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I just have to get this off my chest, and I want to make sure that none of my friends end up with the same problem I did. Because it sucked.
This past February, I ordered a wig from this site. It seemed like a great site. I got in touch with the owner, who was really friendly, and she agreed to make me a wig for the convention I was attending in August. She even said she might have it by the end of July for me, which I thought was great. So I paid her in advance. Around $150 or so. I didn't expect to hear from her for a while since she had other orders, but no matter. She said she'd be able to do it for me, and I was pretty sure that if she found herself in over her head, she'd let me know so I could make other arrangements.
Naive, much? Yeah.
Every time I notice this person has updated her site, it annoys me. She is full of apologies for not getting wigs done due to real life problems, which is fine. I sympathize! Home life comes first, of course. But she has my email and my phone number! A short message explaining the situation would be common courtesy! Instead she is full of excuses about internet connection and no free time and being sick. And yeah, okay, those are good reasons for not getting wigs done. But unless you are terminally ill (and I don't believe this, because she's taking commissions again, which is not something a terminally ill patient would do), it's not difficult to let someone know that you're not going to be able to provide the service they PAID you for.
In short, no response to my (many) emails. No notice on when or if she ever plans to do my wig (or reimburse me, which is what I really want since I'm not wearing that costume ever again so the wig is worthless to me now). She says she is behind and now she's taking more orders.
So, yeah - don't be stupid like me. Don't order from her. You won't get your wig on time, that's for sure, and I have my doubts as to whether she's actually a legit seller. It seems an awful lot like I got swindled out of my money at this point.
This past February, I ordered a wig from this site. It seemed like a great site. I got in touch with the owner, who was really friendly, and she agreed to make me a wig for the convention I was attending in August. She even said she might have it by the end of July for me, which I thought was great. So I paid her in advance. Around $150 or so. I didn't expect to hear from her for a while since she had other orders, but no matter. She said she'd be able to do it for me, and I was pretty sure that if she found herself in over her head, she'd let me know so I could make other arrangements.
Naive, much? Yeah.
Every time I notice this person has updated her site, it annoys me. She is full of apologies for not getting wigs done due to real life problems, which is fine. I sympathize! Home life comes first, of course. But she has my email and my phone number! A short message explaining the situation would be common courtesy! Instead she is full of excuses about internet connection and no free time and being sick. And yeah, okay, those are good reasons for not getting wigs done. But unless you are terminally ill (and I don't believe this, because she's taking commissions again, which is not something a terminally ill patient would do), it's not difficult to let someone know that you're not going to be able to provide the service they PAID you for.
In short, no response to my (many) emails. No notice on when or if she ever plans to do my wig (or reimburse me, which is what I really want since I'm not wearing that costume ever again so the wig is worthless to me now). She says she is behind and now she's taking more orders.
So, yeah - don't be stupid like me. Don't order from her. You won't get your wig on time, that's for sure, and I have my doubts as to whether she's actually a legit seller. It seems an awful lot like I got swindled out of my money at this point.
