taobo / Bodyline Someone please explain to me

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  • It looks like they're reselling the Bodyline dress at a higher price. Taoboa is kind of like Ebay, you get scalpers and people selling fakes but you also get sellers selling original and reasonably priced things too. Lolitas like Taobao for the indie brands that are first sold on Taobao and then sold through stores like Clobba such as Dear Celine, Infanta and etc. You can find reasonably priced accessories, shoes, and clothing from Taobao stores, that are also passable quality, if you buy from reputable sellers. Hellolace explains it a bit better and has reviews of some of the stores: [url]http://hellolace.net/shopping/taobao-guide[/url]

  • When sellers on Taobao are sold out of an item and won't produce/acquire any more, they tend to put a high price with repeated numbers (i.e. 9999 RMB or 7777 RMB). The item in that listing is sold out (I Google translated the title of the listing), but they probably want to keep the listing as a "display listing. Either they missed a "9" or they didn't realise 999 still looks like a believable scalper price.

    From the title of the listing, they are reselling the Bodyline dress, but the 999 was probably not the price when it was an active item.

  • I hate Taobao! I will only buy straigt from the site, like Bodyline, or My-Lolita-Dress.
    anywhere else is way over priced and ridiculious shipping.

  • Thanks for everyones input. It makes a bit more sense ... They could just put sold out if that was the case >_<;; for some reason I couldn't get a translated page so maybe it does.