what is up with thesecrecy surrounding vendors?

There really isn’t anysecrecy, all vendors can be found by either searching this board, google, aliexpress,facebook  <--------THEWORLD WIDE WEB

Some of you act likepeople are supposed to come in, hold your hand, talk to the vendor for you andtell you which unit to purchase. Put your big girl drawls on and exercise somedue diligence.

Anytime someone asksfor a vendor for wefts or wigs, the thread goes 'look around', 'do a search',and if the poster is lucky, one person will come up with a name (withoutinstructions for how to contact this person, mind you) and that's it. 

Not true. i’ve seen manyULTIMATE  threads that are many pageslong (500+) with vendor information running all up and threw it and someonewill pop in on page 423 and start inquiring about vendors READ THE WHOLETHREAD, the information is there, a lot of newbies are just lazy. I’ve seenthreads where the vendor information is right in the OP and someone pops in onthe first page and asks for a PM? WTF?

If the issue is amatter of repetition, why, on a board devoted to hair extensions, isthere not a sticky with a list of reputable vendors of said extensions? 

There is the newbiethread with vendors listed, there is also a thread in the weaves section of vendors to stayaway from, there are also reviews of various vendors (SOME OF THE FRONT PAGE) again,all of the info is readily available on this board if you SEARCH. No one is obligated to tell you who they order from, GET OVER IT, its the culture of this board, deal with it or bounce.

If the issue is withpeople thinking 'if too many people find out about my vendor, the quality willgo down'--when has this ever happened to make it a valid fear? 

Happens more often thanyou realize, it’s the bandwagon effect. You have all the members plus the people whojust lurk the boards, it’s been a proven FACT on here that bandwagonningcan cause quality to go down as the vendors get overloaded and overwhelmed withorders and start shipping out any ole thing.

If the issue is 'Idon't want other people to look as good as me', it would be prudent to rememberwhere our own hair was before we found the forums. I know for a fact that myhair was not living up to its potential before I found the hair boards and assuch, I take it upon myself to pay it forward to newbies looking for the sameguidance I was a few short years ago. 

This has nothing to dowith it, I think a lot of newbies tell themselves this to make themselves feelbetter because they are too lazy to look for the information and want someoneto hold their hand.

Grow up!! Even if super lacefront vet to the rescue comes inand tells you who to order from, the vendor can STILL send you a shag rug madeof sheepdog fur, then what? You have to build relationships with these CV's, they want MONEY and if you email them haggling them to death over a 12 inch yaki wig once a year...you're not high on their priority list versus someone who orders multiple wigs a month

The whole secrecy anddrama aspect surrounding something as simple as pointing someone in the rightdirection is the main reason why I never post on BHM in the first place.

The path has been laidfor you (me included) by all of the wonderful vets who have been on the boardfor many years. If you don’t have the good sense to research vendors, good, continuenot to post, it seems as if you have nothing to contribute anyway.

Point blank ifyou don’t have money to lose, you’re in the wrong game. 

The lace front game is COLD mane but that’sjust the way it is.