To Ebay or not to Ebay?

I've bought quite a bit from ebay from table names through to a cake topper, velvet for favour boxes, the favour boxes and sparkly bits. I've tended to buy small things on ebay but i am thinking of getting my veil from there as there seem to be some good sellers about.

Its saved us at least £300 on various bits so far.

From ebay I have bought..... [clearsthroat]

- Envelopes for our invites

- Ribbon for our invites and orders of service

- Cupcake pods for our favours

- Cotton tape for the bunting

- Some MAC make up

- Bridesmaids dresses

- Bridesmaids petticoats

- Extra ribbon for their dresses

- Cheap 'spare' bouquet for me to carry when I ride to the church (smaller than my proper one too so more manageable with reins!)

I will probably also end up buying:

- Ties for the men (same price as hiring!)

- Table confetti

- Cheap costume jewellery for the bridesmaids just for the day (need chunky pearl bracelets and they don't wear bracelets everyday, or I'd have bought them the gorgeous ones from Louloubelle jewellery on here)

I've saved an absolute fortune so far. The BM dresses cost £30 each and pettis were £18 each, versus the £90 and £35 I found initially, so that in itself has saved me over £200! It's the little things that soon add up. We decided we wanted bunting, and the material cost £35 which was fine, but we didn't think about the cotton tape. Boyes was selling the width we wanted for 45p per meter which would have worked out at £90 for our 200m! Fortunately I got 230m worth for £30 in the end. I don't know how anyone ever did a wedding on a budget pre-ebay ?

So far I have bought off Ebay - materials for making bunting, vintage suitcases, ribbon, cards and other bits I cant remember!

I am buying my veil from Margaret, she was highly recommended on here and is really reasonable and I am planning on buying some Mrs * knickers to wear. I will probably buy more things too leading to the wedding!

See this is making me feel much better now, I was totally worried that I would be judged as some of my friends have a funny opinion on ebay as if your taking from a rubbish bin or something. But hey what they dont know cant hurt them!

Can you advise me Margaret's details for the veil as she is well recommended? Thanx

I cant remember her ebay name but she only has one on there anyway as she custom makes them.

Her email is ****@*******.*****.**.**

I sent her pics of my dress and what I wanted. Im having a single tier, diamond white finger length and its costing me £18.

This.

I get loads from eBay. It's a perfectly legitimate outlet for companies to gain mass exposure.

From ebay I bought:

Table crystals- China

Organza sashes to make pew end ribbons- China

Butterfly shaped place names

Vases for centrepieces

Ribbon for invites

Hole punch to use on invites

Floralyte waterproof lights for inside centrepiece vases

Crystal accents- crystals you add water to, they turn to a jelly that looks like ice for the vases

Elsewhere:

Veil from Margaret

Favour boxes from poundland- 10p each last year

Circular mirrors for centrepieces- online company

Small glass candle holders to go on mirror- charity shop

The best advice is to look around & compare prices because you'd be surprised what you can find in lidl, aldi, poundland etc. I forgot, I also bought my wedding dress on ebay!

Thanks love I shall email her n see what she can do for me

I've bought

my shoes (coast- never worn rrp £85..i paid £10)

2 bridemaid dresses

2 bm shoes

3 sets of cufflinks

invites - day & night

place cards

ribbon

diamntees

all gifts for the bridal party

veil

favours

table bubbles

pretty much everything tbh

if my friend snubbed me for buying stuff on ebay.. i'd punch them in the face for being a stuck up dooch bag!

xx

I bought veil,tiara,make up,table centres,envelopes,day invites,table plan,props for photo booth and paigeboy shirt and tie. Lets not forget my dress- the designer sold it through ebay as well- and clearly it was received well (second best awards in everything?!?!). Sod what everyone else thinks if it saves you money then do it.

Where did everybody find all these good buys from? i only seem to find expensive stuff! am i not looking in the right place?! is margaret the lady know as the birmingham lady too? sorry to hijack the post!

