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Date Posted: Sunday, June 28, 22:15:29
Author: Angela
Subject: Beware of buying from Christy Merchant!!!

BEWARE of buying anything from Christy Merchant!!! I ordered a custom dress from her the first week January to be worn in May and got it the day of the pageant in such a mess that it had to be returned. She had promised the dress at the end of March.... then kept putting me off and refused to send any pictures of the "progress" she was making. When it did arrive the hem was so wavy there were 4-5 inches difference in places, lining showed under the hem, it wasn't even close to the right size, edges were unfinished and raveling, she sent pictures of the dress with fabric pinned on and then took the fabric off and tried to cover it up with appliques, fabric was wadded up and sewn into the waistband.... It is STILL a mess, although I gave her an opportunity to correct it. It was slapped together in such a way that I would have been ashamed to tell people I made it! The bodice has material basted on with stitches that are an inch and a half long, the bottom edge is serged instead of being hemmed properly and looks horrible, the fabric is twisted where it shouldn't be, material was supposed to be gathered and it was just wadded up and sewn down, the ruffle for one panel of the skirt was too short so instead of making a longer one, she just wadded the panel up to fit the ruffle and it looks awful, dress still has edges that are unfinished and raveling out, there is a hole in the chiffon on the back of the bodice, one side of the bodice is cut straight and the other is rounded when they should be the same, instead of cutting the boning down like she should have, she tried to cut around it so now IF the dress could be worn, the boning pokes up into my child's armpits.... I could go on all day about that mess! Not only that, but she did NOT return all 18 yards of the fabric that I sent her.... and it was not even close to 18 yards of fabric that she used in the dress! I had the fabric measured, and she kept about 1/2 of the silk fabric that I sent her!!! $605 PLUS FABRIC for a dress that my child can't wear! AND NONE of that cost was for stones, stonework, decoration, etc - it was a basic dress, although I did get some poor quality appliques with my purchase. BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE!!!!!
Christy, why don't you tell people why you had to CLOSE your ebay store and start a NEW ebay account? Tell them about your feedback, about all those people you did wrong, about all the paypal and ebay complaints filed.... it wasn't just ME, it was many others you did wrong.
IF ANYONE WANTS PICTURES OF THE MESS SHE SENT ME, JUST EMAIL ME AND I WILL BE GLAD TO PROVIDE THEM! I am having someone try to make the skirt wearable, but I am having to have another bodice made just so all that money isn't wasted on the mess she sent me!

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