in april i blew my tax refund on a bunch of taobao stuff, and i ended up going through 4 different shopping services, all of which went well.
1. taobaonow: this one is set up like a shopping cart; you add the URL of the item and it figures out the price for you. i used this for things that i didn't need custom sizing for. supposedly they can do it, but i preferred a little more hand-holding and personal service for those items.
i would recommend one of the other 3 for custom stuff:
2. dollypoddle: this is a person on lj who operates a shopping service. you PM her with the items you want and your measurements. my order with her took a long time because one of the two items was delayed, and i wish she had let me know earlier so i could have split the shipment and gotten the finished item sooner. otherwise i had no problems -- she was friendly and easy to communicate with, and my items came out fine.
3&4: qutieland and clobbaonline: 2 websites that are basically resellers. they have to have what you want on their site though; i don't think they do a general sort of shopping service. they are well-equipped to do custom orders and are a little bit more expensive accordingly... but when i calculated the price for an item through dollypoddle vs. one of these sites it was only a few dollars more. supposedly if the item comes and doesn't fit, you have a little more recourse with one of these sites, but there's one review on egl where the girl had a problem and qutieland was not much help.
anyway tl;dr: i would suggest quiteland or clobbaonline if they have the jacket you like, otherwise try dollypoddle. let me know if you need the links for any of those.
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Date: 2011-06-27 08:43 pm (UTC)1. taobaonow: this one is set up like a shopping cart; you add the URL of the item and it figures out the price for you. i used this for things that i didn't need custom sizing for. supposedly they can do it, but i preferred a little more hand-holding and personal service for those items.
i would recommend one of the other 3 for custom stuff:
2. dollypoddle: this is a person on lj who operates a shopping service. you PM her with the items you want and your measurements. my order with her took a long time because one of the two items was delayed, and i wish she had let me know earlier so i could have split the shipment and gotten the finished item sooner. otherwise i had no problems -- she was friendly and easy to communicate with, and my items came out fine.
3&4: qutieland and clobbaonline: 2 websites that are basically resellers. they have to have what you want on their site though; i don't think they do a general sort of shopping service. they are well-equipped to do custom orders and are a little bit more expensive accordingly... but when i calculated the price for an item through dollypoddle vs. one of these sites it was only a few dollars more. supposedly if the item comes and doesn't fit, you have a little more recourse with one of these sites, but there's one review on egl where the girl had a problem and qutieland was not much help.
anyway tl;dr: i would suggest quiteland or clobbaonline if they have the jacket you like, otherwise try dollypoddle. let me know if you need the links for any of those.