Anyone use Prime Wardrobe?

[ssmjlm]

It seems like most of the stuff I would use it for falls into 3 categories:

1. Too expensive

2. Limited styles for a brand - I was looking at jeans, but they only had like 5 styles that fell under wardrobe

3. Limited sizes

Just curious if anyone has had any luck.  I was thinking of maybe trying them for jeans, but see 2and 3 above.

[morecoffeeplease]

I did it for bras. But not for regular clothes. I still don’t trust amazon sizing.

[Leeham Rimes]

I do, I haven’t found myself to be too limited but it’s true that there are more for sale than there are for wardrobe. I’m ok with higher prices bc I’m trying to buy better pieces so I look somewhat together. Some of it is silly expensive though.

I really like it better than any other clothing trial box thingy I’ve tried/ stitch fix and Le Tote (which was awful. Talk about expensive).

[esdreturns]

I've tried it. I liked it, but there definitely is a smaller amount available.

[shauni27]

Sept 13, 2018 6:22:43 GMT -5 morecoffeeplease said:

I did it for bras. But not for regular clothes. I still don’t trust amazon sizing.

this is an excellent idea. Were you successful?

[morecoffeeplease]

Sept 13, 2018 7:25:22 GMT -5 shauni27 said:

Sept 13, 2018 6:22:43 GMT -5 morecoffeeplease said:

I did it for bras. But not for regular clothes. I still don’t trust amazon sizing.

this is an excellent idea. Were you successful?

Yup! I kept two and I’ll do it again next time for sure. I picked three styles and ordered two sizes of each. So much better than going to the store.

[shauni27]

Sept 13, 2018 7:30:35 GMT -5 morecoffeeplease said:

Sept 13, 2018 7:25:22 GMT -5 shauni27 said:

this is an excellent idea. Were you successful?

Yup! I kept two and I’ll do it again next time for sure. I picked three styles and ordered two sizes of each. So much better than going to the store.

and to confirm--you really did not get charged anything except for what you kept? I have this fear that like $300 will be taken out of my bank and then I will be reimbursed.

[carmenere]

I looked at it and was disappointed with the selection. Prime includes free shipping and returns on most clothing anyway, so I didn't see any significant benefit over the regular order process.

[Leeham Rimes]

Sept 13, 2018 7:45:19 GMT -5 shauni27 said:

Sept 13, 2018 7:30:35 GMT -5 morecoffeeplease said:

Yup! I kept two and I’ll do it again next time for sure. I picked three styles and ordered two sizes of each. So much better than going to the store.

and to confirm--you really did not get charged anything except for what you kept? I have this fear that like $300 will be taken out of my bank and then I will be reimbursed.

I was only charged what I kept. I had 7 days from the date of the delivery to decide and then I had another 5 days after that to take the box back to UPS. 

I like not having to pay upfront. a lot. b/c if i'm not careful even if I buy from a prime seller, sometimes the returns aren't free and then I have to hassle the customer service. 

[wildrice]

Sept 13, 2018 7:48:24 GMT -5 carmenere said:

I looked at it and was disappointed with the selection. Prime includes free shipping and returns on most clothing anyway, so I didn't see any significant benefit over the regular order process.

This was my thought. I don't really see much difference.

Most of the stuff that doesn't offer free returns isn't Amazon stuff anyway. 

They have a lot of cute stuff on Prime Wardrobe, but most of it is not in the price range I'd be willing to pay anyway.

[yellow23]

I have used it for kid shoes and it worked great. I haven’t tried it for anything else mostly because only a couple of the items will be eligible so I don’t have enough items.

[ssmjlm]

Sept 13, 2018 7:48:24 GMT -5 carmenere said:

I looked at it and was disappointed with the selection. Prime includes free shipping and returns on most clothing anyway, so I didn't see any significant benefit over the regular order process.

I have this fear that eventually they're going to get tired of me ordering 2 sizes in the cheap clothes with free returns and tell me I'm not allowed to return anymore.

[susiebw]

Sept 13, 2018 8:10:48 GMT -5 wildrice said:

Sept 13, 2018 7:48:24 GMT -5 carmenere said:

I looked at it and was disappointed with the selection. Prime includes free shipping and returns on most clothing anyway, so I didn't see any significant benefit over the regular order process.

This was my thought. I don't really see much difference.

Most of the stuff that doesn't offer free returns isn't Amazon stuff anyway. 

They have a lot of cute stuff on Prime Wardrobe, but most of it is not in the price range I'd be willing to pay anyway.

This is me exactly.

I found that most of the wardrobe stuff is higher priced that I'd like to pay.  So I will stick with ordering (and paying for) 4 possible inexpensive dresses, and returning the 3 that don't fit or otherwise don't appeal to me.

In theory, though, I think Wardrobe is a great idea.  I just wish that all the $30 dresses that I continuously seem to load into my Amazon cart were included in Wardrobe!

[wildrice]

Sept 13, 2018 9:28:41 GMT -5 susiebw said:

Sept 13, 2018 8:10:48 GMT -5 wildrice said:

This was my thought. I don't really see much difference.

Most of the stuff that doesn't offer free returns isn't Amazon stuff anyway. 

They have a lot of cute stuff on Prime Wardrobe, but most of it is not in the price range I'd be willing to pay anyway.

This is me exactly.

I found that most of the wardrobe stuff is higher priced that I'd like to pay.  So I will stick with ordering (and paying for) 4 possible inexpensive dresses, and returning the 3 that don't fit or otherwise don't appeal to me.

