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ejeye
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David's Bridal - can you bargain? Alterations? Where else to get a veil? Many questions!
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After thinking I had found "the" dress, on a whim I went to David's Bridal in Wayne today and now "the original" dress has some stiff competition. I honestly didn't realize the quality & variety of dresses that they would have...
Anyway my first question is: can you bargain at a store like David's Bridal? It seems to me that at a chain, the price on the tag is the price you pay.
Secondly, anyone have experiences with the alterations dept @ Wayne's David's Bridal? I have heard that once you purchase a dress there, the experience goes downhill -- horror stories like while they're holding the dress for you, they allow other's to try it on. Who knows if this is true, but regardless, I was just wondering. Similarly, anyone know any places that would do alterations (a seamstress, etc.)?
And lastly - I know the kind of veil I want (ivory mantilla), but honestly that was the one thing at David's in which quality seemed to lack. Anyone know where I can purchase that kind of veil?
Sorry for all the questions.. but thank you in advance for any input and advice!
Anyway my first question is: can you bargain at a store like David's Bridal? It seems to me that at a chain, the price on the tag is the price you pay.
Secondly, anyone have experiences with the alterations dept @ Wayne's David's Bridal? I have heard that once you purchase a dress there, the experience goes downhill -- horror stories like while they're holding the dress for you, they allow other's to try it on. Who knows if this is true, but regardless, I was just wondering. Similarly, anyone know any places that would do alterations (a seamstress, etc.)?
And lastly - I know the kind of veil I want (ivory mantilla), but honestly that was the one thing at David's in which quality seemed to lack. Anyone know where I can purchase that kind of veil?
Sorry for all the questions.. but thank you in advance for any input and advice!
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Re: David's Bridal - can you bargain? Alterations? Where else to get a veil? Many questions!
As for alterations in Wayne, I got my alterations done there as well as my mom for her dress and they did a great job on both, no porblems at all. As for others trying your dress on, when it comes in originally, I went and picked it up and kept it at my mom's house until I had my first fitting and then took it back, so highly doubt they let others try it on. If you buy the dress there, personally i would get the alterations done there because if they do mess up, then you can make them get you a new dress, if you go somewhere else and it gets messed up, you will be out of luck. The ladies in the alterations department were very nice and did a great job on our dresses.
i can't speak about the veils because I found one i loved at DB when I bought my dress.
About bargain... It must be difficult to do it since is a big store. But I didn't try, so I can't really tell if is possible or not.
But the lady who helped me gave me discounts in everything without my request. When I went to the balcony to pay, she was with a bar code for discounts and she was giving discounts in everything I purchased that day. I got 100 dollars discount on my dress, and 15% off everything else...shoes, they skirt used under the dress to give volume (I forgot the name), the long bra, the veil... I wasn't going to buy the tiara there because I knew I could find cheaper, but everything together end up in such a low price (from what I expected) that I just end up buying there.
Even the bridesmaids dresses were 145 dollars, and we paid 125 dollars.
The veil...I found one that went perfectly with my dress, so I can't help you with that.
And I haven't done alterations yet. But I am planning to have mine done there if necessary. I talked to the person responsible and she explained to me about the pricing. I didn't think was so bad, and they treated me nicely. My bridesmaids with do it themselves with people they know if they need.
When I first went to DB about two months ago I was told that I needed to but the dress in two days in order to get the 100 dollars off. It was my first day trying dresses, so I didn't buy the dress.
when I went back last week, about two months after my first visit they still gave me the 100 dollars off my dress price. So don't let this rush your decision.