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boysrus

Tue, May 26 2015, 12:00 am

Hi
I wonder if any of you out there have any experience in this...
I am in the market for a new sheitel, but dont want to spend too much.
I googled 100% human hair wigs and came up with a website shop.wigsbuy dot com
There are sheitels on their website that look really good for less than $200.
Did anyone ever buy from them before? or from any other website?
If yes, would you recommend it or not? Did you have a good or a bad experience? What was their returns policy like?

Advice please, thanks in advance!

lucky14

Tue, May 26 2015, 12:30 am

if it sounds too good to be true it prob. is. Did you check them out with the Better Business Bureau? They actually just had something on the news about a site that was selling wigs that they claimed were real hair but fell apart really fast and were horrible quality. And people were having a horrible time getting in touch with the company. Definitely find out others who have purchased from a site before making a big purchase like that online.

lucky14

Tue, May 26 2015, 12:36 am

my internet security warned me not to even visit that site btw. Might just be being overcautious or may say something about the site...

Dolly Welsh

Tue, May 26 2015, 12:45 am

My private opinion is good synthetic beats lower-cost human hair.

But I only wear synthetic.

Reesa

Tue, May 26 2015, 12:45 am

I just checked the website and clicked on a few wigs. Says Indian hair.

ra_mom

Tue, May 26 2015, 12:51 am

Google shop.wigsbuy. There are tons of bad reviews for this Chinese company.

musicmom

Tue, May 26 2015, 6:50 am

There is a facebook page called buy sell or trade your sheitel. People sell really nice used or slightly used sheitels for a fraction of the cost. I recommend doing this until you figure out exactly what you like and don't like in a sheitel, as most are non returnable.

boysrus

Tue, May 26 2015, 6:49 pm

thanks forall the responses,okay , you have warned me off! Now I need to find some more money to buy a more expensive sheitel.... Sad

Hashem_Yaazor

Tue, May 26 2015, 8:21 pm

I got one from Malky Wigs (she's on eBay but I bought via paypal, not eBay by calling her) -- I spent $300 on mine (it was a sale price, regular for that one was $350). I paid for 3 that she sent to me, I picked one, and returned the other 2, and then she refunded that money. Since I went through paypal, I felt like I had a buyer's guarantee in case anything went awry.

My sheitel is a little more than a year old now, holds the style well, feels good, hasn't lost hair, gets compliments (I think that's the cut though!) I don't expect it to last 10 years, but I can see it's not only going to last me 2 either.

smss

Tue, May 26 2015, 9:27 pm

Hashem_Yaazor wrote:

How often do you wear it?

Hashem_Yaazor

Tue, May 26 2015, 10:36 pm

Shabbos/Y"T and to functions during the week if they come up. Not every day. When I brought it to be cut, the sheitel macher assumed I would be wearing it every day and told me it should hold up longer than 2 years if I don't do "crazy" things to it by ruining it with poor styling techniques. Even if I get 2 years out of it, I figured I would be ahead of the game vs a 1600 sheitel that lasts 6 years.

Mrs. Schmaltz

Sun, May 31 2015, 10:53 pm

two of my friends in israel ordered wigs from that site, both got terrible quality/cheap looking/wrong color/no skin top wigs. save your money.

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