I bought 2 formal gowns on eshakti. They are gorgeous. I have an order in for 2 outfits for events in the fall. They are slow so even though they say a few weeks, its more like a few months. I bought a dress off the rack and by the time I had it tailored it doubled the price. Eshakti customs it for you for a pittance.
Yup. Honestly ticketmaster us such a racket. I started seeing our college productions because they were so much cheaper. But some of them were slightly weird.
Seriously, you can get a cheap flight to London and buy last minute tickets. We saw Book of Mormon and Wicked last time. I swear I got seats for like 25 pounds, around 30 or so dollars depending on the exchange rate.