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I did not find what I liked exactly due to limited sizes, and the search filters should include options like boyleg tankini not just 'bottoms' - we know what we want.

It looks like Vincent CO.LTD otherwise known as Light in The Box is yet another China-based corporation engaging in premeditated misleading advertisement scamming customers living in countries where consumers have rights. I wasn't looking at the photos when making my decisions as I can see that they are graphically edited, NO, I was reading the information provided by Vincent CO.LTD about each item. I purchased 3 garments as follows:

1.) "Women Casual Linen Cotton Plus Size Breathble Oil Painting Blouse Roll Up Sleeve V-Neck Loose S-XXXXXL #******* AUD $30.50
Vincent CO.LTD posted to me, according to their own wash care information an item made of "100% polyester" - there is no cotton or linen in it.

2.) "Women's Simple Basic Comfort Lightweight Linen / Cotton Blend Casual Weekend Wide Leg Pants Plain Full Length Elastic Drawstring Design White Black Khaki Gray #*******" AUD $20.86
Vincent CO.LTD posted to me, according to their own wash care information an item made of "65% cotton 35% polyester" - honestly you can not see or feel any cotton in it, just polyester.

3.) Women's Basic Comfort Linen Loose Daily Wide Leg Pants Print Full Length Print Red Green #*******
Vincent CO.LTD posted to me, according to their own wash care information an item made of "95% polyester and 5% spandex" AUD $33.71

See, I will not return these items as the issue here is not a mistake on their part of sending the wrong item or the size not fitting, no, the problem is a purposeful, premeditated misleading of the consumers with an intention to cause them financial damages - commonly known as theft. I will only return these items at my own cost IF in exchange they post me the actual items they advertised, but I am 100% sure that those do not exist.

The part that bothers me is this isn't about cost alone, I recently picked up garments from Kmart for 18 Australian dollars that were an actual cotton-linen blend which makes me believe that this can be achieved with profits, but Light In The Box chose to be thieves. Too bad, as I live in a tropical climate and I don't mind 'lightweight' cotton or linen-cotton blend that some perceive as cheap in quality, it works for me in a humid climate but Light In The Box are not providing even that.

I would like to add that I logged in to my account with Light In The Box to review each item and attach 2-3 photos for each item and I chose 1 star for each item but surprise, surprise, Light In The Box did not allow me to post it, it just kept returning to submit screen after clicking submit without the ability to actually submit, THEREFORE there you go, the reviews are controlled by Light In The Box on their website. SCAM.

UPDATE
The experience has been interesting, I do have to acknowledge that, unlike FashionMia or Reselinlin, you do communicate with one person at LightInTheBox who appears to genuinely want to resolve your problem. I did get a full refund without the need to return the items and pay for the postage. I also received a voucher for the inconvenience and the impression that I got that LighInTheBox struggle with getting correct information from their suppliers. I am still trying to find out which clothing that is advertised as linen or cotton-linen is not polyester - that is something you need to bear in mind as the chances are the items are synthetic rather than not, the images are also edited as in 'cut and paste' on a template photo which is why materials do look different than the actual clothes, I speculate that is a cost-cutting exercise instead of getting actual photo shots for each item separately, they just reuse the same shots that have the same style of a product. I have however walked away from this without any financial losses which is why I am giving them a benefit of the doubt and updating my rating.

I have purchased the following seven items from Roselinlin, six were advertised as "cotton blend" and one as "silk". I received a variety of materials, predominantly polyester. I uploaded photos.

1. "Casual Sleeveless Cotton-Blend Dresses"
SPU: LEWDRCU5501 – this item is made of cotton, it's a very thin see-through cotton but it's almost wearable.

2. "Short Sleeve Casual Abstract Shirts & Tops"
SPU: LE1NSH******* – this item is polyester, the type that gives you electrostatic hair in seconds.

3. "Short Sleeve Vintage Cotton-Blend Shirts & Tops"
SPU: LE1USH713CE9 – this item is predominantly polyester but with some portion of cotton making it feel like a soft polyester blend.

