Gee I would be wary of someone who asked you to email them - I don't know what recourse you would have through your cc company if something did go wrong and you could end up losing out. Anther thing to be wary of is the sizing. If you are not a stock standard body shape, you could end up spending way more than what you paid for the dress in alterations. When I was having my girls flowergirls dresses made, I commented to the dressmaker that I found some gorgeous ones in the US for not much money, but didn't want to risk needing them resized etc and she pointed to a wedding dress she had hanging up and said that it was brought on ebay and the cost of alterations was already well over $300 because she charges her time at $25 per hour