Take the Dress and Run January 14, 2010
Posted by Emily in : My Previous Life, Thoughts , trackbackI’m selling some BRAND SPANKING NEW wedding gowns on KSL and Craigslist. (I bought them for personal use from my bridal store, but never wore them. Pageant stuff.) Anyway, an interested bride came by the other night and tried on one of the gowns. SHE LOVED IT. IT WAS THE GOWN.
Now comes the part that reminded my why I hate selling wedding gowns . . .
This is an older bride, who is getting married for the second time. She wanted her two daughters (ages 20 and 21) to SEE HER IN THE GOWN before buying it.
The kicker? HER WEDDING WAS NINE DAYS AWAY! HELLO! What kills me, is that no matter how old you are, or how many times you get married, you still seek approval from everyone around you when the only opinion that matters it YOURS!
Did I mention this gown can be found on the rack at a very popular bridal store in town for $400 more than I’m selling mine?!
Let’s fast forward to SIX WHOLE DAYS before her wedding.
She comes back to my house to try on the dress again. This time she brings her daughter, and lucky for the bride, her daughter LOVES the dress too.
Fantastic right?
The bride then offers a lower price than I’m asking for the dress.
As I quietly bit my tongue, I politely remind her that she can drive right on down the road and buy this exact dress ON THE RACK (insert popular bridal store name here) for more than TWICE what I’m asking.
My dress was brand new . . . with tags. I told her (in not so many words) to take it and run, or go spend $400 more down the street.
She bought the dress.
I hope she’s not shocked to find out how long alterations take and how expensive they are. YIKES.
Brides can be crazy I tell you. Just watch the show, “Say Yes to the Dress” on TLC and you’ll know what I’m talking about!
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Good for you!
And I love Say Yes to the Dress. I was such a casual bride. If I were to do it now, it would have been different. I love clothes and fashion now, where I didn’t when I got married. I bought the first dress I tried on, for $300. I was very low drama, but I do look back and wish I had tried on a few more.
I love Say Yes to the Dress, mainly because I always feel less crazy about watching it and less guilty for spending $900 on mine when I really just would have been happy to borrow had I had the time to look around. Sigh. I should sell it on Craig’s List too but I’m too lazy to dig it out of storage.