saekurosawa:
There is a website called Milanoo. What they do is they take other shops pictures of their products and edit out watermarks to make them look as their own. They then charge you more than the other company/s. They promise you a quick delivery, then they don’t contact you at all. no matter how much you pester them, and it will ALWAYS arrive late.
Then, the actual cosplay itself is made from cheap fabric, the fabric itself can barely even be called “fabric” as its pretty much just plastic. The costumes are uncomfortable and they don’t accept returns and they wont refund you. You will have to dispute it through paypal.
But now, Milanoo have caught onto people knowing about their scams, and they’ve spread themselves to sites like Ebay. They make up fake shops on ebay and various other selling websites, adding fake reviews and stuff to make you trust them. (The dont just sell cosplay either, they sell Lolita dresses, “brand” clothing, wigs and shoddy jewellary too.)
They are SCAMMERS. Please, PLEASE, If you order any form of cosplay/costume from anywhere, PLEASE CHECK WHO IT IS. DO A DETAILED CHECK. You can NEVER be TOO SURE.
(I make my cosplays, but even for wigs and things, you need to be sure of who you’re buying from!)
Just a heads up, I would hate for any of you to get scammed by these people.
This applies to lolita fashion too! A few people have said they’ve gotten lucky and received decent dresses from Milanoo but for the vast majority they have had awful experiences. This has been a warning spread around through the lolita fashion community for years so it’s not a new issue.