The 2 pairs of shoes arrived on time, were well packed and good quality. However, although the child I was buying them for was size 7 in shoe and I bought size 8 - the ballet shoes were only JUST fitting (nearly sent them back) and as the tap shoes (I'd actually bought for Christmas) were also ordered in 8 I had to let her try them on, just in case they were too small - in fact they were quite large!! So now she has seen them I have to buy something else. If you put the sole's together of the tap and ballet shoes there are about a 1cm difference!!! buy another Christmas present