karenv71

Ok call me stupid...but I don't get that. As a tanner I think it matters huge what kind of beds you use. I leave town to tan because the one close by has horrible beds. Is there something that I am missing?

mr belvedere

Sorry, I was really just joking around with you. Good luck up there.

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TomorrowSun

This is one of the main reasons people open new tanning salons.

First and formost, you must do research and ask questions. I can help point you in the right direction if you want. I do sell Sportarredo equipment. Our equipment can hold its own against UWE equipment in tanning ability, looks and price. But it just doesn't matter what equipment you get if you have not done your research first. Our business is NOT "if I build it they will come" business.
You must know what your selling and how to sell it. The right equipment mix is a very important decision as well.

Give me a call or PM and I would love to answer any question you might have.

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mr belvedere

Okay, since I'm still wide awake, and I just renewed my subscription to this fabulous site for Indoor Tanning Professionals, I'll go ahead and tell you what was on my mind earlier, because, I wasn't entirely joking with you earlier when I said it didn't really matter what bed mfr you went with in Canada. The truth is, it does matter to you in more ways than you'll know in the first three years, but doesn't matter much to your clientelle in the first 3 months.

The fact is, the majority of tanning equipment being mfrd (pardon my shorthand) today is very good. "Very good" meaning that it will give your customer a great tan if you and they follow skintyping and exposure schedules based on lamp strength (will get into lamp strength in just a sec ;-).

The problem with equipment these days, as I see it is, what happens when that equipment quits coming on? Ie, it quits working. Won't start. Start's but some lamps are out; a lot of lamps are out; there's an error message on the digital display. What do you, the salon owner, do then? Is there a bed tech you can afford available locally? Can you fix the problems yourself as they arrive? Wrranties are great, but they don't keep beds running 24/7 (or whatever the rate is in Canada - hehe). I could go on with the nightmares, but I hope this is enough for you to get my point.

Every mfr out there puts out a bed that "tans your client to one degree or another" - that's why it "doesn't matter" what you go with in Canada, or anywhere else for that matter. That's also the reason for your confusion, which you talked about in your initial post. EVERY SALON OWNER will say they have "the best beds", "this bed OUT-TANS evry other bed in its class, hands down", blah blah blah, etc - until they have a problem with the bed, with repairs, with parts, etc. Then you see the complaints on the websites - if you're quick! ;-) (You vets know what I mean by that)

Okay, now for the lamps (hope it only took a sec to read the prelude). Unlike with equipment, with lamps, "you get what you pay for". Lamps are priced from cheapest (worst), to most "expensive" ,best tanning (I put expensive in quotes because you are going to pay different prices for the same lamps you can get from every other disty almost, depending on brand name and distributor - every disty [there I go with the shorthand again!] is going to price their lamps by grade, from crappiest to best). Back on track now - if you put "good lamps" in your beds, your customers will get what they came to you for - the "brown", and everything they think goes along with that (but that's an entirely different subject, isn't it? hehe).

In summary, bed choice makes a huge difference to you, the salon owner, and only a minor differences to the tanner. Now, some beds have certain amenities for customers that make a real differences - others are just BS.

Hope this helped. Good luck up there! -Belvy

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mr belvedere

No responses? Hmmm. I knew that was too much crap to post! hehe Listen, just go with the big shiny ones with the "curb appeal" and all of the "amenities" for the "tanner", and you'll be aces mon amis. Adieu. - Monsieur Belvement

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karenv71

Thanks for all that info...I really do appreciate it.