February 23, 2007 | Retail Therapy
I am going to live. Just thought you’d like to know. I may not be eating Chinese food again any time soon, though.
So, remember how I bought Chickadee a dress for the wedding? I bought it on eBay, and it’s been a while since I used eBay, see, so I’d forgotten how to speak the language.
The picture was lovely (if a tad blurry). It was advertised as being silk, and in pristine, perfect condition. I thought I’d gotten a great deal.
Sadly, I forgot that on eBay, translation is required.
silk = polyester
pristine = only a couple of stains
perfect = unraveling just a little
Yeah. So. I got burned on eBay. (Actually, I didn’t even get burned. The seller is being a gem about it all, although she’d be more of a gem if she’d listed it properly in the first place, I suppose.)
So what did I do, after my less-than-stellar wedding-related eBay experience?
Well, I tried to buy myself a dress (to wear! at! the! wedding!) at Nordstrom. But they didn’t have my size. First I did a live chat with customer service to see if they could maybe locate it in a store for me, but of course the dress I fell in love was nowhere to be found. And then I did the only logical
I went and bought it on eBay.
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One of my friends got her wedding dress on eBay, it was gorgeous, and if I remember right, I think she paid $12 for it. Woooo! And who cares of it’s too big? Formal wear sizing is stupid anyway, maybe you’ll get it and it will be perfect!
February 23rd, 2007 at 11:41 pmwow, I am waiting to see the great deal you got, I hope you are very happy with it and in lots of ♥♥♥♥’s type love
February 24th, 2007 at 12:19 amSince you’re planning a less-than-traditional wedding, you might find Indiebride an interesting place to peruse, if only to get good suggestions on things like places to find interesting dresses and the like. Or a place to vent. Whichever…
February 24th, 2007 at 2:47 amGood luck! I just ordered my dress for my sister’s wedding online, and I’m really quite nervous about it!
February 24th, 2007 at 4:07 amWhat size is your chickadee? I have a gorgeous white - but not stark white almost a creamy colored silk - real silk - dress that my daughter wore for my sister’s wedding. It is hanging in the closet. Want it? You can have it as a wedding present from me. It’s gorgeous. I’ll send you a picture if you are interested.
February 24th, 2007 at 8:25 amLet me know!
LBC
Formal wear sizing? What is this formal wear of which you speak? I bought a cocktail dress.
February 24th, 2007 at 8:28 amDo we get to see a picture of your dress? Or is that bad luck or something?
We got our wedding rings on eBay and people thought we were funny for doing so. I thought we were smart!
February 24th, 2007 at 10:08 amCan eBay be described as anything but a Love/Hate relationship. It had both been a huge blessing, and a bane to my existence at the same time!
“Better” Luck with your dress than you had with Chickadee’s.
February 24th, 2007 at 11:04 amYou never know, eBay sometimes is a really good idea. I’ll cross my fingers for you that your dress is perfect. And do we get to see pictures of it? I love wedding dresses.
February 24th, 2007 at 12:13 pmI sold my wedding dress on ebay (I guess I figured that my daughter will just consider it too old-fashioned and we were trying to squeeze our 1800 sq ft home into 1150 sq ft when we moved to the Bay Area/Silicon Valley and a giant boxed dress was taking up too much space). But I ended up selling it for $50 and it really was in great condition! I wish you good luck in finding your dress!
February 24th, 2007 at 1:52 pmBossy often shops this way and wishes you luck, but remember: It’s eBay, not freeBay — if it’s too cheap something must be wrong with it.
February 24th, 2007 at 2:42 pmMy understanding, and I’m not a big ebay person, is that you’re looking for descriptions like “new with tags.” Anything else is a crapshoot. Better luck on yours!
February 24th, 2007 at 10:38 pmAh, dress shopping. eBay dress shopping.
Love, hate, love.
February 24th, 2007 at 11:05 pmGood luck with the dress! I’ve only been brave enough to buy books on eBay.
February 25th, 2007 at 5:05 amGood luck with the dress! I hope it’ll be as GAWGEOUS as you are.
February 26th, 2007 at 10:45 amI’ve bought a car on e-bay…sight un-seen so to speak. It was absolutely perfect, as advertised. After driving it for two years I sold it, and yet again, this car changed hands via e-bay. A car, a wedding dress, what’s the difference? It should work for you! Best of luck.
February 26th, 2007 at 8:33 pm