DO NOT BUY from JESSICA BY BEE

[Scammedffs]

Just a warning.

I have been totally and utterly scammed after following a link provided by someone posting on a MN thread this morning about Wedding outfits.

I thought I understood all the pointers to potential scamming but was really taken in for a number of reasons.

• I really need an outfit for a Wedding so my guard was down.
• The dress looked attractive and the price was reasonable.
• Delivery was apparently free
• The site indicated that they had a retail shop in an area close to me. Not close enough to drive too, but an area which is known as a really lovely shopping district
• The site contained a very convincing story about how the business had been set up and a plausible argument for the discounts they were offering
• There was only one of these dresses left in my size and the pressure was on to buy.
• I was due out for an appointment so didn’t take the time to check Trustpilot
• Neither stupidly did I see the very small print saying ‘sale’ items could not be returned.

I know, I know, I know, how could I have been so stupid !!

The minute I pressed pay the emails arrived

• I had been charged an extra £4.95 for Insurance
• The order would take 5 - 15 days to be processed, with no information about delivery

I challenged the Insurance charge through their contact form and was basically told ‘tough’

I then replied asking them to cancel the order and am being ignored.

In the hours since I have done some trawling, the very attractive shop front shown on the website, is in real life a Costcutter. The location of their US shop is a Pizza place on a highway. The business does not appear on companies house and their Trustpilot reviews are awful.

My credit card company say they are being inundated by scams like this and that I now need to wait to see what arrives before they can advise whether they will step in.

My only consolation through all this is that I only ordered one dress and that by the time they wrote to me offering an 20% off any additional items I might like to add to the order, I was becoming very suspicious.

So I have been scammed, am feeling stupid and incredibly cross with myself, but I have also learned a very important lesson about who and when I trust in the future when it comes to linked items.

Please don’t call yourself stupid - lots of people are taken in by these scammers, that’s how they make money! Thank you for letting us know, and I hope you get your money refunded.

Oh Lord, I've just had the same thing with a scam company called Aurelle London - lovely linen dress on website, cheap and nasty poly cotton dress delivered. Can't charge back as scammy company have said they'll refund if I send them the crap dress back. To China, at a cost to me of £30.

I never buy clothes on line. This was a one off for an event and I'm ticked off, but it's my own fault for not reading their rubbish reviews. Plus I'm getting ads all over the place for their scummy, scammy, trashy business 😁

I have also ordered an outfit for my elderly mother from Jessica By Bee and it took WEEKS to arrive and when it did the quality and fit are appalling. Very cheap and nasty material with lots of threads hanging off. I have tried to contact them on the support email a number of times and initially I had one response asking me to prove the quality is poor and I have responded a number of times and chased up the return details and had no response whatsoever. I am at a loss as to what to do now to get my refund and return the item.

No, not the same as that was my thread. The names of the companies are slightly different (but doubtless it's the same bunch of scammers setting up multiple companies).

Don't return it! It will cost you a bomb and there's no guarantee they'll receive it as their address might not exist! Your best bet is to ask your bank for advice.