they were vending at a big festival last weekend near portland or, and im sure they will be at tribal fest. i can only assume that they took that stock with them to portland and havent updated the ebay store again. theyre good peeps though.

I can vouch for Alter Egos. I know them personally and they are great people. I just talked to her a couple of weeks ago and they will definitely be at Tribal Fest.

I've purchased several items from Alter Egos, (the ones out of roseburg oregon) and so far, everything has fallen apart very quickly. Maybe it was just bad luck, and I never attempted to return anything, because its just not worth the hassle, but if you can see the merch in person before you buy it, its a good idea. Another issue I have with them, is that a friend of mine and I, met them at a local festival, at which the girls were very sweet and the owner was a kind helpful person who encouraged my friend (also from roseburg) to attend classes...My friend is mildly overweight, but certainly not obese. She went to sign up for classes and was very rudely told that she was far too fat and would beed to lose 20 pounds before they would even consider letting her take a beginner class. EXCUSE ME???but when does weight have anything to do with learning to belly dance? Have you seen the beautiful Halima? Have you seen the beautiful Sahara? Exquisite dancers, and both what many would consider obese...anyway, I know I hijacked the thread, but I cant personally support dancers who are weight snobs.

A friend thought I might be interested in this thread and I am. To all of you who have purchased from us thank you! My daughter and I work very hard to find really unusual and fun items for the Belly Dancer in all of us. We are struggling to get our website up and running so that we and you don't have to pay the Ebay premium. But for now that is our only online presence. We do go to as many of the major BD festivals as possible and that is why Liz found an empty store. We literally pack up the whole store and set it up at the festivals. We just returned from a week at Tribal Fest! Lots of fun.
As to the girl who bought from us and it fell apart I have communicated directly with her to see what I can do to make amends. We do stand by our merchandise and have ,over the past 6 years we have been vending belly dance items, gotten very few complaints. The bottom line though is if I don't know something is wrong I can't fix it.

With regard to the friend that was destroyed by my insulting her about her weight. While acknowledging her pain, I would like to say that I just can't see myself saying anything of the kind. I don't feel that way to begin with and always go out of my way to encourage everyone, regardless of where they are in there journey, to dance. The sisterhood alone is too important to miss. But having said that sometimes even the greatest of intentions can go awry. So to her I say publicly; I am very sorry to have hurt your feelings and if you would allow me the opportunity I would say this to you in person. Please reconsider dancing. If not with us, buy a video and invite friends to dance with you in your living room. Just please dance. And again whether I meant it or not please forgive whatever I said that hurt you so badly.
Sincerely,
Surya

Ok, I am sooooo glad I kept watching for the top I wanted! I got one in red, it came in the mail yesterday and is totally AWESOME!!! Was better than I expected, I love it so much I ordered a turquoise one yesterday. Joy! I totally recommend buying from these lovely ladies!