I've bought a load of stuff too, invitations, envelopes, organza for decorations, wedding card post box, table crystals, bridesmaid dresses, favor boxes, favour sweets, cake topper, veil, shoes, wedding cake cupcake wrappers....... My wedding colours should be red blue white and green the amount I have spent on there. It has saved me sooooo much!! eBay all the way - who cares where you get it? If it is good quality and a bargain then good for us

We ve done that too, but need to make inserts, how did you make yours Alipops1986?

I've just joined ebay this week and feel like the previous 14 months of planning I've been missing out! So far I've bought a giant jenga and a cake topper. I then started looking up other bits and bobs. I was surprised that some ribbon I was looking at in John Lewis was more expensive on ebay (but I'm sure there's an unbranded copy on there for half the price)

I always check Ebay before i buy anything. Ive bought...
Table crystals
Table name holders
Place cards
Evening Invites
BM necklaces - bargin £3.50 each!!
Favour bags
Personalised guest book - gorgeous only £13 bargin
Just about to buy Envelopes for invites, ribbon, presents for best men.
xxx

Hey folks, am I doing something wrong cos I cat find Margaret on ebay, not sure how Im meant to search her(Its all so new to me!)

x

Please can people recommend sitesfrom ebay where they got bridesmaid dresses Also flashes please as I so worried about getting dresses from their!!

I got one of my bridemaids dresses from the Very/Littlewoods outlet store and the other one from china from this seller (this actual dress):

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sexy-V-Neck-Cross-Back-Evening-Black-Dress-09008-Sz-12-/230627212088?pt=UK_Women_s_Dresses&hash=item35b273fb38

What DIDNT I get from ebay???? ?

Good girl x

This is the seller we used for my mums wedding last year:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/zjlaura/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p3686

Perfect transaction, made to measure. We gave our measurements and the dresses fitted like a glove - lined, boned - perfect. Cannot rave any more about how good they were. Her design is no longer avalible and wont let me add a photo for some reason ☹️

I love that Bridesmaids Dress! Its exactly what Im looking for,,,,just need to convince my MOH now

Ebay is great for anything you might need in bulk! I've bought decorations, card holders, candles, and etc. for incredible prices! But if you have time, check Etsy first. I've found things for surprisingly cheap prices and it feels nice to support lindependent vendors.

Ebay will save you so much money. We've even got our wedding rings off Ebay. £70 for both instead of the £400 EACH they would have been in the shops. They're the same quality too.

Come to think of it, my engagement ring was from Ebay too!

FLASH

I would 100% reccommend Ebay - Im addicted ?, We have saved so much money by getting lots of wedding stuff from Ebay this includes:

Tiara (mine) - worn once

Side tiaras x 3 Brand new, one more to get

Foam flowers to make x4 BM bouquets

More fowm flowers to make x2 FG bouquets

diamantee pins for flowers

Top table arrangement - Bargain @ £1.06 ?

Mens full tails suits inc wing collar shirts x 3 - Ex hire stock

My sons tails suit incl wing collar shirt

Page boys waistcoats x 4

Mens waistcaots x x 5 - Ex hire stock

Cravats x 9 Another bargain @ under £20.00 for all

My dress

Alfred angelo bridesmaid (FG) dresses x2

bridesmaids dresses x4 one of them only cost me £2.00 brand new - BHS range

Disposable cameras

Card for invites

Cake topper - Brand new

Garter - Brand new

And probaly loads more that I cant think of, and the beauty of this is that after the wedding all of this is going back on to be resold and make some money back !! ?

I've bought quite a few things off eBay for wedding

Petticoat for under my dress.

Presents for bridal party

Bridesmaid hairpieces

Wedding favours

My wedding shoes & bag

Costume jewellery

Transfers for hen party tops.

As long as you do your research before you buy I think it's fine. Everything I've got has been brilliant.

What kinda research do you do?

Research: Prices (best for the price), sellers reputation, and budget.

I absolutely love Ebay! The only thing is that I always check the amount of transactions of the seller and the reviews.
I have bought my flower girls dresses there and I'm really happy with them!

My friend does amazing crystal shoes as it goes ! They are amazing she is on facebook called Shhhdazzel xxx She is making my shoes for me and they are just amazing and very cheap xx Also , I have a veil if you need one Its brand new white with scattered crystals x

LittlemissB please can you reccomend some ebay sellers for me

Mant Thanks

Kat