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You guys would possibly keep in mind my “let’s order a customized human hair piece from somebody on the interwebs” story from just a few years in the past.
Edit: my horror story.
It shouldn’t have been a nasty state of affairs. I knew the woman (in a web based kind of approach), and he or she had been really useful to me from a number of girls that I trusted.
However time handed, and extra time handed, and no hair topper surfaced. I didn’t attain out a ton, however positively moreso in the direction of the top of the entire escapade.
Crickets.
You may learn all in regards to the story right here and the way it ended up, however my TL:DR is that this:
You could defend your self when shopping for on-line.
In case you see one thing that appears too good to be true, it simply could also be.
Let’s go over just a few issues to look out for.
Look Out for Fishy Pricing
You guys have been studying my weblog lengthy sufficient to have considerably of a good suggestion of what items value, proper?
What do you consider this?
Actually? $258 for super-long human hair?
Not in 1,000,000 years.
In case you order from an organization with pricing like this, you 1) could not even obtain the product, or 2) will discover that the standard and elegance is just not what you have been anticipating.
Let’s additionally level out the hilarious title: “Good Blonde Lengthy Wavy With out Bangs Human”.
LOL.
Examine the Pictures
In case you see websites with actually skilled wanting pics and fashions, nevertheless it’s on a no-name website, one thing could be off.
Particularly should you really feel you’ve seen the model earlier than however there’s no model identify or model identify connected, like this:
That’s one in all my favourite inventory images from Jon Renau, of their Miranda wig. You’ll discover this photograph all around the larger websites, however it should all the time be accompanied by the Jon Renau model identify and the identify of the model.
One factor to notice: there’s not less than one firm that I do know of that’s 100% legit full with implausible customer support, however white labels merchandise.
What’s white labeling?
A reseller pays wholesale for gadgets, then “rebrands” them with their very own data (usually renames them and takes their very own images) and sells them for the next value.
The location I’m considering of white labels plenty of Noriko and Amore types…in all probability just a few others.
I don’t desire to pay extra for my items, so I stick to on-line websites that I do know don’t white label. My favourite to buy from is Wigs by Patti’s Pearls. Try the movies on her website, I may hearken to her speak all day. 🙂
Do Some DIY Investigating
In case you’re considering of shopping for from a lesser-known website, simply do some easy poking round till you’re completely comfy making a purchase order.
Go along with your intestine.
In case you discover spelling errors and a ton of damaged grammer, that may be a crimson flag.
Try their “about us” part and see what they should say. In case you see a bunch of pics with inventory images and never actual folks, properly, that may very well be one other trace.
Do these beautiful of us appear to be they might show you how to select hair?
(You should buy this photograph to be used with no watermark at Dreamstime.com. Gotta cowl my bases!)
Another gadgets that legit web sites have that you must search for:
– Contact data together with a working telephone quantity
– Privateness Insurance policies
– Retailer locators (all the most important producers will gladly level out on their websites the place you should purchase their merchandise. For instance, Jon Renau’s hyperlink is correct on their homepage. So does Rene of Paris. So does Noriko. You get the drift!)
Additionally, take a look at their transport insurance policies. If the gadgets are shipped DHL, that possible signifies the merchandise is coming from Asia, and will very properly be a knock-off.
Use the Tineye Instrument
Right here’s a little-known instrument you need to use to see if a photograph is getting used across the internet. It could actually assist you determine the supply of the unique photograph, and decide if the merchandise being bought is the true deal.
Head over to tineye.com and use their reverse picture search. You’ll want to search out the picture file/picture hyperlink tackle. You may usually proper click on on a picture, and click on “save picture tackle” to try this.
Within the video under, I must dig into the web page code just a bit bit to search out it.
Tineye reads the picture, and can return again the identical picture throughout the net. You may then assess the outcomes and resolve if a web site appears legit.
If a picture reveals up on the net 20 occasions and the costs factors are all assorted, then you must proceed with warning.
Activate Fee Safety
As I drilled residence in my publish about once I was nearly swindled for human hair: use PLASTIC in your transactions. Ideally, a bank card since they sometimes supply higher safety when it comes to the time period it’s important to open a dispute.
Additionally, the bank card is just not straight tied to your financial institution accounts so that’s an added layer of safety.
PayPal might be a superb choice, too.
When unsure, take into account dropping a line utilizing the contact kind or e-mail kind on any of the producers’ web sites they usually can inform you if you’re about to purchase from a legit website. Jon Renau does this, for certain, and I’m certain different manufacturers would as properly.
Over to you. Have you ever ever thought of shopping for one thing (hair or in any other case) that you just simply didn’t have a terrific feeling about?