4. "Vintage Silk Pants"
SPU: LE1GPA3F5773 – this item is not made of a horrible material, I don't know what it is and how much of ‘silk' is in it. The finish is poor quality though. Also, as you enter this SPU number to the Roselinlin search box, there will be two items, with different photos, and different prices, the version that shows the upper body (the cheap rubber upper finish) is the closest to the truth.

5. "Floral Short Sleeve Dresses"
SPU: LE1RDR2181E2 – this item is polyester, not even water droplets go through it, think of the material your umbrella is made of.

6. "Color Block Casual Round Neckline Short Sleeve Shirts & Tops"
SPU: LE1MSH*******E – this item is a polyester blend giving it a soft feel to a synthetic material.

7. "Short Sleeve V Neck Shirts & Tops"
SPU: LEZSH5K0214 – as the items numbers 3 And 6 above, a polyester blend, it definitely has some cotton in it.

I am 176 cm (5.77) tall and 58 kgs (127 pounds). In Australia, I wear Medium or Large or 10-12 usually – being tall my chest and hips are quite wide. I checked the measurement details for each item with a sewing tape as the sizing varied across all items and I ordered S and M based on the centimeters provided, yet all the items are huge, for example, a top that advertises as medium bust 98 cm is actually 106 cm bust therfore they don't maintain their records properly. Due to the baggy size and polyester materials, the items feel like something you would pick up in cheap mature-age lady shops. Kmart and BigW have a better quality 'cotton'

I have received a response to my review stating that they would like to know which items have been incorrect in regards to sizing – that is all they have been interested in. I wrote them a lengthy email providing this information but also explaining that I would like all these items to be actual cotton such as in the case of the "Casual Sleeveless Cotton-Blend Dresses SPU: LEWDRCU5501" as some of the items they posted are polyester. I also explained, to be reasonable, that as a consumer I am unable to identify cotton clothing on their website if they are all advertised with the same "cotton blend" description yet I have received several different types of materials. ‘Sally' responded that:

"If you need the specific fabric composition, you can contact with us to know this information before you order"

So… I emailed them several new SPU items where all items are currently advertised as "cotton blend" and to my disappointment I received a response from ‘Mandy' gaslighting me stating that:

"We have listed the meterial details on the item's page. Please kindly check the item's page of them" and that ""cotton-blend" A cotton blend is another way of referring to a shirt that's made from 80% cotton and 20% polyester, linen, or rayon"

As described above this information is incorrect, the majority of items are definitely not 80% cotton.

Each time you email Roselinlin service, you are communicating with a new person and the process starts from scratch – there is no consistency which is why I see why organising returns is such an impossible process for consumers, and yes you do need to post to China, even though it is not an exchange problem but a false advertising problem. I don't need to exchange the items as there is nothing to change to, the cotton blend items that are advertised don't exist at all.

Also, if you are in Australia, note that even if you chose currency as AUD you will still get US cost, in my case I was charged about AUD $50 more than I was advised in writing that I was to pay.

To date, I have not been offered any compensation nor resolution by Roselinlin, and they have not amended the description of the items on their website. I also tried to review each item through the Roselinlin website but they are not letting me do that - this option is disabled for me which is how they control reviews.

If you still go ahead with shopping with them, make sure that you:

- email them prior to purchase asking for specific measurements & fabric composition as per their washing care (they have that information) and push for this information, you also want this in writing.

- understand that the photos are graphicly edited, that is, for example, they have a shot of a model wearing a templated style of a piece and they paste a pattern of the fabric onto it. You will actually find the same item shots repeating across Fashionmia, LightInTheBox, Roselinlin, and few other China-based websites. It may be worth googling the product number or SPU to get more info. I even found some of those items at Amazon.

- this is IMPORTANT: take screenshots of item description/overview at the time of purchase as they remove and edit them later.

