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Apparently 42agent is running multiple scam sites.Pic related is where they basically pull the kigurumi mask equivalent of Aliexpress sellers stealing pics of people's commissioned fursuits to put of fake sale listings where you get whatever.
i have been trying to get my hands on cat diary wig by alice garden for a year now. does anyone know of a wig available that is the same colors? i want it so bad..
Should I buy a blouse from Orchid Lane or Yilia? I'm looking for chiffon specifically if that helps.
I want to share my cute haul, but I bought some replica items and I just know I'll be stoned to death for it
>>10904040Are you looking for one with blonde highlights specifically?
>>10904040It's on LM!https://egl.circlly.com/auctions/brand-new-wig-cat-ear
>>10904524You can still post it without the reps too tho, but if it is design replicas nobody cares anyways.
>>10904650Nayrt, but I'm pretty sure a lot of people in the lolita community disapprove of design replicas of actual garments. They're usually okay with shoes though.Why would you buy design replicas? Just get it second hand if new is too expensive or if it's an older release.
>>10904692>I'm pretty sure a lot of people in the lolita community disapprove of design replicas of actual garmentsConsidering even jp brands copy the designs of each other, not really. There is only so many ways you can design lolita.
>>10904696I'm talking about actual replicas meaning pieces that were intended to look like the original. It's obvious that it was deliberate because the replica is close enough to the original and the design is intricate enough (not a simple basic design) that someone wouldn't have designed the exact same thing by accident. You might recognize that it's a replica and not the original because of difference in the quality of the materials (or slight differences in the lace), but still obviously an intentional copy.Example; bodyline's replica of AP's bird cage skirt, bodyline's replica of AP's angelic school skirt, bodyline's replica of AP's border chocolate OTKs, etc.There are shops that sell Mary Magdalene replicas (some better than others) and MM has said this actually really hurts them financially. So don't do it, don't give your money to shops that sell garment replicas.People do look down on people who buy these, even moreso when it's a piece that isn't rare secondhand.I'm not talking about brands getting inspired by other brand pieces and putting similar styles/elements in their pieces.
>>10904723>I'm talking about actual replicas meaning pieces that were intended to look like the original.Replicas with minor differences are still replicas, cope and seethe.
>>10904758I don't disagree. But you can tell if something was intended to be a copy or just loosely inspired. I don't understand your response. Big Japanese brands don't try to make replicas of other brands (bodyline is not a "big Japanese brand", they hardly qualify as a lolita brand. They're a costume store that sells some lolita appropriate items).There's no good excuse for knowingly buying replica garments.
>>10904766>Big Japanese brands don't try to make replicas of other brandsYet they do, case in point when everyone and their mom including BTSSB made replicas of AP's Cross OP. Don't even get me started on Moitie's Flocky Cross being knockoff AP Holy Rosary .
>>10904773You don't understand what replica means. The pieces you mention aren't replicas, they're pieces that were inspired by the original but were never meant to look exactly like the original.
>>10904773knock offs aren't replicas we had this discussion. a knock off is a derivative, replica is an exact copy. replicas are meant to pass as the real thing while knockoffs evoke the idea. the terms aren't interchangeable. an example is a replica LV bag looks the same as the real one, but a knockoff LV bag is like the ones with hello kitty's face that say HK instead of LV in the same style.
>>10904777>>10904785Minor differences don't make design replicas any less of a replica, but whatever makes you sleep at night Replica-chans.
>>10904785the pieces she mentioned are neither replicas nor knock offs. She's just a dumb fuck who doesn't know what the terms mean.
>>10904796I'm the first person you quoted and I agree with you so I don't get why you think I'm pro replica. The difference between a replica and a piece that is loosely inspired by another piece is that the replica was INTENDED to be a COPY of the original. There are often still ways to tell it's a replica if the replica makers couldn't get a specific lace, material or trim, or had far less money to spend on the manufacturing process leading to lower quality versions of the original. There are levels to how close a replica gets to the original, some are closer to the original than others. They're all still replicas, regardless of these minor differences.A piece loosely inspired by another piece just uses certain elements of it, but does not intend to pass as the original nor is it able to.The pieces mentioned here >>10904773 are not replicas because they were never intended to be a copy of the original. Nor are they knock offs. They're simply too different. All of these pieces are "loosely inspired by" at best. There's nothing unethical about that. Them not being replicas and knock offs also means anon has no more excuse for buying actual replicas.
