Prom night is such a significant occasion. Prom is a dance party for students in high school!

Girls spend a lot of time fantasizing about and then planning their days.

Aside from who her date will be, the most important factor is what she will wear. The days of being limited to what was sold in brick and mortar stores are long gone. The world is now your catalog, and your options are virtually limitless. However, those alternatives may come at an unexpected cost.

You can critique brick-and-mortar stores all you want, but at least we can see what we’re spending our money on. We can inspect the quality and even try something on and have it fitted.

Here are 28 people who were stunned — not in a good way, but more like they’d been cheated, when they received their dresses.