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TooMuchElectric said:
A couple days ago I received my Life's Entropy sample set of lip theories, as well as a set of OCC lip tars from Sephora (I wouldn't consider these indie, but I've never owned lip tars before and I thought I needed them. For science.)
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Ahh, thank you! I just tried Lip Tar last night and immediately starting trying to figure out if there was an indie version - then I was disappointed by the staying power of the Lip Tar. I'll try the lip theories. I love this thread. :) /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 
Eee, Vee is working on a GOTHAM collection!  It's only one ep in, and I already love that show.  I may become a bit obsessed with Fish as the show progresses.  A sadistic mob boss who happens to be a woman of color?  I'm there.  (Then there's the fact that I'm a sucker for comic book tv shows and movies, even DC properties, which tend to make for disappointing movies nowadays compared to Marvel properties.  The Super Shadows collection was actually my first GDE order.)

 
So has anyone actually received anything fem Victorian Disco?  I had placed two orders.  One a little bit earlier than most of yours on July 21 and one on July 26.  I contacted her on Facebook on Sept 11 because she said they were on orders for July 25 and I had not received notification of shipping for my July 21 order.  It took a couple of attempts to get an answer, but she did tell me that somehow they had missed my original order, but they had found it and would get it out.  On the 13th I asked about it again because I still had not received shipping info.  I did not get an answer to that message.  I did get the "your order is complete" message on Sept 16 that everyone else seems to have gotten too.  Last night I sent a strongly worded message about how I still did not have tracking for my orders, two weeks later and a copy of the FTC rules for internet sales.  I got the same wordy apology that she has been sending out in some variation since at least March (although the reasons change) and by the time I woke up this morning I had a refund for the second order and one shipping notification.  After asking yet again, I am now told that they packaged up both orders together with some extras and have shipped it back out to me.  I hate to be cynical, but I wonder if it took my quoting FTC rules on internet sales to actually get any product out of her.  Of course, I still do not have my package in hand.

 
I received my Victorian Disco order I just placed sept 8th a few days ago. I do think it's super weird I received my order while everyone on here placed their orders months ago.

 
She responded to my email and my order status has now changed to "completed"......but per FB everyone should have gotten tracking into, which I still have not. Well at this point if I believe her Facebook, it's been shipped out. I'll give it a week to show up

 
I sent her a message this morning wondering WTF is up with the August subs.  I know that the sub was shut down effective for the September installment, but it was shut down after I signed up and paid for August, and my PayPal recurring payment was turned off, but the payment I made in July for the August sub was *not* refunded.  So...  Is it going to happen or not?  She has been totally silent on the subject of the subs, so I don't know what's going on.  She did make a comment on Facebook about checking your PayPal transaction for tracking because sometimes tracking gets attached to the transaction but doesn't make it to you via email, but PayPal does not attach tracking on recurring payments.

 
She promised everything was shipped Monday but it didn't come today so that's 5 mail days with no delivery and no update whatsoever to tracking since label created. At first I thought something was up with tracking, but no, my gde package finally updated yesterday and will be here Monday...so it's just her.

 
If you guys still don't have your Victorian Disco orders by next week and are also members of IMAM, it may be worth starting up another thread asking about your orders there. Ashley's pretty active on IMAM (and I'm sorry if this is petty - but she apparently has the time and money to participate in the current IMAM exchange, so she should definitely also have time to address customer issues).

Her most recent excuse for shipping woes (as per the last IMAM thread I read about VD) is that the program that makes her shipping labels still thinks that her address is in Illinois and that customer service hasn't been able to help her. I think that's kind of a sketchy excuse, though :rolleyes:

 
marigoldsue said:
So has anyone actually received anything fem Victorian Disco?  I had placed two orders.  One a little bit earlier than most of yours on July 21 and one on July 26.  I contacted her on Facebook on Sept 11 because she said they were on orders for July 25 and I had not received notification of shipping for my July 21 order.  It took a couple of attempts to get an answer, but she did tell me that somehow they had missed my original order, but they had found it and would get it out.  On the 13th I asked about it again because I still had not received shipping info.  I did not get an answer to that message.  I did get the "your order is complete" message on Sept 16 that everyone else seems to have gotten too.  Last night I sent a strongly worded message about how I still did not have tracking for my orders, two weeks later and a copy of the FTC rules for internet sales.  I got the same wordy apology that she has been sending out in some variation since at least March (although the reasons change) and by the time I woke up this morning I had a refund for the second order and one shipping notification.  After asking yet again, I am now told that they packaged up both orders together with some extras and have shipped it back out to me.  I hate to be cynical, but I wonder if it took my quoting FTC rules on internet sales to actually get any product out of her.  Of course, I still do not have my package in hand.
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I have ordered from Victorian Disco several times.  They do take a while to get, but I have been very happy with them when they arrived.  Ashley has always been very apologetic and very responsive whenever I inquired about my orders.  

