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Old 01-06-2006, 03:38 PM   #1 (permalink)
 
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Anybody do this in a tanning bed?

Okay, now that I have you're attention. I have been trying out the competitions beds in the area. I stopped in one salon today which was very nice, decor, new equipment, clean, etc. I tanned in their base bed - an ETS Solaris 442. It was okay, but when the tan was over I raised the canopy and as I sat up I cracked my head on the handle. Man did that hurt! The handle is on the inside and projects inside the bed a couple of inches. I thought I didn't raise the canopy enough.

Maybe it's a blonde thing, but I've never tanned in a bed that had the handle on the inside.
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Woah, the funkiest thing we've done to a tanning bed is clean it!!
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i have hit my head a few times ...that might explain it hmmmmm.
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next time be careful when you climb out and sit on the lip of the bed. that canopy may drop down slightly and wackQ!!. a lot of people have knocked themselves on the head. get over it. did the canopy break skin? blood shed? it was an accident blondie.
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next time be careful when you climb out and sit on the lip of the bed. that canopy may drop down slightly and wackQ!!. a lot of people have knocked themselves on the head. get over it. did the canopy break skin? blood shed? it was an accident blondie.
I know that I'm kind of klutsy, but if it could happen to me, then it could happen to someone else and it could have broken the skin. My head still hurts. I'm also glad it wasn't my salon and I'm not a sue happy customer.
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Serves you right for going into someone elses salon.
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I've fallen asleep in the tanning beds and then tried to sit up quickly when the bed shut off! Duh! The sound of the bed clicking off just woke me up before I remembered where I was.....thump! Felt like an idiot! Oh well, S#*t happens! :)
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Serves you right for going into someone elses salon.
Can't imagine doing this either. Comp sends his girls in periodically to check things out here, but I would never do it to them. Just feels wrong IMO. Anything I want to know about them, I can hear from their ex-customers and around town.
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Serves you right for going into someone elses salon.
That's probably true. But without a tradeshow to go I am not sure how else to check-out different equipment.
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I have driven literally hundreds of miles away from home before to check out beds. Do a search online for salons within an area you are willing to drive to. I think it is kinda fun to take a weekend off to drive around and check out what others are doing. I have even called ahead and spoke to owners and let them know that I would like to come look at their beds. If you pick a city far enough away from your own salon, the owners are usually very nice and understanding to what you are doing. It's just a respect thing for me when it comes to not setting foot into my comps salon. I don't like it when they send their people in my salon snooping, so I just won't stoop to their level and go to check them out. I live in a fairly small town, so we hear all we need to know about them already. You could always check with a disty too if there is a certain bed you are wanting to check out. I have been put in touch with a few salons within the state that had the same beds we were looking at. The disty checks with the salons first of course, but then gives us contact info so we can go look at the beds. It's just an idea.
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