As far as online private sales go I'm a member of a few stores including: Joss & Main, HauteLook, Zulily, Send the Trend and Rue La La.
So far I have ordered infant clothing from Zulily and a pair of sandals from HauteLook. My origjnal Zulily order was ‘updated’ when they realize they didn’t have part of the merchandise I had previously requested. I received a partial order. After that I placed an order with HauteLook two weeks ago, and finally today decided to call about the status of my order, only to find out that they put a query with the supplier because it looks they didn’t order enough of the merchandise in the first place. So most likely I will get a refund as well, but before I have to wait another 5-7 business days to confirm this. This is ridiculous! These sites pride themselves in unique offers at incredible prices, but orders don’t arrive until after 3 weeks and half of them are not even fulfilled. I don’t think I will be ordering again from any of these sites. It’s not worth the trouble, when standards set by Amazon are the rigor and panache of today’s online shopping experience.