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I purchased a used wedding dress. I was looking for a particular style and did a google search on the style #. The search led me to Weddingbee classifieds and I've been here ever since. I think preownedweddingdresses.com is a good resource. They charge a flat rate for listing a dress... not a percentage of the sale price (like eBay).
I would recommend investing in a good cleaning before selling the dress. Buyers will be more interested if the dress is clean (all the work and expense taken care of), even if you charge a little more.
Price is important. Used dresses typically go for around 50% of the retail price. Alteration costs are in addition to the retail price so that should not be considered in the resale. I've read a lot of ads that say "it was only worn a few hours". Actual wear-time doesn't matter... it's a used dress. It's like being pregnant... you either are or you aren't.
I just looked at it today for the first time. I thought it was a pretty great resource.
I was wondering the same thing. I'm considering going through Once Wed in addition to the Weddingbee classifieds. It's free, and their site has lots of eye candy and DIY projects too :)
Ditto oncewed.com
Bought a Monique Lhuillier Geisha dress from there for less than half the retail price. Just got it today and it's in nearly perfect condition!
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I tried to post another question on this topic, but it isn't showing up. I'd like opinions on keeping, preserving, and selling dresses. For more info to go http://calioc.blogspot.com/2008/11/what-to-do-with-dress.html
Thanks!
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I was reading your blog and be careful who does your dress cleaning. I actually wanted to sell my dress, but now I'm kind of stuck with it...read here: http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/beware-of-wedclean
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I bought a wedding dress on Ebay. I would also consider craigslist or bravobride.com
I'm curious about what to do with my dress after the wedding, too. I think the best option for me will be to donate it to a company that makes gorgeous gowns affordable to brides in need. Now I just have to find the best organization to do that.
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I'm curious what I should do, since mine's being made by a dressmaker. I doubt I'll keep it, and I wouldn't mind selling it, but how do you list something that's not a particular designer/style? Would anyone buy a dress that's custom made? I'd be concerned about not knowing what kind of quality I'm getting since sometimes handmade things can have worse, rather than better, craftsmanship. Or maybe that's ridiculous.
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I'm just curious if anyone here has used http://www.preownedweddingdresses.com/ to either purchase or sell a dress? Please share your experience.
I am thinking of selling my dress after my wedding and this looked like a good way to do it.