Sammydress Review

I have read some pretty frightening reviews by Sammydress saying things like "Oh, the quality was so terrible!" and another said, "I've spent $200 on Sammydress, and the package hasn't showed up yet! I keep on complaining and all they've sent me is apologies and excuses!" (I can't exactly quote these reviewers.) If you have had a bad experience with Sammydress, then I'm sorry. I have had an overall enjoyable experience with them, and I would love to write about their website in my own words and from my own experience.

Sammydress is a Chinese clothing wholesale shop online that sells clothing, jewelry, shoes, and many other things. When I first discovered Sammydress, I was extremely excited at the huge amounts of clothing they were showing. Then I clicked on the cutest maxi dress I have ever seen, and saw that it was only 12.45 USD. My jaw dropped. How could this website sell something that cheap yet it looks so dang cute?! I started looking at nearly their entire clothing selection, and started flooding my cart with practically anything that looked frickin' adorable. All the beautiful shirts were all less than $11. Sounds to good to be true right?

I closed the site and enlightened mom on my monumental discovery. She was also amazed, but she put that look on her face like she was having second thoughts about it. She told me to read some reviews to see what people thought about Sammydress. I saw under the website's link that it had a great rating of about four and a half stars from a few hundred people. But I scrolled down and saw that other reviews from resellerratings.com weren't looking so hot. (that was a few months ago. I checked again a few days ago and saw that the rating had gone up a bit, which made me feel better.) People were bagging on Sammydress calling it a scam and a fraud. 

Well, I decided to go with my gut and buy the two dresses I had my eye on. I decided to only order two items because the reviews had mentioned that ordering large quantities of clothing was a bad idea and would end in disaster. I shrugged at this thought and ordered the two dresses, just in case.

I had never ordered anything from overseas, so I didn't know that  the shipping was going to take so long. Eventually, you start to lose track of the days, and it took a little less than a month for the package to arrive. I was going to complain, but it made sense that cheap clothing from overseas would take a bit longer to ship. It finally arrived! Being very excited I opened it and pulled one dress out. But I realize something... there's only one dress in the package, and the one that didn't arrive was the one I wanted most. I was very angry, then realized why the prices were so cheap: So if something didn't arrive it wouldn't be a big deal financially. And the color of the one dress I did receive was different than the picture online. The floral fabric pattern looked the same, but it looked like a tannish/cream in the picture. The picture was probably edited, so I ended up getting a dress that didn't fit my standards.

I forgot about Sammydress for a few months, then decided to give it another try. I had forgotten my want to help businesses no matter what their circumstances. It sounds like I felt sorry for them, but really I felt that I should give them another chance. So I did. I only ordered one item so they couldn't possibly get it wrong, right? Since it took a month to get here, I decided to buy a swimming suit. I had been searching for adorable one-piece swimsuits all over the web. Etsy came really close, but I admit, the swimming suit I had ordered from Sammydress was the c.u.t.e.s.t. thing I have ever seen in my life. No more swim suit shopping ever again. The total for the swimsuit and shopping was $40. Not bad. After the expected one month wait, it finally arrived. 

I have not been more satisfied with anything I have ever bought online in my life. I expected it to just not be right, but it exceeded all of my expectations. It was very high quality, and it looked exactly like the picture. EXACTLY! It was a swimming suit sent from heaven. Heaven I tell you! I'm sure glad that  I made another order to Sammydress. 

Now I can't go a day without browsing Sammydress for which things I can purchase. I still make minimum orders though. But because I was so satisfied with my swimsuit I felt that I could trust them with an order of not one, but three clothing items. A dress, a jacket to match, and an adorably loose floral shirt. Another month later, I received my package and all three items were present. The dress was the biggest disappointment, but really not that much of one in the first place. It was a little shorter than the picture depicted, and the blue ribbon around the waist was a different shade of blue. My younger sister gladly accepted the dress and commented, "You got that from Sammydress?! That's adorable!" She sure was right. I would've worn if myself it it were longer, but, oh well. The jacket fit very well and the shirt was beyond adorable.

My overall review: 4 Stars. If you are looking for great quality clothing with decent shipping that will live to every one of your expectations, you better find a different website. This website is not for picky people. If you are a humble shopper who can't resist clothing for that cheap of a price (and you can wait  a month for a clothing order) then Sammydress is the perfect clothing site for you. I will certainly keep ordering from this site, and if you have had a bad experience with them, then I suggest a small order and please be patient with them. It takes a few orders, but you'll get used to it real quick. I've had an overall good experience with them, and I do recommend the site.