>>10904766>>10904777>>10904785>>10904803>>10904806>hurdur something is only a replica when it's an exact copy>keeps bringing up Bodyline as example for replicas, which never made exact copies>meanwhile the infamous Cross OP replicas somehow aren't despite being almost exact copies down to the lace used for the crossesPick a struggle.
>>10904818You're either a troll or you have serious reading comprehension issues.
>>10904818>infamous Cross OP replicasthey don't even look the same from a distance, nor were they intended to be copies.Something is a replica when it is INTENDED to be an exact copy, even when it doesn't look exactly like the original for reasons already mentioned. The specific bodyline pieces I mentioned are replicas and some can pass as the original if you don't look too closely.
>>10904821>Something is a replica when it is INTENDED to be an exact copy>The specific bodyline pieces I mentioned are replicas and some can pass as the original if you don't look too closely.If those are replicas then so is pic related because the amount of differences is about the same.
>>10904822You need glasses anon. LOL They are distinctly different. The meta dress has bears and no baby chicks, the print itself is different, the sleeves are different, it has a round collar made with the main fabric instead of just lace, there is no bow at the top of the placket , the cut is different, it has a small front placket, there is lace going down the side front of the bodice. This isn't a copy of the design of the other dress, whilst the bodyline pieces I named are copies of the designs of the originals (with at most minor differences in the color and quality of materials).
do you guys have some cool indie taobao brands to recommend? Thinking of copping this for my brother, got some keychains from them and the quality is good for the price
>ask seller where my package is>sorry dear it's lost, we will send a new oneim so mad theres like 3 or 4 items that got lost in my most recent order
Does 截止制作中 on a listing mean it's for pre-order or is it just a notice saying it's being produced?
how do i make it so it ALWAYS uses boat shipping and it NEVER switches to plane shipping and HIDES the boat shipping option
anyone else having a problem with chrome translating taobao? it was working totally fine but now it's just saying "this page couldn't be translated" on every page including product tabs i had open and refreshed.
>>10905736That preorders are closed and it's being produced.
>>10906103thank you anon. what a bummer, they're out of stock for the size and color I want
>>10906104nta but that doesn't mean they won't have stock once it gets released, it's happened to me before. check back now and then until it's in stock.
Not sure if this is the right place to ask but does anyone here have any info on what is going on with surface spell? I noticed they took down a ton of their gothic lolita/aristo stuff of their taobao shop including some semi-new designs I was planning on ordering. Is there something happening or are they just retiring those designs?
Has anyone here had any experience with freight forwarders? I'm not willing to pay for these dumb agent shipping fees anymore
>>10906348shopping services ARE freight forwarders, just for personal noncommercial purchases. most freight forwarders require at minimum 1 pallet in an LCL shipment and you'll be charged out the ass. unless you are shipping furniture it's not worth it at all. i worked with a furniture importer who used freight forwarding sometimes and the packages are like warehouse big.
>>10906387I think Anon probably means the ones where you order/ pay yourself and send to their Warehouse and they just forward the parcels to you. >>10906348Where are you based? Probably unhelpful but I am from New Zealand and used N&C for a bit. Suuuper cheap as they shipped on their line. Air freight had a 5kg minimum and sea freight had a 10kg minimum. No fees at all outside of shipping fee and if you needsd special clearancs for food, they even bypassed NZs GST on import which was surprising. Only thing they were fully WeChat based and only Chinese so had to do a fair bit of translation. Not sure how it works elsewhere but you also could only pay bank deposit or AliPay which I didn't mind. Would recommend a freight forwarder for sure if you can find a local one, I saved sooooo much as opposed to using PayPal with a regular SS.
>>10906203If the Weibo of their Weibo is anything to go by they are fully switching to Pink House style because gothic stuff doesn't sell anymore.
