FROM FT :
so sorry but we should have made certain points clear right at the beginning. some of u readers may be clear of these stuff because u all have been reading the site from the very beginning. but for the "newbies", they probably don't know about it.

so here it is:

Price Comparisons.
well it may not be an appropriate 'name' to some. so, shall we change the title? we were thinking of changing it to "alternatives". just that.

and also, some readers may not know why prices differ so much. is it because the sellers just want to make a higher profit? or are there reasons behind it?
here goes : [have been widely discussed in the earlier stages of this blog]

prices may differ because :
1. some sellers wanna earn more, some sellers settle for less profits. some sellers just want to price their items lower than the popular blogs just to attract more customers.
2. sellers do get cheated by the suppliers. different suppliers charge differently.
3. some sellers hire models to model their clothings
4. some sellers do have an 'offline boutique'. offline boutiques are usually more expensive than online boutiques
5. occasionally, some sellers import their items from overseas, but they didn't know that their items can be bought locally at a much lower price.
6. some sellers MAY HAVE included COD charges & postage charges into their stated price.

[do email us at fashion.truth@gmail.com if we miss out any! ]


anyway,
for now...
the SITE IS UNDER 'CONSTRUCTION'. do bear with us for the time being. lol. not major construction, just wanna draft out a proper "header/intro" so new readers dont get the wrong idea.

sellers/buyers/readers, do email us and give us your feedback on what else we should add on this blog / this header-or-intro / anything to clarify. thank u very much

*wont be updating for the next 3 days. meanwhile, we urge readers to write in to us ya!

thanks!
[edited on 6.1.09]

blogroll

e-shops that wants to be added into the blogroll, please send us an email at fashion.truth@gmail.com
would appreciate if u all could link us up too

price comparisons
1. only items which have a price difference of RM7/8 and above will be posted up.
2. the price used for this price comparison is the price stated on the e-shop's webpage. (i understand that sometimes prices for items may vary depending on customers. some e-shops just put a high price as to allow further bargaining by the customers.)

mailing list
we appreciate it if eshop owners remove us from their mailing list. we are not a fashion review site thus there's no need for us to receive mails from u all telling us that u've updated. just add us up and we'll link u up at the blogroll. with that, readers will know when u update.

thank u
Showing posts with label Stop Shop Splurge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stop Shop Splurge. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Reader 66

Hey I hope you don't mind publishing this for me at your blog :)

Hey everyone, first of all congrats to fashion truth owner :) I think we shoppers are happy that there's a site where we can shop on a budget and compare prices and make better choices.

First of all, I would like to warn all of you shoppers out there. Lets just say if you item is Rm30 and you banked in Rm40 including postage charges, I would advise you to bank in the right amount or either let the ehop owner keep the change then you can minus it off your next purchase. I've just gotten my parcel and guess what? My RM4 was missing in it. I know right? It's just RM4 and those skanky workers at the pos office stole it!! >:( I was so freaking pissed off! Eventhough it's just RM4, but it's really dishonest to just steal it from a parcel. So yeah, to all online shoppers out there, becareful. It's either you bank in the exact amount you're suppose to pay or online banking or let the eshop owner keep the change so she/he can just minus it off for your next purchase.

Secondly, about comparing prices with pre orders. Pre orders may look nice in pictures. It's because it's photoshopped :S and somehow I don't really trust pre orders. The clothes may seem nice in pictures but when the parcel arrives at your house, you will be shock! It's nothing like it in the photo.

Thirdly, about comparing prices. I understand how you shoppers feel when an eshop owner raises their pricing so high compared to others. But the truth is, when you go to the supplier, every customer gets different price. It's only the matter of you knowing how to bargain well with them or not. I've been to supplier before. They're pretty unfriendly and easily annoyed when it comes to bargaining eventhough after buying tonnes of dresses and tops. Only the really pushy buyers can get it their way. others don't. So I don't really blame eshop owners who priced their clothes higher than others. But one of the most reasonable shops I've shopped with is Stop.Shop.Splurge, Midnight Glam, ClothesBucket, Tasty Cherry Chapstick and Clothesville. They are all nice people so I would advice you to buy from them :) I've bought over 60 dresses online and most of them are from StopShopSplurge. The owner is really sweet and nice. Not to mention patient too :)


Xoxo Avid Shopper :)

