Buying a wedding dress from China via Ebay?

[Phteven]

It doesn't cost $200 to ship a dress from China. I buy handbags from the US and shipping is usally about US$50 - that includes insurance and tracking.
The reason that they charge so much postage is to avoid the fees (which is a listing violation) and reduce their exposure to refunds. The problem with this is that if you need to get a refund on the dress you won't be able to get a refund for the shipping so they will get the dress back plus keep all the 'shipping' money.
I would avoid it if I were you. It's better to pay the proper price for shipping so that you're better protected and I tend to steer clear of people who seem a bit dodgy.

[Miss K]

My SIL brought one off ebay and by the sounds from the same person as the postage was that much she recieved it and was a pretty good delivery time the thread in the dress itself was coming undone and the fabric was REALLY fine crappy quality it looked beautiful in the picture and it is nice now though she is quite disappointed that she has to take the dress to get some better stitching and a better quality underlay IYKWIM? I would personally get something that is within australia that you can actually go and try on sometimes it costs you more than what you paid for the dress if you need to fix it or buy a whole new dress

[Ginger]

hayley -i agree with the others, i think the postage sounds way too much.

[MrsBump]

There are some really great sites where you can buy dresses second hand, and from your area. Im not sure if you can post it here. I will PM you...

[tiggerlinda]

Hayley keep and eye out I got a new one from a Bridal shop closing down on ebay and it was great

[AnyDream]

Hayley, I think it sounds dodgey as. How can you dispute it if it arrives and it's a "lemon:?? I think the danger here is it could be really nasty cheapo synthetic fabric, instead of the good fabric which is what you pay for in a good gown. I reckon you're better off trying to get one in Australia, even better in your area and asking to see it before you bid (so you know what the fabric is like, how it feels and how it sits/falls).

BTW I bought a very simple but gorgeous dress off the rack for $400 (that was a few years ago) so you can get some bargains if you look around.

[Rumpleteaser]

We did this for our bridesmaid dresses. They were OK, Mum needed to replace a zipper in one of them. I don't think I would do it for a wedding dress though, getting the sizing correct was difficult. If you did I would also suggest you factor in the cost of seeing a dressmaker for alterations.