In theory, though, I think Wardrobe is a great idea.  I just wish that all the $30 dresses that I continuously seem to load into my Amazon cart were included in Wardrobe!

Amazon is generally quick about issuing refunds, too. You could potentially order something, return it, and receive a refund in less than 2 weeks anyway. I understand that the money coming out of your account can be a hardship if you are on a tight budget, but I would guess that if you are on a tight budget you aren't ordering $100+ dresses on Prime Wardrobe anyway.

I put everything on a CC for points so I always have my refund before the bill becomes due anyway. 

[cereal K]

OOoh - Bras would be a great item to use this for!

I did it for shoes. I wanted a pair of nude/tan heeled open-toed booties. Ordered six pairs, kept one, all the billing was correct. It was nice to be able to see the styles and test them, but the return box was very large!

[lessel]

I did it for DS1's school uniforms. Shipping took longer than the 2-day Prime stuff which was kind of annoying. It was like a full week before we received the package. Yet if I had bought the items via Prime I would have had them in 2 days and they have free returns so...I didn't get the point.

[wildrice]

Sept 13, 2018 10:16:50 GMT -5 lessel said:

I did it for DS1's school uniforms. Shipping took longer than the 2-day Prime stuff which was kind of annoying. It was like a full week before we received the package. Yet if I had bought the items via Prime I would have had them in 2 days and they have free returns so...I didn't get the point.

I noticed this with a subscribe and save option recently. I ordered cat food on Monday night, and it said that since I did S&S it would be there the 20th. I need it before then, so I canceled and re-ordered without the subscription, and it showed up yesterday. 

I don't understand why? I was not saving much (less than a dollar) so I am not sure why shipping was going to take an additional 8 days.

[jigsy]

Sept 13, 2018 10:23:14 GMT -5 wildrice said:

Sept 13, 2018 10:16:50 GMT -5 lessel said:

I did it for DS1's school uniforms. Shipping took longer than the 2-day Prime stuff which was kind of annoying. It was like a full week before we received the package. Yet if I had bought the items via Prime I would have had them in 2 days and they have free returns so...I didn't get the point.

I noticed this with a subscribe and save option recently. I ordered cat food on Monday night, and it said that since I did S&S it would be there the 20th. I need it before then, so I canceled and re-ordered without the subscription, and it showed up yesterday. 

I don't understand why? I was not saving much (less than a dollar) so I am not sure why shipping was going to take an additional 8 days.

Subscribe and save is set to go out at certain times. The item would come to you on the 20th in every interval that you selected. Its really eant for the stuff that you need on a regular, planned basis, and the more you subscribe to, the more you save.

The benefit to doing prime wardrobe over just prime and return, in my opinion, is it is just easier. They labels are printed and ready for you. There is no potential of a return not being free, and, if you are ordering $500+ of merchandise, with the intention of only keeping one or two items, you don't have to worry about the money not being in your account if you needed it. I like to buy shoes like this. If I am testing out different styles, I can order a few, maybe get a couple sizes - then, send it all back when I am done trying them on.

[isabel]

Sept 13, 2018 10:16:50 GMT -5 lessel said:

I did it for DS1's school uniforms. Shipping took longer than the 2-day Prime stuff which was kind of annoying. It was like a full week before we received the package. Yet if I had bought the items via Prime I would have had them in 2 days and they have free returns so...I didn't get the point.

Same (but I used it for shoes for DS1). There was some stuff that I wanted that wasn't available on Wardrobe, so I ordered it anyway. The concept seems sort of pointless unless you are tight enough financially to not be able to take the hit on the charges before the returns process. And if that's the case, I feel like you're probably not paying for a Prime membership anyway (not sure if you can use Wardrobe without Prime?).

eta: To jigsy's point, having the labels ready to go when I got the packages was really nice though. Our home printer has been out of ink for... years... so I have to wait until I get to work to print return labels.

[DeeDee]

I’ve used it for bras and shoes. I love it!

[lessel]

Sept 13, 2018 11:30:18 GMT -5 isabel said:

Sept 13, 2018 10:16:50 GMT -5 lessel said:

I did it for DS1's school uniforms. Shipping took longer than the 2-day Prime stuff which was kind of annoying. It was like a full week before we received the package. Yet if I had bought the items via Prime I would have had them in 2 days and they have free returns so...I didn't get the point.

Same (but I used it for shoes for DS1). There was some stuff that I wanted that wasn't available on Wardrobe, so I ordered it anyway. The concept seems sort of pointless unless you are tight enough financially to not be able to take the hit on the charges before the returns process. And if that's the case, I feel like you're probably not paying for a Prime membership anyway (not sure if you can use Wardrobe without Prime?).

eta: To jigsy 's point, having the labels ready to go when I got the packages was really nice though. Our home printer has been out of ink for... years... so I have to wait until I get to work to print return labels.

OMG I think we're the same person.

[morecoffeeplease]

Sept 13, 2018 7:45:19 GMT -5 shauni27 said:

Sept 13, 2018 7:30:35 GMT -5 morecoffeeplease said:

Yup! I kept two and I’ll do it again next time for sure. I picked three styles and ordered two sizes of each. So much better than going to the store.

and to confirm--you really did not get charged anything except for what you kept? I have this fear that like $300 will be taken out of my bank and then I will be reimbursed.

Sorry I didn’t get a break today. I wasn’t charged until I returned. They have you check off what you are keeping online and then double check when you send it in and that’s when you’re charged.