Virtue | HF Synthetic Wig (Basic Cap)

I was excited to get this in medium-brown because it's close to my current hair cut and color (I use a wig on occasion because of some permanent hair loss following chemo, and there are times I just don't want to mess with my hair to hide the thinner spots). I do like the color and the feel of the hair, but that's about it. The wig arrived inside out, with no netting, and it had obviously been stored that way for a while because there were sooooo many individual hairs that stood or curled straight up. I didn't bother returning it, figuring that I could try taming it with styling creme and heat, but that didn't work. When I put it on, it looks more like a bowl cut instead of a boy cut and I have to spend almost as much time trying to fix it as I would if I'd just messed with styling my natural hair in the first place. The hair is thinner in the back than it looks in the photos - I put it on a styrofoam wig head and I could see the head through the cap netting - and it's already starting to shed. I'll see what it does when I shampoo/condition it, but I've worn wigs before when going through chemo, and I know I shouldn't have to go to this much trouble to get a wig to behave right out of the box. Another wig I ordered from wigoutlet.com was in great condition, and I know that others have had great experiences here, so I guess I got unlucky with this particular wig. I'll hang onto it to practice with, but lesson learned - either return a wig right away if I don't like it…