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Post By Sangcoon. 05/11/10, 03:35 pm

Where do you get your wigs from? 402399 Srsly! Im so confused ;w; do u people actually like pay $80< odd for a good quality wig!? Buy them overseas?! Where the hell do u get such smooth wacky colours anyways *cries in my noob corner*
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Post By Guest. 05/11/10, 03:41 pm

I buy mine off ebay for reletively cheap~

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Post By jpwise. 05/11/10, 03:42 pm

There's a list with some suppliers in the Wig FAQ thread - http://forum.cosplay.co.nz/wigs-hair-makeup-f5/wig-faq-t1367.htm

Although yes, alot of people do pay up to $80 for a good wig.
If you can get a good quality wig for $40 or so it's a great deal, otherwise $60->80 isn't uncommon.

Alot of people do order in from overseas, usually eBay or Cosworx, although more recently alot of people have had good feedback about crazysales wig deals - you can see the thread below.
http://forum.cosplay.co.nz/wigs-hair-makeup-f5/one-day-wig-deal-20-t9622.htm

Otherwise more people will probably post replies in the morning.

Edit: PS - getting a wig cap thats a suitable colour to match the wig is good to hide your hair too, and also likewise another reason to avoid low quality wigs, if the wig isn't thick enough (not enough strands) you'll tend to see through it to the ?wig support/netting?, and your hair.


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Re: Where do you get your wigs from?
Post By RainbowMoonDust. 05/11/10, 03:44 pm

EBay for me too. TradeMe and Cosworx sell them as well so do some people here sometimes, check out the marketplace, I believe that Tammy is ordering wigs for people as we speak. ^^

Also, there's no need to use caps and swearing, people will be more likely to answer your questions (And be nice about it) if you ask nicely. I understand your frustration but there's no need to get so antagonistic. 8/
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Post By Icarus. 05/11/10, 03:48 pm

yep, Ebay~ where many of the sellers get their stock/or are from China

just make sure to check out the seller's feedback, whether they ship to NZ (cause theres many of them that don't DD; ) etc.
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Re: Where do you get your wigs from?
Post By Riven_. 05/11/10, 03:52 pm

And once you've got the $80< wig there's shipping... and styling... and detangling...


The crazysales wigs are good quality but they're limited in what they offer. It's the same with most things in NZ. Like JP said: If you're looking for cosplay type wigs (fun colours/styles/etc) then you'll need to look overseas for it. Just like the rest of us. XD

Keep an eye out in the marketplace subforum, a lot of people order their wigs/other cosplay items together to save on shipping.
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Re: Where do you get your wigs from?
Post By Sangcoon. 05/11/10, 05:29 pm

O thanks guys xD This is very helpful <33

@RainbowMoonDust: Ahh did I sound bad in my post? @@ I didnt mean too OTL
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Post By RegnieRiku. 05/11/10, 05:31 pm

I always just dye my hair and style it Razz
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Post By Blooberry. 06/11/10, 12:53 am

I get 'em from Crazy Sales ['cause it's cheap and gets there fast] for natural coloured wigs and then I get my other ones off Taobao from a friend who goes to China every holiday~
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Post By PIe. 06/11/10, 01:11 am

I get mine from ebay or back when there were group Taobao orders.

Generally from http://stores.ebay.com/Cosplaywig or http://stores.ebay.com/wigfashion cosplaywig has amazing wigs and wigfashion recently got a new range which is much thicker than their last
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Post By hyolee123. 06/11/10, 01:51 am

I think it'll be nice to get some things off ebay...But my father will never allow it.

So I get my wigs from taobao.
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Post By angellsnz. 06/11/10, 02:14 am

www.splurgeville.com and wigfx.co.nz sell really good quality but pricey wigs. Over-all better than ordering from overseas as they are in NZ (AUCKLAND).
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Post By Sangcoon. 06/11/10, 08:09 am

Wow thanks guys! Really nice to help me T-Tb
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Re: Where do you get your wigs from?
Post By sakkaf. 06/11/10, 08:13 am

Just make sure you don't accidentally buy Trademe wigs that look like $2 shop halloween dressup bleh! (experience) Oh, and ones with no pictures. Stay away from the ones with no pictures. <.< (experience)
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Post By angellsnz. 06/11/10, 08:50 am

And also stay away from the ones on Trademe that do not give the size of the wig. I brought one and it was too small. -__-
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Post By Guest. 06/11/10, 08:51 am

I was gonna say, with alot of the crazy sales ones, they are like, incredibly small and it's hard to get them to stay on your head.

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Post By Blooberry. 06/11/10, 09:15 am

Casey wrote:
I was gonna say, with alot of the crazy sales ones, they are like, incredibly small and it's hard to get them to stay on your head.

Really? They always seem to be a good size/fit comfortably around my head.
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Post By Guest. 06/11/10, 09:17 am

^I can hardly get them on my head Dx

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Post By Pura. 06/11/10, 09:54 am

Blooberry wrote:
Casey wrote:
I was gonna say, with alot of the crazy sales ones, they are like, incredibly small and it's hard to get them to stay on your head.

Really? They always seem to be a good size/fit comfortably around my head.

It just means you have a small head 8Db Like me 8Db

I get my wigs from ebay, mostly. And back when Harmony was ordering wigs and from a friend who shipped some from China.

Generally the best place is eBay, unless there's currently someone doing a wig order from China (as they are cheaper, normally).
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Post By Sangcoon. 06/11/10, 02:41 pm

O actually a question for those who use ebay, would that be a lot of shipping cost tho? Ive never used ebay before x.x
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Post By ox0kristen0xo. 06/11/10, 02:44 pm

Trade Me

also, it was only $30 :). Though, I guess it would be harder to find good quality wigs in crazy colours.

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Post By Icarus. 06/11/10, 02:56 pm

Sangcoon wrote:
O actually a question for those who use ebay, would that be a lot of shipping cost tho? Ive never used ebay before x.x
some wigs have free shipping (or are sneaky and put the price of shipping into the price of the wig)
but you can just look around ebay with the 'lowest prices + shipping' setting thing.

Wigs on ebay can be reaally cheap, just take your time looking. I recently ordered a 51" red wig for about $45NZD free shipping. In NZ it'd be $80+ for one in a natural colour in only half the length. But yea just be careful with the sellers and quality of the wig
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Post By Sangcoon. 07/11/10, 09:26 am

O cool thanks xD so In the need I would have to still dig into my pockets xD
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Post By Hannah. 07/11/10, 11:25 am

Also with ebay, make sure you check seller feedback and ratings
i usually stick with cosplay stores i trust and look for brands i know to avoid bad sellers
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Post By Sybarite. 07/11/10, 11:49 am

one word- Taobao.

Thing is, Incarus mentioned that Ebay Wig sellers are usually Chinese? They are 99% certain to have a Taobao store that sells the exact same products for half the price- sometimes even less- due to currency rates and so-forth.

therefore my suggestion is to get your Chinese friend, FIND your Chinese friend, or heck, MAKE a Chinese friend. certainly not hard to get on of those in NZ. lol.

otherwise always look for the larger stores on Ebay, for they have the most buying power and will be able to provide a wider range of goods (including specialty wigs that have to be custom made) for the lowest price and maybe cut the shipping as well.

Good luck~~~ =DDD
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