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03-29-2004, 10:15 PM | #2 (permalink) |
Join Date: Dec 14 2003
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Rep Power: 0 | Well.....that is what I thought until I had a client come in the salon wanting to buy something cheap from me. She stated that she has a home tanning unit and usually orders from a wholesale catalog, but it usually takes her 2 to 3 weeks to get the lotion in and she couldn't wait that long.....so she wanted something cheap to use until her lotion order came in. I asked her how she got the wholesale catalog and she said that the called the 1-800 number that was on a bottle of lotion and they sent her a catalog. She wouldn't tell me what company she had called though. This just SUX. |
03-29-2004, 11:24 PM | #3 (permalink) |
Waiting Confirmation Join Date: Mar 14 2004
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Rep Power: 0 | We have alot of clients that cut hair and they get their lotions at wholesale prices throuh their beauty reps.But what really sucks is when they order for all of their friends.They pull that same crap on me and say that they need to buy a sample because they are waiting on their lotion to come in. WTF!!! I dont bring my own hair color to their salon when I need highlights. |
03-30-2004, 10:40 PM | #4 (permalink) |
Join Date: Dec 14 2003
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Rep Power: 0 | I feel the same as you SUGARMAG....but this lady doesn't have a hair salon or do hair, because my daughter has a hair salon and she was asking her about doing highlights. She did have 1 rotten child with her though....lol. It was total caos in the salon while she was there. She spanked this child 6 to 8 times and he just laughed at her. She just called the # on the back of one of the tanning lotion bottles that she was using and they sent her a wholesale catalog. I wish that she would have told me the company name....but she wouldn't. And the really odd thing was that she was questioning me about all the lotion companies. Really weird questions about all the lotions. I felt like I was being surveyed or tested. Thank God it only took her 30 minutes to finally choose a lotion.....I was ready for a double dose of Xanax. |
03-31-2004, 01:17 PM | #5 (permalink) |
Join Date: Sep 16 2003
Posts: 268
Rep Power: 21 | Guess we need to start buying shampoo/conditioners etc. that the hair salons carry. See how they like it. What goes around, comes around. Fight back! I have thought of doing just that. I have checked with a couple outlets for beauty supplies, since I am regulated by the Cosmotology Board they said no problem selling to me. |
03-31-2004, 04:18 PM | #6 (permalink) |
Join Date: Oct 16 2003 Location: Berthoud, CO
Posts: 91
Rep Power: 0 | The gym I go to started a juice bar and bought a sundome 48XL to take business away from the smaller shops in the area. This is a national chain. Sometimes it amazes me what big business will do. |
03-31-2004, 08:59 PM | #8 (permalink) |
Join Date: Apr 2 2003 Age: 56
Posts: 65
Rep Power: 0 | Ive owned a hair and tanning salon since 1990.Its not only tanning products being diverted, also professional hair care.Every top brand is on the net matrix,tigi,redken,ect.Ihave also seen professional only products like color bleach and perms at or below wholesale to the public.I purchase all equipt. parts and lotions through a reputable tanning dist.Makes me wonder why ive spent so much time and money for an education,professional cosmetology licence,and all that insurance stuff.When Icould have bought all my supplies from a bootleg ,and done hair and tanning in my spare bedroom. |
03-31-2004, 09:07 PM | #9 (permalink) |
Join Date: Nov 30 2000 Location: Ontario Age: 61
Posts: 38,594
Rep Power: 107 | No offense suzie sun, but where I am hair salons are making their vacation money selling tanning products dirt cheap when they don't even offer the service. Why, cause they know they go hand in hand and their supplier has it. So, boo hoo to you! Stick with what you do and maybe they won't do it to you? |
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