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07-17-2010, 02:53 AM
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Exactly what I was doing lol...the sales manager actually discounted nearly $10,000 off the dress so the parents would quit haggling  Still, $15,000 for a dress is stilll waaaaay too much! |
I'm sorry, but the haggling on this show annoys me.
You don't go into the dept. store and haggle. Why would you try to haggle there?
If you are haggling, then that dress is obviously not something you can afford and you should probably try something that is more in your price range.
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07-16-2010, 06:22 PM
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I so agree. But that's the current practice here. BUT I guaranteed that when the Ellebud girls and boy get married (if we are providing the flowers) I will make sure that we can take the flowers and give it to whom we please. I will make sure the contract says that. If I have to I will purchase the urns/vases myself.
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07-17-2010, 12:26 AM
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Say Yes to the Dress:Atlanta?!?
I just saw the commercial!
THis is an article I found on google:
http://www.stylelist.com/2010/03/24/...idal-spin-off/
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07-17-2010, 02:52 AM
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Saw that too! The things they were saying about the bride and her budget in the commercial were really mean!
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07-18-2010, 08:21 AM
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When I got married in 1989, my parents, who paid for everything, gave me a budget of $5000. Anything more than that I had to pay for myself, but anything left over, we got to keep. So I shopped carefully. My dress was a discontinued sample that cost about $300 with alterations. It needed to be cleaned, which the bridal salon did at no charge. I put it on and loved it, my mom loved it and that was it. A crafty friend made my veil as a wedding gift, and another friend did my bouquets with silk flowers. We had our reception at our parish hall (which was more like a hotel ballroom than a typical church hall with basketball hoops and a bingo board.) We ended up keeping about $500 and spent it on furniture which we still have. You can watch your spending and still have a lovely wedding - and 20-year and counting marriage!
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07-18-2010, 10:56 AM
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My best friend had the most gorgeous and unique dress of all my friends getting married. Price? $600. I was amazed when she told me.
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07-19-2010, 12:34 PM
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My daughter's Presents dress (The Reluctant PNM) was a bridal gown. That, or a deb gpwm. Quite frankly, I would go back to this designer when DDs get engaged. And trust me, the dress with seed pearls and some glitz was NOWHERE near the thousand dollar mark, although on sale. When I married I borrowed a dress (big mistake...at the last minute the first bride, who wore the dress for her vows and then changed out of it saying, "Get this hideous thing off me!!!! I never want to see it again!!!!", said that she didn't want me to wear it. This was four days before the wedding.
Today I would just go to a store and buy an evening dress and be done with it. At the time I was overwhelmed, so I wore "that dress." But the dress I wore was the same dress that Grace Kelly wore for her wedding, alencon lace and all. (not Grace Kelly's dress itself, but the same designer, fabric etc.) ANd the "owner" took it back and threw it out. She threw it out not only because I had worn it, but because it reminded her of her mother, the last being the most importent. Thirty three years ago that dress was $1,500. OMG.
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07-29-2010, 06:02 PM
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Catching up on my DVR.
I seriously do not see the point of having a vow renewal on your FIRST anniversary after having already had a big wedding.
I tend to think that vow renewals are for like 10, 20, 25, etc. years. Not for your one year.
Anyone else notice how much they suggest that a woman try one of the Pnina Tournai gowns (even when they're WAY out of the person's price point?)
I guess they're one of the most expensive lines thery carry, so if a woman falls in love with and buys one, that = more $$$.
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07-29-2010, 07:43 PM
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It's also the only place where you can buy one, so I'm sure they figure that if they sell a lot of them, the designer will keep the exclusivity there. If they don't sell well at that store, she'll pick up and run.
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07-29-2010, 07:56 PM
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It's also the only place where you can buy one, so I'm sure they figure that if they sell a lot of them, the designer will keep the exclusivity there. If they don't sell well at that store, she'll pick up and run.
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It might also be about getting them on TV more than it is about getting them on those specific brides we see. That is, the bride can't afford it, but its willing to try it on for the sake of being in a designer gown and boom, free advertising for the name.. which you can only find at Kleinfelds. Positive feedback cycle.
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07-30-2010, 11:02 PM
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Did anyone catch the sneak preview of the Atlanta show this evening? I don't know about it ... Bridals by Lori just doesn't have the warmth and personality that Kleinfeld has. And the consultants don't seem to be as likeable. But I'll give it a chance ...
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07-30-2010, 11:08 PM
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Did anyone catch the sneak preview of the Atlanta show this evening? I don't know about it ... Bridals by Lori just doesn't have the warmth and personality that Kleinfeld has. And the consultants don't seem to be as likeable. But I'll give it a chance ...
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I've only seen a commercial for it, but I swore the Atlanta guy who was talking sounded just like Randy from Kleinfeld. He even looked vaguely like him. I'm still not sure if it was just in my head or not.
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07-30-2010, 11:43 PM
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Yet again, WHY do you need to bring 56,904 people with you the store?
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07-30-2010, 11:45 PM
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Yet again, WHY do you need to bring 56,904 people with you the store?
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The American Chopper people? (Watching now)
I'm going with it being the TLC cross-promotion as the main reason.
WTF with the other people in the episode not having that excuse.... At least she's already bought the gown...
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07-31-2010, 08:20 AM
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I fell sleep during last nights episode so I didn't get to see the crazy entourage with the bride going in for the fitting.
Did Rachel end up finding a dress at Kleinfelds? I hope so!
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