 Update - August 8th, 2015:

My mom had ordered a shirt, jacket and necklace for me as a Christmas present. We waited for two months (double the usual wait time) and realized that my package wasn't coming. We tried contacting customer service, but all they did was ask us for our order number a few times, then asked us to give them additional shipping charges. A few weeks later, only my necklace had arrived, but it was the wrong color my mom had ordered.

We received an email shortly after I the necklace had been delivered saying that the other two items my mom had ordered were out of stock, now three months after my mom ordered them. Just our luck. We once again gave them the ID numbers of the clothes we had ordered, and after another request for more shipping charges, we gave up. My items still haven't arrived and I know they never will.

My new rating for Sammydress: 3 stars. The customer service isn't very effective and I'm sure it's all done through a translator instead of a real person. My mom wasted $40 plus an additional shipping charge for a package that will never come. We tolerated them for three months, but we stopped contacting them because we seemed to be going in circles with customer service and not accomplishing anything. The way they even sent me the wrong color of necklace was sort of..... pathetic.

I don't wish to order from them again, but I've never been the kind of person to say anything is so terrible you shouldn't give it a chance. I'll leave the decision of whether to order their products or not up to you. In any case, I wish you the best of luck and that you don't get tangled with customer service, because that's not a battle worth taking.

Horses Are The Best!

Now if I'm going to talk about anything I care about it's going to be about horses. I'm a whole new level of "What's your favorite animal?". Just like crafting, horses have always been part of my life. First of all, let's start by getting pumped about horses because of how amazing they are:

1. They are one of the most graceful animals ever. Yes, ever. Their flowing manes and tails just can't be beat.

2. They make wonderful pets and great companions. My old horseback riding instructor told me one day, "Want to spend a million dollars? Own a horse." She was a Debby Downer, but if I had a million dollars to spend it would definately be for a fast horse that I could ride wherever and whenever I wanted.

3. I seriously think that there is no better animal than a horse. Dogs are man's best friend, but you can't really do that much with them. Walks and petting are fun, but with horses you interact with them much more deeply than a dog. Cats are just evil.

4. Horses have aided is humans for centuries. They pulled carriages, mine carts, and basically everything else that's beyond the capability of humans. They're not really needed today, but that doesn't mean we love then any less.

For these reasons and many more, I have loved horses all my life. Actually, just kidding. My mom told me once that I didn't like horses, but I couldn't believe it. But mom said that I suddenly started loving horses like crazy after we saw Spirit: Stallion of the Cimmeron. Okay, Spirit is definately one of the best movies of all time. No joke! I have never watched a movie since then that has made me feel so many emotions so vividly. If you haven't seen this masterpiece, I will gladly enlighten you.

The movie starts with pure, inspireing music which sets the mood for you. Then the narrorator's voice (Spirit's voice/thoughts) gives you the best intro to any movie and gives you goosebumps when the herd's running free with, again, the best movie score for a horse movie. Spirit is born, and we watch his life as a foal. He is very curious and is very spirited at heart (no duh), and he grows into a fine stallion and becomes leader of the herd. His curiosity gets the best of him one night when he ventures to find out what an orange glow was in the distance. He meets a group of coyboys and is very clever about his escape until he is unexpectadly captured. He is taken to a war camp in the middle of the desert where countless soldiers try to break him, but he won't let them have him. While tied to a post for 3 days to lessen his strength, he meets an indian (Little Creek) who was soon to becone his best friend. Together, they eventually escape the camp and free all the other horses who were there as well. He thinks he's home free, until he spots a beautiful mare, who happens to be Little Creek's horse, and spirit is captured again. (In a much more friendly manner.) Spirit follows the mare (Rain) around the village and soon realizes that the horses there had freedom, even though they weren't wild. When all seems to be going perfect, soldiers from the previous camp suddenly raid the village, and Spirit is captured one again and taken to an area where they were constructing a railroad. All the horses recruited there are forced to pull a freight train up the mountain side. Spirit realizes that the road is leading to his home, and he cleverly frees all the horses while destroying the train and the town below in the process. Little Creek finds him again, and they have a final showdown with the soldiers. Spirit again proves that they cound't tame him, and the General of the camp lets him go. Rain, Spirit, And Little Creek have a very emotional reunion, then Little Creek let's Rain free with Spirit. The movie ends when Spirit and Rain are reunited with the herd, and then the best movie of all time ends. Dang it.

