I bought my wedding dress there, which is lovely, but I am not happy with one aspect of their service: refund! When I was looking at their site, I asked the sales rep, Kim, about alterations to the dress. Kim said they didn't offer alterations, so I said I would only THINK about buying the dress because I really needed alteration. However, when I continued to surf the site, I saw that they have a page saying they offer alterations, so I went back and asked Kim about the alteration page. Kim quickly said she was mistaken before and that they did offer alterations. With this happy news, I bought the hem alteration in addition to the dress. However, the day after I made my purchase, Kim e-mailed me to say the seamstress was leaving the company, so they do not offer alterations after all. She offered me a refund or a veil. I told her I already have the veil, so I asked for a refund, which she said would come in 14-16 days. After 16 days, I e-mailed, and Kim said it would take till the end of the month (i. E. 30 days) for the refund to go through because they had a new accounting system. At the end of the month, I did not get my refund. I e-mailed and e-mailed, but the company no longer responds to me. It is my belief that the company (or the company rep) purposely misled me into purchasing a service they do not offer (because that was what made me to decide to buy the dress) and then made me wait over 30 days for a refund that was never going to come (so that disputes through Paypal becomes extremely difficult). The rep was all nice and reassuring before the 30 days, but, right after that, the company completely ignores me. The company still has the alteration page up (Why would they if they no longer offer the service?), and they have not responded to my complaints through Paypal or the Better Business Bureau. If you go to the BBB website, you will see that the company has a rating of F:

http://www.bbb.org/dayton/business-reviews/bridal-shops/international-bridal-in-centerville-oh-*******

So far, there are 46 complaints, 8 having to do with delivery and 38 having to do with their product/service. I think that company has no business ethics. You can make purchases easily, but heaven help you if there is an issue with what you've purchased.

I ordered my gown from romanticgowns.com on March 12, 2011.At this time I specifically questioned them about shipping and when I would receive my gown. I was told I would receive my dress before the end of June. I asked if there was any way I could get it sooner than that as my wedding was July 23,2011 and I wanted plenty of time to arrange for alterations if necessary. They informed me that I could pay rush shipping and receive my dress by the middle of June. I agreed and paid $120 shipping instead of $60.

At the beginning of June I called to confirm that I would be receiving my dress with in the next couple of weeks. They said that yes I would be receiving my dress by the middle of June.

On June 15 (a Wednesday), I called again and was told that I would be receiving my dress by the end of the next week and I could call back on Monday to confirm the dress had been shipped and get a tracking number.

When I called on the next Monday, June 20, I was told the dress should be arriving at their warehouse either Tuesday or Thursday and once it was received I would get it within 3 or 4 days.

I have called them every week since then and have heard the same thing.

Last week I was "guaranteed" that the dress would be arriving on their shipment form the manufacturer on Thursday, June 30, and that it would be shipped to me on Friday July 1 and that I should be receiving it either Tuesday or Wednesday, July 5 or 6th.

Yesterday I called them again, which is the day they told me I should receive my dress. And surprise surprise, I was told once again that I would be receiving my dress by the end of next week. This puts me receiving my dress on July 15 and my wedding is July 23.

Needless to say I was not happy. I asked what they expected me to do if I did not receive my dress in time and was told that they would refund my money if the dress did not arrive before the wedding date. I replied that this was all well and good but that I could hardly get married naked and would they be reimbursing me for the expenses I had paid out to plan the wedding. Their reply was that I would receive my dress before the 23rd. I said it does me no good if I receive the dress the day before my wedding if it needs altering.

I then hung up on them.

This company is a joke. I read many reviews about them before I decided to order my dress from them and all the reviews I found indicated that customers were very happy. What I realize now is that those customers were all ordering dresses that were in stock in the warehouse.

Since my dress was not in stock, it had to be ordered.

So I suggest that you be very careful if you are going to order an out of stock dress from these people and leave yourself more time than I did to get your dress.

I will be going dress shopping this week to see if I can find something off the rack in case my dress does not arrive before my wedding as promised.