I've gotten quite proficient at extending/at-home-repairing my systems/toupees for the past 2 years, so I probably only purchased 1 in 2020 and maybe 1 in 2019. (For background, I've been wearing since 2016 and the prices were the same from 2016-2020 essentially) I only wanted to peek at the market today for the first time in a year and noticed the prices for general 'hair systems/toupees' have skyrocketed like crazy. I won't name names, because I don't want to seem like I'm trying to shill or advertise. But one of my suppliers used to be $160-180 USD per stock unit. They're now around $250 USD per stock. My 2nd supplier was $190 USD and now they're $280 USD.
I know the pandemic has changed markets a lot. And don't get me wrong, I'm utterly willing to pay the premium. (Although I'm a bit worried where the trend in price will be in the future.) I was just wondering if anyone here knew as for exactly why the sudden price hike across most suppliers? I tried searching the forums here but I couldn't find much mention on it. I'm also baffled at how active and bolstering this community is now. It used to be so slow here just 4 years ago but so many people in this community now which is awesome!
(Originally posted this on men's hairloss general but realized most of that are men who are still mostly bio and still fighting to keep it and realized this is a far better topic area to post)
I know the pandemic has changed markets a lot. And don't get me wrong, I'm utterly willing to pay the premium. (Although I'm a bit worried where the trend in price will be in the future.) I was just wondering if anyone here knew as for exactly why the sudden price hike across most suppliers? I tried searching the forums here but I couldn't find much mention on it. I'm also baffled at how active and bolstering this community is now. It used to be so slow here just 4 years ago but so many people in this community now which is awesome!
(Originally posted this on men's hairloss general but realized most of that are men who are still mostly bio and still fighting to keep it and realized this is a far better topic area to post)