, you will regret it if you don't.
    2008 Comping Challenge
    Won so far - £3010 Needed - £230
    Debt free since Oct 2004
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