This business is the biggest scam ever!! Don't purchase off them. I ordered a dress which cost me over $200 in October and I still have not received it. Multiple emails have been sent and only one response has been made ensuring me my order will be sent. Two months later and still nothing and no response to my last two emails. So many women are in the same boat. They are nothing but thieves. Taking orders and not managing to fill them. I am beyond disappointed and disgusted that anyone could run a business this way especially here in Australia. I hope they get shut down once and for all.
CA
Carrie
Deceived, devastated and furious
I've been a loyal, loyal customer of this brand for years. Thousands spent. Literally thousands.
Things started going awry early last year for me when a bunch of things I'd ordered 'got lost' or 'fell off a ship' or something.
Then, I made the huge mistake of ordering a dress in March 2023. I expected a wait for a couple of months as agreed, and I still do not have this dress, because not only did it get delayed at least three times, I was lied to about it being 'in the mail'. i have screenshotted proof of it being promised three times, including in December where I was told 'next week'.
The next week, I followed up. I received a 'tracking' email, for a product that was never actually sent. It was so deceptive. Last week I'm told: "That collection is all sent out." So what I'm gathering is the dress actually never existed. And I have been absolutely conned and dragged along for nearly a year.
Then, I ordered boots in June 2023 - within the time frame allowed for waiting for the previous dress. This was part paid in cash, part paid with a voucher given to me for the dress that mysteriously disappeared prior.
The boots were promised in December, and guess bloody what... they haven't arrived, seven months later.
I was sent a $300 store credit randomly with absolutely no explanation. I don't want store credit, because your store is clearly going to go under and your clothes are worthless to me now. I don't want to buy your clothes.
I want my money, Bec. And I want it today.
I have chased and chased and constantly get palmed off. 'So sorry! I'll check! Passing it on to customer service!' and I don't get anything back.
Bec will also claim she sent me two free dresses. This is patently untrue. She sent me a dress to REPLACE a lost dress, and then 'gifted' me a dress that she allocated which comes back to me like it was such a huge favour.
Most of all, I am absolutely gutted by the treatment from Bec. How dare you treat me like an idiot? How dare you treat a loyal customer this way?
Your personal life - which I was and am sympathetic about - is not my responsibility. You continue to market your products. Continue to post your wanderlusty good vibe social posts while you have SEVERAL cases with fair trading and refuse to respond to them.
Tomorrow I will be seeking my legal options and encourage people to do the same. How they can still operate is beyond me.
RS
Rachel S.
5 months and STILL ABSOLUTELY NOTHING
Do not order from Mahli. I have been a big supporter of theirs for YEARS and have a large amount of clothing. I place 2 orders for over $300 in August 2023, and knew it was going to be a 6-8 week wait as 1 of the orders was pre-order. It is now January, 2024 and have received nothing. Have emailed 4 times, 1 response saying I will have my orders before the ‘festive season’. That was a lie. I will never buy from this brand ever again. Save your money and shop elsewhere.
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Nicola S.
DO NOT BUY FROM THIS LABEL
Yep. Same situation. I ordered an item, tried to return and got not response for weeks. Finally I was told to send back to an address and a store credit would be applied once they 'opened the store'. Attempted to reach out multiple times and no response. Now I'm $200 down with nothing. How this business is still in operation after all the complaints is beyond me...
SA
Samantha
BUYER BEWARE this is a scam site
BUYER BEWARE this is a scam site. Luckily I paid via PayPal so got my money back a day after purchase, but they shipped my items 2 months later regardless and they are the worst things I’ve ever seen, incredibly ill made and crappy material, they are worse than clothing you might buy off Wish. AVOID
RM
Rebecca M.
I started my online store with Mahli…
I started my online store with Mahli the Label and what a disaster. The brand accepted my order on the stock they had online and took my payment knowing that they didn’t have it made. They then went and made it, so a two week delivery turned into me still chasing the stock after 6 months. Every email the owner said next week, and then when I got frustrated with waiting I asked for a refund. She wouldn’t refund me, and it was only when I went to the ACCC and complained about her that she started to listen. I finally got my money back after a lot of back and forth for months. Do not buy from this business, they are crooks. The owner is a criminal and needs to be stopped.
CH
Carly H.
Sadly this business has gone to hell.
I initially bought boots in 2021 which arrived on time and were quite nice (ill fitting but that’s trial and error buying online).
Then Preordered boots in late March 2023. I anticipated the three month advertised wait, however nothing arrived. I was patient, and received a vague email about the shipping taking longer than expected so I thought, hey- small business, post Covid, just wait it out.
Eventually I realised that this business is a nightmare. Sales continuing, orders continuing to be taken, marketing material continuing to be sent out- but no products going out. No emails replying to my questions about estimated timeframes. No replies through social media although that was a little more responsive eventually.
Then told I’ve just had a baby, I’m trying to catch up but have needed time.
I completely understand what life is like post baby, but if you have to step away- then step right away, pause the sales, close the shop until you fulfil the orders you already have. This is why people take maternity leave, because trying to work with a newborn is impossible. Saying you are toobacklogged in emails demonstrates how many orders people are waiting on. I felt telling customers about the baby reason is a deliberate and targeted way to elicit sympathy from her client base which is nearly all women.. so people hold out and don’t request refunds. A friend who ordered the same boots was offered another product (a dress), some clothing, a partial refund which never came and THEN told she couldn’t request refund on a pre-order item 7 months later!! Thats not caring about your customers!! That’s doing everything you can to keep their money and make them wait.
If you can’t supply the product then people are legally entitled to a refund, whether it was pre-order or not. Life happens and having a baby is fantastic.
But other people’s lives shouldn’t be thrown into disarray because you had a child and decided to continue your online business knowing full well you couldn’t meet the demand. Hire someone to run it for you, or take a pause would be the fair outcome for people. It’s such a shame it went this way.
Nearly 8 months later I finally got a refund after going through PayPal and my credit card company. A ridiculous amount of effort and seems I’m only one of lots.
JJ
Jessica J.
The owner (Bec) is a fraudster
The owner of this company (Bec) tried to scam me out of almost $400. After 11 weeks of trying to work with her and her lying through her teeth, I finally went to my bank who reccomended a dispute as they believed this was a type of fraud after I explained my situation and luckily i had a lot of proof to back myself, I finally got my money back but it was a very long process. But there’s SO many women in the same situation who are still trying to get their money back. Do not give this brand your money. If you are trying to get your money back after being scammed from this company don’t give up.