10-31-2016 03:45 PM
Purchased a box of antique correspondence at a recent estate auction and found a 6 ounce, 16" long ponytail in the bottom of it. It's real human hair and was clearly cut from it's owners head as a pony tail.
I'm sure it has value (to wig/extension makers if no one else, but can't figure out where I would list it. Searching for "real human hair" and "cut human hair" only brings up actual wigs. But this is not a wig, it's just someone's pony tail.
Any advice on category, title keywords and even pricing would be much appreciated.
10-31-2016 03:57 PM - edited 10-31-2016 03:58 PM
You would list under wigs and hair pieces.
First words should be human hair as it is preferred over synthetics.
Try doing a search under that category under sold listings to see an example of wording and prices that made them sell.
10-31-2016 04:02 PM
@itswickedfun wrote:Purchased a box of antique correspondence at a recent estate auction and found a 6 ounce, 16" long ponytail in the bottom of it. It's real human hair and was clearly cut from it's owners head as a pony tail.
I'm sure it has value (to wig/extension makers if no one else, but can't figure out where I would list it. Searching for "real human hair" and "cut human hair" only brings up actual wigs. But this is not a wig, it's just someone's pony tail.
Any advice on category, title keywords and even pricing would be much appreciated.
If the length is at least 10", why not donate it to "Locks of Love" instead?
10-31-2016 04:04 PM
Make sure to mention that you are not sure of its age in your listing.
10-31-2016 04:52 PM
Thanks everyone! I finally managed to find a single listing of a cut pony tail to use for comparison.
09-15-2017 03:15 AM
May I suggest you donate it to Locks of Love, a non-profit organization that makes wigs for children with cancer. I have grown my hair twice to donate; it's worth more to someone than money.
09-15-2017 03:43 AM
There are better places to donate than Locks of Love. They charge for the wigs and it is NOT for children with cancer.
Human hair, especially Caucasian hair, is a valuable commodity. And Locks of Love admits it does sell some of the hair, it just can’t say how much.
“We can’t figure out where that goes,” said Kent Chao. He runs Nonprofit Investor, a watchdog group that analyzes charities from a business perspective for potential investors. So they are more detailed than your typical charity watchdog.
But when he made those requests to Lock of Love, Chao said, “They indicated that Locks of Love does not count, track or keep lists of any hair donations they receive.”
“The missing pieces of information are actually fairly significant,” said Marc Owens, the former director of the tax-exempt division of the IRS. He said the charity’s 990 tax filings show a “program service revenue” of nearly $580,000. But there is no explanation or breakdown.
“There are just so many omissions, that it’s hard to say for certain that any of the data on the return is accurate,” he told KPIX 5.
09-15-2017 03:54 AM
09-15-2017 05:31 AM - edited 09-15-2017 05:33 AM
@livadia wrote:
@itswickedfun wrote:Purchased a box of antique correspondence at a recent estate auction and found a 6 ounce, 16" long ponytail in the bottom of it. It's real human hair and was clearly cut from it's owners head as a pony tail.
I'm sure it has value (to wig/extension makers if no one else, but can't figure out where I would list it. Searching for "real human hair" and "cut human hair" only brings up actual wigs. But this is not a wig, it's just someone's pony tail.
Any advice on category, title keywords and even pricing would be much appreciated.
If the length is at least 10", why not donate it to "Locks of Love" instead?
Maybe because Locks of Love throws most donations away and charges huge prices for their wigs?
09-15-2017 05:32 AM
@pink53mustang wrote:May I suggest you donate it to Locks of Love, a non-profit organization that makes wigs for children with cancer. I have grown my hair twice to donate; it's worth more to someone than money.
They charge huge prices for the wigs and most hair donated gets thrown away.
09-15-2017 05:45 AM
Thanks for posting those sites my daughter has natural red hair and has a 16 inch cut ponytail that she was going to sell because of the huge demand for real red hair. But after telling her about the dangers of chargebacks and scammers she thought of donating it but wasn’t sure what service to use to get the greatest good.