bought the wrong dress??!!

I'm pretty sure that legally you have a 'cooling' off period, I'd ring Citizens Advice or do some research on the net!

Hope it turns out ok for you.

ps. its not a Maggie Sottero Adelaide in light gold, size 20? - I'll buy it off you if it is!!!!!!!!!

Thanks - dress was sold as seen and non-refundable - its on all off their sale dresses - wish I hadn't gone by myself now..Thanks for the support though!

Hey hun, Oh I do really feel for you!!!

Like StarStruck suggested maybe you could have a word and a few tears to the manager and see what happens!! Or maybe go back and try the dress on with a friend and see how you feel....I mean to buy it you must have loved it at the time...right?

let us know what happens!!!

xxx

I think one of the first things you need to do is talk to your OH, & decide what kind of ceremony you're going to have whether it be a civil service in a registry office or stately home or a church. You could have a civil service marriage at the registry office (I know a few on here have done that - they don't get kitted out in full dress, just a nice outfit & use the dress for the church) then a blessing in a church afterwards!

Then you must make an appointment to see the manager, tell her you felt pressured into buying the dress and ask if the deposit you paid could go towards another dress, it's not like they've made alterations to it yet so they should be able to put it back in the sale.

If you do have to buy it, if it was in the sale, then surely you'd be able to sell it on Ebay or somewhere and recoup the money.

Hope it works out for you!

Ali x

I would definitely be honest and say the dress isn't the one and you rushed into it. Ask them if you can put the deposit towards something else. There may be more 2009 dresses coming in over the next month or so. If they refuse don't settle for something you're not 100% about, sell it and try to make as much back as possible. You could try putting the details and the price on here and with it being new you might be lucky and sell it quite easily x

I think the best thing for you to do is talk to a manager, explain that you felt pressured and ask to put the money towards something else. If they haven't made any changes to the dress, then I can't see why it would be a problem.

Hope you get it sorted! xx

My oh has been married before, it doesnt mean you cant have a church wedding it depends on the vicar, however i had bo problem finding 1 who was willing to do it. Your oh needs to be divorced more than 2 years tho. hope this helps

It depends what it says on the contract , if it said sold and seen and all sales are final i dont think you have a leg to stand on , the only thing u could do is ring them and ask them to put it back in the sale for you and then if it sells pick another dress there with the money you spent on the maggie.

are you sure your not just panicking about it as you made a hasty decision , we get this and its normally because the brides are indecisive in general and cant believe they found the one so quick , once you put it back on in an unpressured environment i bet you love it as much as you did to buy it in the first place

The first bit is true, the second bit isn't. My parents, both divorced, got married in church when my Mum's divorce had only come through three months earlier.

I would first off ring the shop, only then will you know here you stand.

I agree with the others you need to speak to OH and talk about the type of wedding you both want. If it helps my husband is divorced too and we got married in a church last year. We had to go talk to the vicar and he had to discuss what went wrong and the vicar wanted to make sure that I wasnt the reason for his last marriage breakdown. I think the rules are more relaxed now and it depends on the individual vicar.

Any update on this, did you do as Cariad suggested & go & try the dress on again to see if you DO actually love it?