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October 6, 2026

What is untrue in talk about selling hair

Most fears about hair buying mix old superstition with schemes that really cheat after the cut. Those are different things, and they should be separated.

Conversations about selling hair collect two layers: grandmother stories and real fraud. Mixing them makes people either refuse a normal payout or walk into a bad deal “because everyone is like that”.

“It goes to magic / you cannot sell it”

Hair from a buyer like Volos Store goes into extensions and wigs. That is a manufacturing chain, not a ritual. If the superstition matters to you, that is a personal choice. It is not an argument about price.

“They only take perfect blonde”

Long natural light hair is indeed more expensive. That does not mean nothing else is reviewed. One-colour dye and curl are not an automatic refusal at Volos Store. Refusal is more often chemistry, extensions, or length below the guideline. Breakdown: dyed and curly.

“They pay pennies”

The corridor the company puts on the site is thousands of hryvnias per 100 g, not a tip. A specific sum can sit nearer the bottom or the top. Without photos nobody honestly “reserves” the maximum for you. How to read that corridor: how much you can get.

“After a cut it will not grow”

A cut does not stop follicles. How it grows later depends on care and genetics, not on whether you sold the lengths.

“We will agree after the scissors”

Here the rumour is harmful. After the cut it is easy to put you in front of a fact: “different scales, different structure, we will transfer tomorrow”. An honest scheme fixes the quote before the scissors and pays at handover or cash on delivery. How to recognise it: honest hair buying.

To get a range for your own hair, send photos through the contacts on the homepage or leave a request there. Short answers to typical questions are in the FAQ.

Myths about selling hair: magic, pennies, dye, growth after a cut | Volos Store