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| Here's a question for you all. I was farting around on the computer and decided to check Ebay for dresses and discovered pages of 1-3 dollar gowns. The bidding periods were nearly out on many, with several bids made. Found no reserve on those I looked at. The majorty were listed from various Asian locations and had similar wording and layout, though the sellers' names were often different. I've found some really great deals on Ebay before, but... I've seen many of these gowns on other sites and they're not cheap. Are these dresses sweat shop reproductions? A money scam? Thanks for your time, C
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| I've seen those on ebay and they do look suspicious. I have heard on other message boards of girls winning a dress from somewhere in china and getting a crappy knock-off. My fh actually bid on a PLC from Hong Kong a while ago and the deal looked great until he noticed that there were other auctions listed that looked the same as the one he was bidding on but the names where different. He did some research and found that 5 people had been scammed and had never received their PLC and the sellers were all from Hong Kong. Needless to say fh retracted his bid and it did end up being a scam. I'd be very weary, I'd go with a reputable ebay seller if I were you. JMHO
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| Designer gowns can only be purchased from approved stores. They are not available online. The are obviously knockoffs or they could be possibly dresses with imperfections as China manufactures alot of the dresses we buy here. I would never buy a gown online as the fits are so different with each style and designer that you would have to try it on.
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| They're custom made replicas of designer gowns. Lovely that someone's getting paid $1 US to make a dress. 
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check the sellers feedback and see if the previous buyers were happy with the product???
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I wasn't considering buying one, was just curious about what the deal is. The feedback is all positive from what I saw. TY.
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I am one who purchased from ebay.Spent $170 for the dress and kept my fingers crossed! I figured if I hated it or it was cheaply made then it is only !170 so realistically it is not alot of money and I still had lots of time to find one but you know what.....it came it is exactly like the picture and it well made!! I can sew and the seams are great(much better than I can do lol). It worked out well for me!! And the best part...I don't look like a beached whale in it ..yahooo
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