This movie not only has great songs and a great plot, it also teaches that the spirit, if strong, can never be broken. Like a boss. Other than loving horses, this movie relates to me because I have a desire for freedom and it also reasurres me that if I stay heldfast to my goals and dreams I am unstoppable. So this movie was practically written for me. No better movie could have shaped my childhood as much as this one did.

So horses really are more inspiring than most people thnk they are. That's the bottom line. To truely get into the spirit of horses (puns), I will post some of my favorite horse pictures from Google Images.

Oh yeah. Horses are the best animal. I rode them English saddle for years, and I love them more and more every time I see one!

Intro

Now, if you really want to know something about me I guess I can start by saying that I am a teen who hates school and I have an amazing ammount of potential. I am currently reading the book "Hacking Your Education" by Dale J. Stephens, and it has convinced me to start up a blog and write about my likes, talents, life events, ect. So this blog is probably just going to be a blog about me and my talents.

I love crafting SOOOO much! It started when I colored on the walls when I was a toddler, and I'm still crafting today. My favorites are sewing, crocheting, and scrapbooking. I mean seriously, crafting basically means that you are making something adorable that no one will find anywhere else. Everything a crafter makes is unique. With clothes that you sew: not everyone makes more than half their Sunday dresses prom patterns like I do. I will be posting photos when I sew something new.

I have many dreams of success. I want to learn how to start making clothing without a pattern so I can REALLY make somehing no one has seen before. And after a few years of sewing classes and a few entrepreneur classes, my main life goal is to open my own clothing shop that will sell cute feminine clothing for teens to young adult girls. And because I am a mormon, I plan to make every single one of these clothing items appropriate. Appropriate as in no tank tops, crop tops or daisy dukes. My clothes are all going to be comfortable to wear without having to worry about pulling your skirt down or pulling your shirt up every 5 seconds. Now don't take this the wrong way. Everyone can wear what they want, no problem. I just don't choose to dress that way. So, I should say that all my clothes will be care-free yet stylish and feminine. I love floral and lace facric, so that will be most of the stock. But there was one thing that was bothering me, "What on earth an I going to call my shop?"

So one day at church all my girl friends sat together in a circle and helped me decide what the name of my shop should be. Everyone was throwing out answers and I happened to catch a few of them:

1. Abby's Wares (sounds like a thrift store)
2. Abby Amour (to hard to say)
3. The Non-Fidget Shop (I don't know who would name their store that, but probably not me)
4. Abby's Classies (classes for what?)
5. Classy Abby's

Bingo. Classy Abby's was the name that we all agreed on. Mainly because I am called classy whenever I sew something... well... classy. The desision isn't really final, but it's the best name we have thought of so far. I have always loved the idea of starting my own business, and I always beg mom to take me to those private business shops so I can buy something to help thme out. But I'm not made of money and I can't drive yet. So, yeah.

(Have a cute store name? Please comment below. I would love some cute store name ideas!)

Yet again, it always makes me sad to see a little shop someone's doing their best at running not get many people to come it. It probably sounds silly, but I always think, "Come on people! They're just trying their best!" Shops like these need support. I don't even know why I'm mentioning this because I don't know how I could help them other than buying something from their shop. I wish I could somehow.

But even when I see these shops, it still doesn't keep me from opening my business. I guess I'm pretty much unstoppable. I'm willing to take two jobs this summer so I can start saving for my future business, and also take classes at CCAC (a local college that gives classes to the public) so I can get a general idea of how to start a business, an idea of marketing, and especially try to master how to create my own constructed clothing. This might be the first summer when I'm going to be busy almost every day. But it's my dream and I'm willing to work hard for it. I have to start now, or else I might never get to it. The book I mentioned at the beginning has inspired me to do this, and I know that there is no better time than now to get started fulfulling my dream.

Because of this, I need to get used to posting on a blog so I can also get used to writing. I love writing for fun, and now I'm getting really really excited about it. So hopefully I will write about... well I can't really tell you, but I will write about what needs to be written as daily as I can.

To wrap this post up I guess I can end by saying that I love the feeling of responsibility and love being busy. Especially when that busy is a busy about something you love to do. I do believe I can succeed, and I can't wait for summer to start. Until then, I'll write down all my ideas and what I have learned on this here blog of mine. Wow, this summer's going to be the best summer ever!