I decided to write a review as there are no independent reviews available online for this competition platform. I am a premium member that cost me just under $40 for a year. I joined early January'20 and these are my observations:

- A large number of compts invite you to fill in your details to enter, they even ask you for full DOB that is concerning.
- A lot of times I do not receive even a confirmation email that I have entered.
- Even if I won I doubt I would be informed in a transparent manner, there are very few comps that will call you or sent a letter. The expectation is that you look for the place where each business posts results and with active comping that is not feasible.
- Since I started playing in competitionsguide.com.au I have been harassed by scams, robocalls and marketing calls daily that I need to keep reporting and blocking which means they share your contact details to a ridiculous amount of the third parties of a shady quality.
- My inbox is clogged up with junk mail daily.
- And no, in spite of entering in about 4-5 comps per day I have won nothing.

The competitionsguide.com.au does not offer a functional filter to see what competitions I have entered or not entered as most comps redirect to their own website. When I try to filter it I get comps that I entered listed as not entered, entering twice will disqualify you and since many comps do not send confirmation of entry, unless you keep a spreadsheet you will not know.

Competitionsguide.com.au also does not offer any listing to see who won (and they should), it is a vague poor quality platform that you need to be managing yourself. They reuse pictures to confuse you even more.

Save your 40 buks.

*** the attached screenshot is for evidence that I am a premium member. I edited any private or restricted content by blurring it out.

I have ordered the following items:

- Round Neck Plain Cotton/Linen Shift Dress https://www.fashionmia.com/Products/Round-Neck-Plain-Cotton/Linen-Shift-Dress-*******.html?color=claret_red/

- Round Neck Hollow Out Printed Shift Dress
https://www.fashionmia.com/Products/Round-Neck-Side-Slit-Floral-Hollow-Out-Shift-Dress-*******.html?color=green/

- Charming Bell Sleeve Floral Printed Chiffon Skater Dress
https://www.fashionmia.com/Products/charming-bell-sleeve-floral-printed-chiffon-skater-dress-*******.html?color=orange/

- Casual V-Neck Solid Patch Pocket Shift Dress
https://www.fashionmia.com/Products/casual-v-neck-solid-patch-pocket-shift-dress-*******.html?color=yellow/ (see the quality of the material on their pic and mine -pic2, in reality it is a cheap Kmart underwear see-through type of polyester with a seam on the outside)

I have attached few photos for you to show you that the clothes were an absolute RUBBISH! I actually threw them into the rubbish bin as they were not suitable for even a donation or for a cleaning cloth due to the high amount of polyester! I tried BOOHOO and ASOS before and in comparison, FASHIONMIA is substantially worse quality, the clothes are not wearable!... You know, how you can go to a dollar shop and buy a Halloween or Santa costume that you will only wear once because it's not made out of a proper fabric but material like paper that you can rip in your hands? That's what the clothes were made of, nothing like in the pictures! I have no doubt that FashionMia is purposely and knowingly stealing from people, they invest a lot into marketing and make money on customers that use them only once. The sawing was also faulty, as the part of the inside seam was on the outside with ripped material on the edges!

Naturally, I requested a full refund and I was bluntly refused. They expect you to spend 50% of the value of the clothes on specific postage, they impose unreasonable conditions like they want the post to be registered and you to pay for tracking number and the packaging needs to be intact and returned in 30 days that is a joke considering that I waited for my items three months!... or to give an illusion of options they say that they can offer you a small fraction of the total cost back but only in vouchers so you 'can' buy more rubbish clothes from them - this is an example of a dodgy fettering 'refund' policy designed to steal from customers!

FASHIONMIA IS A COMPANY PURPOSELY DESIGNED TO MAKE PROFITS ON PURE FALSE ADVERTISEMENT AND THEY KNOW THAT.

I suspect most of the positive reviews that you read are fake. Dodgy businesses will pay people to write fake reviews. Many customers do not even receive the items they paid for. I had to wait months. That's what they emailed me in February 2018:

"* Orders received before 2/12/2018 should be shipped out between 2/22/2018 and 3/01/2018
* Orders received before 3/01/2018 should be shipped out between 3/02/2018 and 3/10/2018"

In my case, it was longer as I only received the last two Items in April 2018 and I ordered them all together in February 2018. They offer no compensation, refunds, or any form of acknowledgment that what they offer is a joke. They should be shut down if not sued.