Hello lovelies!
This is my second time ordering from Taobao, the Chinese equivalent of our eBay. My first review can be viewed
here.
I had been planning this order for a while, after browsing the site near enough since Christmas I finally placed my order on
1st April. I wanted to be 100% sure of everything and throughout those months a couple of things I had my eye on went out of stock. My fault for contemplating for so long eh! But at least I was sure of what I wanted. My basket was edited at least 50+ times...
My order was placed on the
1st April via
tbtrends. I was informed the skirt I wanted was only available in black and a shirt i wanted was out of stock completely so I changed my order and it was confirmed pretty much straight away. My order arrived at SS on the
18th April. This took a lot longer than my previous order, but I did order more so some of the items most likely took longer to arrive.
I received my items on
2nd May.
Subtotal: CNY 555.00
Agent Fee: CNY 55.50
Total: $101.60
Total for the package weighing 3.22kg was $72.7
Overall Total: $145.57
My poor parcel got checked, or should I say destroyed by customs
It wasn't so much a parcel and more like a giant bag covered in brown tape. Inside, all the items were organised into see-through bags.
Firstly I was a little confused as to why the skirt was white when I was specifically told I'd be receiving the black one instead? I wish I'd be informed of this sooner because I went and bought the white skirt elsewhere and now I have two. I also received some 'hair horns' that aren't pictured which I will mention later.
Happy with everything else, unfortunately the dress doesn't do up properly though. I'm small but holy crap you'd have to be the size of a small child to zip up the side of it, I'm not even joking. The measurements were definitely inaccurate. It fits me other than the damn zip not going up
This was just as pictured, but with long sleeves? the picture shows no sleeves whatsoever. It's still a nice shirt, but not exactly as pictured.
This is lovely, kinda baggy on me but in a good way! So warm and comfortable
I couldn't find a picture of the one with pink sleeves, but super happy with this! Just as I imagined and kinda long, perfect to wear with leggings.
This dress is absolutely gorgeous, but unfortunately doesn't fit even though I measured myself. I've noticed with Taobao that the sizing isn't always exact. Something to bear in mind.
As i mentioned earlier, I was told the white one was out of stock and expecting this. A little frustrating being told false information.
Hat for my boyfriend, he loves it and hasn't took it off since
I will literally be living in these, they are comfortable and such a good replica of Doc Martens! A lot lighter on the wallet too.
I've wanted some pink platform type shoes for a while, these didn't have much of a platform but I fell in love with the design instantly. So cute and go with all my pink/white clothes!
These are perfect, so thick and well made for the money! Nothing like those cheap, flimsy tights that get holes in after the first 1 or 2 wears.
I haven't worn these out yet but I've checked them for thickness, very impressed with these. Such a cute candy print!
I originally was going to get this in pink but it was sold out, I really wanted it though so just got it in purple. Can't see it lasting long as it's not /the best/ quality but paid hardly anything for it so not complaining.
Heart collar! I fell in love with this as soon as I saw it, so gothic and pretty~
Just some cute, pastely bracelets since i lack pretty bracelets. They look just as pictured.
Eyeball clips (black)
Pink eyeball ring
This was probably the item I shouldn't have even bothered with - listed as two horns yet they sent me one. Who even wears ONE horn anyway? Ridiculous. I have no idea why they did this.
Lastly this lovely Rilakkuma jewellery box (the one on the right)
Ive seen these on eBay but for over double the price, I had to buy one!
Overall this time I wasn't 100% happy with my order and a little frustrated about the high shipping fees. I love Taobao and the huge product choice they offer but not so much the fees that shopping services charge you for using their service. I also thought there was a slight lack of communication at some point considering I was told wrong about the skirt and only sent one horn.
I may order from Taobao in the future; hey i probably will. But I will look around for different shopping services and make sure i'm getting exactly what i'm paying for even if I do hate asking and emailing for help it will be worth it to make sure of things.
Sapphire xo
typical that whenever I get a nice photo of my outfit, my face looks hideous and vice versa.
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