Hello All,

I just had a really bad experience purchasing a tribal dance outfit on e-bay and thought I'd give you all a heads up. At the end of December I bought and paid for a beautiful tribal belt (burgundy with fringe) and a crochet shrug (supposedly in stock items) from e-bay seller ScarletsLounge. I was very excited because I wanted this for my TribalFest performance. Well two weeks later I get an e-mail from the seller that she needs my measurements since this is a custom order (which takes 4 to 6 weeks). "Cool" I thought "that will be even better". So I sent my measurements and waited. Six weeks went by and nothing, so I e-mailed her. A week later she replied that it will be sent in a week. So I finally get the items (10 weeks after purchase) and they do not fit, not even close. The belt falls right off and the shrug looks ridiculous it's so wide at the top. So, I wrote her a message. Five days later, nothing. I send another message, five days later nothing. So I contact e-bay and there is nothing they can do, if you want to file a claim it has to be within 45 days of purchase and Paypal can only reverse charges within 30 days. So I'm screwed.

Now, the clothes are beautiful, but it does me no good because they soooo don't fit. I don't know if this is how this seller always does business or I just got really unlucky, she has good feedback but mostly as a buyer. Since most of her items are custom orders and they take so long to arrive I would imagine most of her customers cannot leave feedback (e-bay closes the feedback option after 45 days I think). Anyway, I'm not telling you NOT to buy from this seller, just be wary. The guy at e-bay said that if this sort of thing happens in the future, open a case the second it seems someone is taking too long or trying to pull something. You don't have to actually follow through and can close the case as soon as you receive your item, but at least that way you are protected. I hope this helps you all to avoid the same headache I had to.