 
So I ordered a body butter sampler from purple cat creatives on etsy. Review under the spoiler because I am bored. TL:DR version: I am a fan and will be placing and order for full sizes in a few weeks!

so randomly decided to order after seeing some decent reviews. She offers a sampler pack of mini body butters where you can get 6 for $10. Shipping was $4. I placed my order September 18th. Shipped on the 23rd and arrived on the 25th. She is based in Kentucky and I am in Minnesota. Jars are tiny at .5 oz each. I'll probably get 3-4 applications out of it. If youre not a big gworl like I am it'll probably last you longer. Texture is thicker than like HoG pumpkin butter, but not as thick as a body shop or b&bw body butter. You do get to pick what scents you want. My choices:

Pegasus: described as "cotton candy and freesia blossom". I get a boatload of cotton candy and ever so slight freesia after it dried. I am a fan. This is the only one I've actually worn for an extended period so far. Not greasy at ALL but I was a little "tacky" for awhile after application so if that bothers you.....scent isn't too strong (le husband witches that b&bw lotions is too strong when I come to bed, this stays a lot closer), however this shiz lasts. Put it on around 11 before I went to bed, woke up about 8 and I could still smell it on me. Win!

Bourbon ripple: described as "walnut cake, bourbon cream, and vanilla flower". I do not know what a walnut cake smells like, but this smells like a Christmas cake that's been soaked in bourbon. Vaguely spiced vanilla. I like it!

Ravens blend: described as "coffee, hazelnuts, caramel, dark chocolate, almonds". Definitely coffee, verging on bitter. I get dark chocolate and the slightest hint of almond. No caramel that I can pick up. This one is also darker in color and thicker than the others. It's aright.

Warm and toasty: described as "warm French toast, cinnamon, maple syrup, and butter". Dead on. This smells like a piece of French toast. EXACTLY like a piece of French toast. I want to eat myself.

Caramel apple cider: described as "apple cider, caramel, spices". Again, dead on. It smells like a mug of caramel cider. Like I swear I can smell the mug. Slightly odd scent for a lotion (this would make the most glorious candle) but I'll go with it.

Aquamarine: described as "heliotrope, blueberries, juniper, and water lillies". The hell is a heliotrope? anyways, this smells rather similar to juniper breeze from b&bw with a deeper base note that I'm assuming is the blueberry or whatever the hell a heliotrope is. I like it and it's different from the rest.

Le photo to show packaging, minus Pegasus that was in the bathroom. Cute!

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Overall I am pleased and impressed and will be ordering more. She has scrubs and soaps too. I believe full size body butters are $7 for 4oz and $13 for 8oz. Oh you also get a tattoo thingy that the internets tells me is her artwork. Mine was a candle. I don't know what I'll do with it but it was a cute touch!

Ps- GDE sale tomorrow per FB. Wallet is ready!

 
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chibimorph said:
If you guys still don't have your Victorian Disco orders by next week and are also members of IMAM, it may be worth starting up another thread asking about your orders there. Ashley's pretty active on IMAM (and I'm sorry if this is petty - but she apparently has the time and money to participate in the current IMAM exchange, so she should definitely also have time to address customer issues).

Her most recent excuse for shipping woes (as per the last IMAM thread I read about VD) is that the program that makes her shipping labels still thinks that her address is in Illinois and that customer service hasn't been able to help her. I think that's kind of a sketchy excuse, though :rolleyes:
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My tracking number says the label was created in Illinois. I don't think that has anything to do with it not being scanned because you can mail a package from anywhere. I dunno...I'm not on that reddit thing but she said to email her again early next week if I don't have it.
Anyone know if/when well get more info on the HoG restock??

 
I think I'm going to try and grab a few perfume oil samples in the HoG restock. I have been trying to buy very little, but I have been good and haven't made any purchases in awhile. I also have sold a few things on eBay and so I have some money in my PayPal account. Now I just have to narrow down what I want...

 
I hope HoG is planning on restocking tomorrow, but if they are I'm just surprised they haven't mentioned their new scents/products on Facebook, or some type of social media. I've not followed them to long, so maybe that's common.

 

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