>>10906587Killing me softly
>buy a charm off Weidian that clearly says it's pre-order in the title, it's from a doujin creator>agent jumps the gun asking the seller to ship/when they'll ship without thinking that it's obviously going to be a while because it's A PRE ORDER>die inside a little bit
>>10906527thanks a lot! I'm in mexico so sorry but we are continents apart :,^( but thank you very very much still!, specially for the insight, i investigated a little bit and after scouting alibaba n lelddit for a bit and having lots of quotes done via i think ill go for "sophie" (aka Shenzhen Sweet Protrading not shilling just sharing btwwww) because i have a dope 15kg~ of pure quality carbon footprint produce haul and apparently she has her own customs clearance and alleged fast shipping for 8usd/kgplus she was whatsapp based and her english was pretty good and she guided me on the alipay thingy to get everything done, thank god it wasnt via wechat like you said chinese is HELL but its mad worth it
>>10907093enjoy getting scammed, retard.
>>10907093This definitely comes off as shilling because immediately after looking this company up you find stories of scamming, holding items hostage, lying about costs and more. Just use superbuy or bhiner or something to forward your own orders and stop being cheap. Most times even if you pay double the cost of your order on shipping you get the items for half the price you'd be able to get them on ali/amazon, so being this cheap is just asking for problems. If you're THAT cheap, use sea shipping or something.
>>10907106>>10907146quit the fucking faggority girlies literally the only garbage pulling up in my non trashy search engine is moid posts from le lelddit that used her services to ship 90kg of shitty fake jordans and graphic tees and got them safe and sound with no customs garbage involved AND FAST WHICH IS WHAT I WANT because this is quality we're talking about and I can't wait to have it rot in my closet ;^)and I already used an agent (aka the ShittyBuy you dare to speak of) to make sure I don't buy a singular grain of rice instead of plataformas; I just find it ridiculous at how high the agents are taxing you over nothing, it's not called being a cheap bitch when it's fucking 60 bucks of difference for the same DHL truck and I also had my label already created earlier today and she even sent photos of my shit being repacked with horrid engrish compliments but they were still readable SO SUCK IT I do not want my packages having a little incinerator tour again because my agent declared 40 dollars
What do the numbers when choosing socks mean? Is it warmth? Size? Picrel as a example
I've always been curious, does the package get confirmed as recieved (and thus releases the funds to the seller) once it's at the consolidation warehouse, or does it not get properly confirmed until it's confirmed recieved for the international shipping portion? If it's the latter I feel bad, I'm ordering stuff from some small sellers so I'd hate to make them wait unnecessarily
>>10907356yea you're fucking retarded, got it.
>>10904822That AP dress is so fucking ugly
>>10908688The numbers are grams, so the heavier the tights, the thicker they are.
>>10908772Thank you so much!
>>10905477Wait I might be new but can you link to this store / brand or how to search for it?? It looks so cute
>>10909518https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=703402847113there you go anon, scalpers love this lil guy
>>10908694The funds go to the seller when it's confirmed received manually or when the time runs out.
I hope noone here is using Pandabuy
Am I dumb or does nowhere seem to sell red jirai blouses like this anymore? I swear I kept getting adverts for them on taobao resellers and the second I go to buy them they’re sold out or only available in the smallest sizeWhere are they hiding
>>10910010well fuck, I have an order on the way but none of them are reps. Never bought reps at all. Am I still screwed? I just bought stickers and accessories
>>10910445You're probably fine, especially if it's already on the way
>>10910469unfortunately I had them on the way to the warehouse and not my address. some were gifts too. i hope they solve this asap
>>10910470Not sure then. Your stuff isn't getting seized but you might be waiting a while for them to right things. Worst case the company goes out of business but seeing as that hasn't happened yet I don't think it will. Also to be clear 'reps' refers to Nike and stuff, not replicas of lolita or whatever. I would recommend Superbuy next time.
