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Wednesday 3 April 2013

Isurugi Mio Cosplay (399AnimeShop) Review

haha I don't really know how to start with this but I guess I'll just go with whatever.
So I've already decided a very long time ago (like 2 years? a year and a half?) that I wanted to do a Mio cosplay. For those that don't know who I'm talking about:
She's this tiny girl from an anime called MM! and I dunno. I've always liked her character. So I bought a wig, and never bothered to buy a costume. Not too sure why. So finally on January 15th of this year, I ordered online from 399AnimeShop. I had tried to look up reviews and stuff but there weren't that many and I was kinda iffy about buying from here but it was the cheapest (84.99? I vaguely remember getting it for 75 though) and the picture looked the most similar to the original. So I bought: http://www.399animeshop.com/cosplay/mm/mio-isurugi-cosplay-costume-mm-school-uniform-female.php

Not bad right?
But clearly I did my research terribly because I read a few reviews about how 399cosplayshop steals images from other websites and I was like ....well crap. But what's done is done. (I actually don't think that is true, now that I've got my costume)
I'm not sure how use to ordering online people are but usually when you buy clothes/things off of ebay, it takes like a week to two weeks. MAYBE a month if the seller was being stupid.

So mid-to-end of February comes along and I was like "What they hey. Why isn't my costume here yet" and I decide to email the shop. I say something like "Oh, I ordered on this date and I was just wondering if my costume was going to be shipped out soon or not" Then the guy replies, "Oh, our manufacturer is on break so your costume isn't ready. It'll be done around March"

With that vague message in mind, I reply asking "Done as in, shipped, or done as in made and then shipped to you? And also, what date in March?" (This email never gets replied fyi)

But finally my costume comes on March 22nd and here:



It came with a shirt/skirt/white dress shirt (which I didn't bother taking a picture of), and a bow.

Overall I would give 399cosplayshop: 6/10

The costume itself is perfect haha. The colours match up to exactly what I thought I'd be getting. The material is pretty good too.

Customer service (which reviews have said to be pretty good) I thought was pretty bad. The guy took forever to answer my emails and he never even replied to my other questions

I guess I'm not too familiar with shipping but are clothes supposed to take a bit over 2 months? I order clothing off of ebay and it usually comes within a week or two.

Anyway, long post, but that was my review of this costume + shop. Let me know if you have any other questions (Y)

~nyappy

PS. I plan on wearing this to an anime convention this summer (yeah I don't normally do cosplay for any other reason)

PPS. goodness me. I just realized that this was the 50th post. haha. Happy 50th Post to me

2 comments:

  1. I ordered a cosplay item ( not clothes ) about 2 days ago from this website i just got an email which i followed back to the website and it said awaiting your response...what does this mean? and do i have to answer back? ANY information would be helpful please!! thank you! :D

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    1. Sorry what do you mean by "awaiting response"? Does the link they provided you with direct you to the item you ordered? If you want to play it on the safe side, just email customer service and explain your situation. Though the response may not be prompt, it is still worth a try.

      Sorry I can't help more. I haven't dealt with a situation like yours before

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