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Auction your wedding gown!

(CRI)
Updated: 2006-11-15 09:45



Once your wedding day is over, what will you do with the pile of special
goods you can never use again? Will you throw them away or keep them as
momentoes? Or take a more profitable approach and follow in the footsteps
of so many other Beijing newly-weds: auction them online!

Beijing girl Lu Lu has just become a happy bride. But she had just one
small problem: what to do with the tailor-made wedding gown that cost her
over three thousand yuan.

To wear it only once and stow it away for posterity seemed like an
unforgivable waste.

So Lu Lu has decided to pass it onto to another deserving bride through
the internet. "Through the sale, I want to make more friends, let them
share my happiness and receive my best wishes."

But Lu Lu isn't selling her dress just to make money. She says she
doesn't mind selling it very cheaply to someone who really loves the
dress.

And she's not the only business-minded new bride around.

When you surf the online auction sites, you'll see plenty of second hand
wedding stuff up for grabs.

As well as gowns, everything from shoes and jewelry, to the
candleholders, wine and photo coupons are for sale.

And the prices are attractive, with most of second hand items going for
half their original price.

No wonder they're luring so many would-be couples.

But second-hand wedding goods aren't everyone's cup of tea.

"Of course I'll buy brand new things as a wedding is a once in a
life-time experience."

"In China, the Brides and Grooms have the character "xin", which means
new. So it would be too bad if the new-weds uses old things."

But the market for second-hand wedding goods is taking off as young
people become more pragmatic about their weddings.

Li Xingyue is an insider in the wedding industry. "A lot of items used in
wedding ceremonies can be reused. I think there'll soon be a more
organized second-hand market for these products."

Zhang Ying is wedding item supplier in Beijing. "I believe some companies
will start renting wedding products, as well as selling them. So, the
overall prices of wedding supplies will get lower and weddings will be
cheaper for couples."










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