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!
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!