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Consumer Report:Tips for Trimming Wedding Costs

by CBS3's Jim Donovan for KYW Newsradio 1060

With the average wedding these days costing around $28,000, a growing number of web sites are offering used items for your I-do's,

On sites like preownedweddingdresses.com and IdonowIdon't.com, you can find pretty much anything to put more value into your vows.

Anja Winikka:

"Wedding dresses, accessories like bird cage veils, gloves, even shoes that have been worn once. We're talking votive candles, décor wise, paper lanterns, aisle runners, you name it, it's on there."

The Knot's Anja Winikka says brides and grooms are turning to new web sites for ways to whittle down wedding expenses, even Google reports in May the number of people searching the phrase "used wedding dresses" jumped 12 percent.

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