>>10910473nayrt, and yes that's basically it. The police is after big brand replicas (Nike, LV, Balenciaga), and those replica products are what they mean when they say "reps". They've seized the PandaBuy warehouse and they're obviously not just going to blindly trust whatever it says on the packages so they're going to look into everything. During this investigation the packages are all stuck there and PB won't let you proceed with international shipping. There's no guarantee that your orders stuck in the warehouse will eventually be released so that you can get it mailed to you, but let's just hope things will get back to normal and everyone will be able to get their stuff.WeGoBuy is undergoing the same thing.Some general recommendations regardless whether you buy reps or not-don't buy reps anywhere or with any SS. Most sellers won't even send it to SS right now-there's been talk that other SS can come under investigation and there will be more warehouse raids-if an order isn't time sensitive please hold off on ordering it for another month at least-don't put more money in your SS account at the moment-if you have anything in your SS warehouse or currently being shipped to your SS warehouse it's recommended to ship it to your address asap
>>10910473>>10910480neither bought lolita reps nor these big brand reps at all, I used pandabuy for legit chinese brands. My friend is the one getting fucked by proxy since we had a split haul and she spent the most. She just wanted an itabag and stuff while I just got very small stuff and I offered my coupons and stuff to ship at a good price. Goddamn, right after the anniversary discounts
>>10910429here you go bb. that store has a lot in general, but just note most if not all of their products are dreamv or lizlisa designs(mostly factory "extras" since it's all made there and the style is less popular now so a lot of stuff is sold out.https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=733507672862
Is there an SS with cheap shipping options like Aliexpress has with Caninao? I need to ship small, lightweight stuff and the chink shipping prices are ridiculous. With bigger more important stuff I'm like ok, considering what I'm getting I can eat the shipping and it's still reasonable.But with small time stuff the chinkshit becomes outrageous. Sadly what I need isn't in Alishit, else I'd take the $3 Caninao shipping which works as well as all the other shippings.But look at this: 200 fucking grams with the chinks. Singapore: $20. EMS: $31 Chinese Air: $48. Lol, lmao even. Now the japs with their glorious Japan Post: $5.25It's ridiculous. It's highway robbery. And how do the japs ship THAT cheap? Does the Japan Post discovered teleportation or something?Anyway, anything?
>>10910886>guys am I fitting in yet
Does superbuy not take paypal anymore? I can't find it in payment options, even as top up...
>>10911161seems like a common issue now https://www.reddit.com/r/Superbuy/comments/1cah1s9/paypal_is_not_an_option_when_trying_to_paytop_up/
>>10911161I'm trying to figure out how to use Wise now but every time I read the instructions my eyes glaze over.
Does anyone know what search terms I should use trying to find blind box figures? I couldn't see a term in the spreadsheet dictionary. I want to see if it's worth getting a bunch of them at once from taobao instead of aliexpress
>>10911675盲盒
Does anyone know where to find the global tracking code when shipping to the US? The waybill number only shows the local ZTO Express tracking.
How is buying direct without using a shoping agent now a days? I used to do it all the time years ago, but I haven't touched taobao in in years now. I don't speak any Chinese - have things stayed about the same quality and process wise? Or is it better to have an agent now?
>>10912371iirc if you can read and communicate with google translate, and you have an alipay account, then you can buy from taobao without a shopping service. However this means no quality control pictures and minimal to no after sales services. It's not that rare for sellers to ship the wrong size or color, and in that case you would be out of luck if you don't use a shopping service.
>>10912371I buy directly from Taobao and it's overall fine. I speak Chinese though. It's hilarious that sellers will straight up tell you they can't refund because profit margins are raZor-thin and the slogan "Chinese people will never deceive Chinese people!"
>>10912371i’ve had a small handful of issues here and there like not receiving something in the color i ordered and once i only received one of something when i ordered two but i still wouldn’t pay for an ss again.there were a few times where i ordered something and the shop messaged me that it was actually sold out and told me to start a refund or if i had to wait bc there was a preorder. but once i did have to get a refund bc the seller never shipped and didn’t reply although that only happened once in like four orders over three years so most sellers won’t leave you completely in the dark.
I forgot just how ass shipping to canada isI bought small 4 things for about 30 bucks but the shipping cost 70 I'm gonna cry
Is there a way to change the phone number of your TB account? It won't let me log in unless I use a two-step authentification and I don't have that phone anymore...
I've been getting this error for to days now with none of the solutions stated in its link working. I'm using a verified account that's many years old, but I can't click anything anymore without that popping up and using a different internet connection also doesn't change anything.
Has anyone ordered from Sosic recently? I ordered two pairs of tea parties on 18th May and the ETA on the listing is 15 days, which has obviously come and gone. My SS is now saying they’ll cancel and refund unless I ask them not to in the next 72 hours.Wat do
>>10914677It happened to me too, I ordered from them but since they didn't deliver in time my SS cancelled.
why do they hate us so fucking muchit didn't used to be like this
>>10914374Weird question, what browser do you use? It was bombarding me with popups and I have issues with buttons on Chrome, but Firefox it doesn't do it.. yet? Not sure if its actually related to the browser at all.
