Outrageous bride overcharges bridesmaids for gowns to pay for her own dress

A bride-to-be has come under fire online after it was revealed she charged her bridesmaids more for their dresses in order to fund the cost of her wedding gown.

One of the seven bridesmaids took to Reddit to talk about the ordeal, explaining the bride and maid of honour were in on the plan together.

“The bride had picked out her dress already, one for the maid of honour, and one for the bridesmaids,” she wrote.

“The dress itself was lovely but a bit expensive at $570 (approximately £315) each since two of us were still in college and the rest had recently graduated. I was one of the two still in college so money was tight.”

According to the bridesmaid, the maid of honour paid for the dresses on her credit card and allowed the bridal party to pay back the cost in instalments.

“I wasn’t able to go with everyone to pick up the dresses because of finals week and planned to go by myself the following weekend,” she continued. “The maid of honour said she would pay for mine.”

So she went to the store to pick up the dress but when she left the shop, the sales assistant called out: “Hey, that will be $280!”

“I apologised and explained how I thought the maid of honour had paid for it the weekend before,” she wrote. “The shop owner comes running over to diffuse the situation and confirmed the dress had been paid for already.”

But when she turned to leave the store, the bridesmaid quickly realised that the dress had cost $280 not the $570 the bride had asked her to pay.

“When I confronted the maid of honour about it, she spilled the beans,” the bridesmaid revealed. “Apparently, the bride and maid of honour plotted together to charge us double to help pay for the bride’s dress.”

Without hesitation, she promptly told the other bridesmaids about the situation and four of them dropped out of the forthcoming nuptials.

Understandably, people were shocked by the tale and took to the comments section to voice their opinion.

“Oh woooooooooow, that goes beyond bridezilla and straight into theft,” one wrote. “Unreal.”

Another asked, “Isn't that stealing? As in legally actionable?”

“That is so sh***y. Had the bride asked I'm sure she would have received more help even if for a petty reason,” a third commented.

Got a story tip or just want to get in touch? Email us at lifestyle.tips@verizonmedia.com

Want more lifestyle and celebrity news? Follow Yahoo Lifestyle on Facebook,Twitter and Instagram.

Or sign up to our daily newsletter here.