Friday, October 31, 2008

Stories from readers 47

hey.. here's my stories:
Also about photography!! :)
I TOTALLY DISAGREE on CANDY TREATS photography is excellent!.(as written by Reader
There's once I wanted to buy a dress from her, (checkered dress) ALL HER PHOTO is like PHOTOSHOP!!
Dark, Poor lighting, stretch (that's the point), is not good..
Okay, back to point!! Why do i said her pictures are all photoshop? as i compared the dress from DRESSING LAB, the colours are totally different..
I wanted to find back the picture, but she has deleted the post..
But as for now, the pictures has improved though. So keep it up, dont photoshop....
I DISAGREE on STOP.SHOP.SLURPE is LOUSY!!!
How dare u say she's lousy?
I DISAGREE on DAINTY DRESSER & TICTACTOE's photography is only focus on the face!!?
Their pretty and friendly looking face doesnt mean that they only wana focus on their face..
Dainty dresser has good photography because she always smiling and this attracts me.. very friendly looking :)
Tictactoe has good phtography because they know how to carry n bring different2 style to show us on how to wear the clothing... very cool :)
I disagree on CLOTHES FOR FUN's photography is excellent!!
As the previous reader (reader 40) said, her lips, I dono why, I felt that she's unfriendly posting her face on that way..
She looks like she was being forced or relunctant to take the pictures...
The face looks very unfriendly.. thats why u need smile like Dainty Dresser or Stop.stop.Slurpe or Boucing banana.
For me.. Blogshops with excellent photos:

Pumpkin(I think is a Pro Photographer), somehow for some reason i like shopaholic Unite, rainbowmallow, The closette, tictactoe28, Dressing lab, A model studio, Marshmallow, Bunny noo, Danity dresser, The envelopes (interesting!!), your mom's fashion and the like....

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

requiring the participation of eshop owners!!!

we would like to do a "scenario analysis".
do tell us how would u all (eshop owners) react based on the following situations
(these situations are problems commonly faced by buyers)

1. How would u react, when a buyer comes complaining to you saying that the dress/top is different compared to what was written in the descriptions??
For e.g., the dress is not white (pale yellowish, creamish), but in the description it is written as "white". [some errors with the descriptions] and the buyer is clearly unhappy about the piece and is very disappointed at the purchase.. How would u react? give her a compensation? reinforce the 'no refund' policy'? or other ways??

(u may say that the customer should look at the picture properly since the picture is provided, but as we all can see, some sites photoshopped their pictures quite a lot. thus, it is not very accurate)

2. How would u react, if the buyer complains about the poor quality of the piece? the quality of an item may not be that obvious through pictures on the internet, the buyers usually discovers the type of quality after the piece is bought. How would u react?


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to get the ball rolling,

here's an issue brought up by a customer:

A customer bought a piece from Stop Shop Splurge. but when she got the piece, the piece was quite different compared to what was written on the website. The buyer brought this issue to the owner of the eshop...
the owner of the eshop offered a full refund. quote the buyer "i thought that was nice la that she offered to take it back and stuff. i guess its was how she handled the problem. thats why i still shop from her. u should try her stuff out."


i've asked Stop Shop Splurge to have her say in this issue:

"hi fashion truth

yes, there was such an incident unfortunately. we brought in this item and seeing we were still pretty new then, we had lack of experience when it comes to describing the item in hopes that customers get the best idea of how it is. it was totally unintentional that we described it rather inaccurately.

the customer came back to us stating that the item received was different from what was stated. we were really sorry about that. we apologised of course, but we felt that it wasnt enough as we are also shoppers ourselves and had much experience with good and bad deals online. we offered her a full refund for the item (despite the whole no refund policy) seeing as it was out fault. i mean, to us, we would like customers to keep coming back kinda thing, so we take feedback like this as a good way to improve ourselves.

thankfully, the first bad transaction did not turn into a bad first impression. the customer still buys goods from us :) "

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An another example from 1 Babe Shop,
when asked how would she react in this case, she said:

"Hi there,

Actually we don't think we should be speaking for all shop owners la. Some have their reasons why they do not want a return or exchange. If you read some seller stories before, there are cases where a minor group of "bad customers" who return their goods but purposely leave a stain on it. We think that is why some sellers do nto accept returns. Not sure what other reason though.

For our shop right, we accept exchanges, returns and refunds but with certain conditions. If a customer not happy with the stock, we refund fully for the item but they need to inform us within 3 days, and also the item must be returned in mint condition. Else we will cancel the refund. So far we have a few returns and refund done before. Mainly it's due to the size/colour and buyer thinks the actual item do not suit her.

And also, the colour issue right, we personally tried to take items as what they actually look like, but the digital camera likes to project in different colour, we are not experts you see... but we do agree that some ppl really overdo it in photoshopping la..."

Tuesday, October 28, 2008