>>10918462>it didn't used to be like thisYes it did are you dumb? We used to not even be able to use accounts in the US at all.
Has anyone ever seen legit parasols on Taobao and if so, could you link me? All I ever find is umbrellas with lace glued on like picrel
>>10922316I ordered one from whale Island years back and was quite happy with it considering what I paid, but no idea if what they make now is any good.
>>10922316>>10922319Seconding whale island, however the good quality ones I saw were more classic - leaning.
Any anons have recommendations for stores with old school lolita style items and / or gothic? I've seen some of the database lists and most items seem out of stock.
>>10922353https://shop63762794.taobao.com/ never bought from them so I'm unsure about the quality, I heard other lolitas online praise them a few years ago though.Rococo heroin (https://shop141425770.taobao.com) seems to have good old-school style accessories.Check the spreadsheet for more.
>>10922780Rococo heroine makes replicas of btssb head wear. It doesn't look as good because they use lower quality cotton lace. You're better off buying btssb head wear and accessories 2nd hand. Pretty good deals pop up regularly.
>>10922319>>10922322Thanks anons. Their classic parasols are indeed beautiful but unfortunately I'm a sweetfag. This is the only one I saw on their page that might work for sweet, do you think it looks decent enough?
>>10923121I think it looks great nonna. If you're a sweet lolita there's also a couple baby parasols in stock right now and one from ap. The odd lumiebre parasol might work too, but when it comes to taobao itself thats the only store I know that reliably stocks parasols.
>>10923124TY for the heads up anon!
>>10903761Is Taobao cheaper than Aliexpress?
>>10928169Yes, but then you have to pay shopping service fees to buy from Taobao that make it about equivalent in the end.
I can't find the original store this is from. Why is finding Taobao stores so hard even when the name of the store is provided?
>>10910886You are buying cheap items but can't pay for shipping? How poor are you kekDOes thE jApAn posT dIsCovErEd TeLePortAtIOn
>>10930050Some shopping services will find the listing for you if you give them the photo. Superbuy used to do that, though I don't know if they still do since I haven't used them in a while.
>>10903761Are there any shops that offer decent looking tiered chiffon underskirts with about 70cm lenth? I've been browsing through taobao and other reseller storefronts, but can't find much that fits the bill. Either it's just petticoats or shitty star underskirts. Pic related was the only one that came close to what I'm looking for (I need it in black).
I picked out a coat for my coordinate but it doesn't even look like the image
Hi, can any anons help me found the taobao shop that sells these detailed handbags? According to Chinese EGL Updates, the brand is named Flounder, but I am having trouble finding the actual shop.
>>10930050There were so many similar ones/replicas I wasn't even sure which one was the real one, this is the closest one: https://shop299634869.taobao.com/>>10933293https://shop518220291.taobao.com/
Hi. So I'm wanting to make a Taobao account(mainly for finding jirai and kawaii items) so I can browse the site freely without getting constant annoying reminders and pop-ups to sign up every time i try to search for something on the website. But I've heard stories of people getting their accounts frozen and locked for no reason and that makes me hesitant to try creating an account because I'm scared of getting my account frozen just for logging onto my account from my computer.
Does anyone know the search term for cutsews?
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>>10933446>https://shop518220291.taobao.com/Thanks anon!
>taobao requiring phone call code verification on new devicesIf my account gets locked because I needed several times to figure out what the fuck numbers their automated voice was saying I'm gonna be pissed.
Are any replica’s of APs classical trump shoes still available I can’t seem to find any
Do agents generally let you order scans?
>>10934069Open up Google Translate on your computer and turn your speaker on when the Chinese lady repeats the numbers and then turn on voice input (only works on chromium browsers)
What happened to spreenow? The website doesn't load for me.
>>10936318it's working fine for me
Where can i get good lolita replicas?Asking for my bff
>>10936343I turned on my VPN and then it loaded for me. Huh. I guess the site blocks non-euro IPs from entering.
>>10936379AYRT nope, I'm american and it was working fine
Anyone trying out Taobao's new shipping campaign where buying 299 yuan or more of stuff gets you free international shipping? (Some stores opted out of this)