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I've used it a few times and loved it (I know, this sounds like an ad. I promise I have no personal involvement or investment in the company). They have a syste

I've used it a few times and loved it (I know, this sounds like an ad. I promise I have no personal involvement or investment in the company). They have a system where you can rent an extra size of the dress for no charge, so if you're unsure, or between sizes, you can almost always get the one that will fit you best. You can also get an extra style of dress for an extra $25, along with an extra size in that one too. So you basically get four dresses. I've never had a problem finding one that worked out well, but it also helps that they have extremely detailed fit notes, lots of photos, and encourage people (I think they offer discount promotions and things) to post photos and additional reviews of the dress. There have been times where I've seen a dress and thought "yes! That will work great!" got to the reviews and some "in the wild" photos and immediately changed my mind. And vice versa! So, yeah, I think their system does work, it just takes a little effort, and you have to ship a lot of dresses around. I've been happy with it though!

danieltillett 11y ago
I am wondering how cost effective all this shipping is especially if people are using it as as a de facto rental service.
- erroneousfunk 11y ago
  They ship all four of the dresses in a single priority delivery bag. They actually pack fairly tightly -- most of them are sheath and cocktail dresses, not "big ball gowns" (It's the style now, and I imagine they probably consider it for shipping cost reasons as well). The dresses get sent out three days before your rental starts, you have them for a few days, you send them back on the last day in the pre-stamped priority bag they provide. Shipping, altogether, is probably around $20, and the dresses are out of commission for likely 8 days in total, including dry-cleaning. So a rental for a $1200 dress might be $120, and if they're renting it out half the time (dresses are often unavailable in certain sizes/days because they keep things fairly densely rented), you can see how they'd make their money back pretty quickly.

danieltillett 11y ago

I am wondering how cost effective all this shipping is especially if people are using it as as a de facto rental service.

erroneousfunk 11y ago
They ship all four of the dresses in a single priority delivery bag. They actually pack fairly tightly -- most of them are sheath and cocktail dresses, not "big ball gowns" (It's the style now, and I imagine they probably consider it for shipping cost reasons as well). The dresses get sent out three days before your rental starts, you have them for a few days, you send them back on the last day in the pre-stamped priority bag they provide. Shipping, altogether, is probably around $20, and the dresses are out of commission for likely 8 days in total, including dry-cleaning. So a rental for a $1200 dress might be $120, and if they're renting it out half the time (dresses are often unavailable in certain sizes/days because they keep things fairly densely rented), you can see how they'd make their money back pretty quickly.