require eyewear at your salon?

VSminimoose · 01-31-2005, 09:06 PM

The tanning salon I work at:

We require that you wear eyewear, we are not allowed to let people go back to their beds/standups unless we know for sure that they have eyewear...yet my boss/owner/manager of our salon does not give out eyewear...you can either bring your own or buy ours (either non-disposables or winkies)

We get A LOT of complaints that we REQUIRE it but we don't provide it, they tell us that it's just a way to "rip them off"
My boss says its a sanitation reason, even if some salons do "sanitize" their re-used eyewear you can never be too sure.

I don't know if I agree or not....do you think this is odd that we run the salon like this when it comes to eyewear.

What do you do at your salon?

tanu01 · 01-31-2005, 09:09 PM

In Ohio, We must provide eye wear,yes we clean it and it is free of charge.

Sherin · 01-31-2005, 10:05 PM

We absolutely require eyewear to tan. We provide quality goggles for our membership packages and have other products available for sale including winkease, which I sometimes give free of charge depending on the quality of customer.

MATT A · 01-31-2005, 10:06 PM

Eye protection is required and FOR SALE.

Ezliving_Jim · 01-31-2005, 10:18 PM

Clients at our salon purchase and use their own personal eyewear. Using eye protection is, of course, required.

We do not offer community eyewear. We sell personal eyewear for $3 to $5 and disposable eyewear for 50 cents. Sanitation of personal eyewear is always free. That's hardly a rip-off. Our clients never complain.

oscar · 01-31-2005, 10:20 PM

We gave one free pair of peepers to all existing customers over the past year to smooth the transition from providing eyewear and selling it. The solutions were eating our shelves and again it is a sanitation issue to have people sharing eyewear. It was a huge cost but it made the change acceptable to the clients. They have no problem paying for disposable if they forget their goggles and we now have a new revenue stream with the sales of eyewhere. We discontiued the free eyewear on Dec. 31.

caribbeansun01 · 01-31-2005, 10:21 PM

Same here as Ezliving. We will not reuse and sanitize eyewear. If I wouldn"t use it, I don"t expect others to. Our Winkease are $.50 as well. All new clients get a free pair of Viewkeepers. If someone doesn"t happen to have the $.50, oh well, we eat the cost for the safety of the tanner.

sizzlestan · 01-31-2005, 10:24 PM

Like Jim we sell googles - $2.50, $3.60 and $4.80. EVERYONE WHO COMES IN OUR SALON BUYS GOOGLES OR THEY DONT TAN. After all what is $5 if you use them a couple hundred times? And what is $5 when you still have your retinas?

I think the whole "community" googles thing is gross.

PS - I have a dozen rolls of the A/G peel off googles. Anybody wanna buy them?

TanningEmporium · 02-01-2005, 06:49 AM

We only sell them. We use to provide but they kept walking out of the salon. SO therefore all clients must purchase their own. No one complains, and it is a great extra rev for the salon.
Its all in how you present it to the client.

TRTS · 02-01-2005, 07:39 AM

We provide them for our clients to use and also have them available if they choose to buy their own. If the eyewear is sterilized properly I don't understand what is so gross about it. You lay in the bed that someone sweat in after you "sanitized" it. If you expect them to believe you maintain the highest regard for sterility and cleanliness yet you can not sterilize the eyewear properly for them to use that makes one wonder. Our clients appreciate us providing the eyewear for them and as of yet we have had no problems. We have yet to have any leave the salon. It is another way to increase sales. However, it is one of those "little extras" that our clients appreciate our providing.

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01-31-2005, 09:06 PM	#1 (permalink)
VSminimoose Join Date: Jan 27 2005 Posts: 74 Rep Power: 0	The tanning salon I work at: We require that you wear eyewear, we are not allowed to let people go back to their beds/standups unless we know for sure that they have eyewear...yet my boss/owner/manager of our salon does not give out eyewear...you can either bring your own or buy ours (either non-disposables or winkies) We get A LOT of complaints that we REQUIRE it but we don't provide it, they tell us that it's just a way to "rip them off" My boss says its a sanitation reason, even if some salons do "sanitize" their re-used eyewear you can never be too sure. I don't know if I agree or not....do you think this is odd that we run the salon like this when it comes to eyewear. What do you do at your salon?

01-31-2005, 09:09 PM	#2 (permalink)
tanu01 "The Man" Join Date: Mar 4 2003 Location: ohio Posts: 3,977 Rep Power: 7	In Ohio, We must provide eye wear,yes we clean it and it is free of charge.

01-31-2005, 10:05 PM	#3 (permalink)
Sherin I love Derf!! Join Date: Aug 10 2004 Location: Puget Sound Posts: 4,765 Rep Power: 10	We absolutely require eyewear to tan. We provide quality goggles for our membership packages and have other products available for sale including winkease, which I sometimes give free of charge depending on the quality of customer.

01-31-2005, 10:06 PM	#4 (permalink)
MATT A Police Department Join Date: Sep 6 2004 Location: Awaiting Posts: 15,489 Rep Power: 31	Eye protection is required and FOR SALE.

01-31-2005, 10:18 PM	#5 (permalink)
Ezliving_Jim I love Derf!! Join Date: Mar 12 2002 Location: Virtual Reality Posts: 2,142 Rep Power: 10	Clients at our salon purchase and use their own personal eyewear. Using eye protection is, of course, required. We do not offer community eyewear. We sell personal eyewear for $3 to $5 and disposable eyewear for 50 cents. Sanitation of personal eyewear is always free. That's hardly a rip-off. Our clients never complain.

01-31-2005, 10:20 PM	#6 (permalink)
oscar Join Date: Dec 27 2004 Posts: 32 Rep Power: 0	We gave one free pair of peepers to all existing customers over the past year to smooth the transition from providing eyewear and selling it. The solutions were eating our shelves and again it is a sanitation issue to have people sharing eyewear. It was a huge cost but it made the change acceptable to the clients. They have no problem paying for disposable if they forget their goggles and we now have a new revenue stream with the sales of eyewhere. We discontiued the free eyewear on Dec. 31.

01-31-2005, 10:21 PM	#7 (permalink)
caribbeansun01 I love Derf!! Join Date: Dec 2 2004 Location: Depew, NY Posts: 1,672 Rep Power: 8	Same here as Ezliving. We will not reuse and sanitize eyewear. If I wouldn"t use it, I don"t expect others to. Our Winkease are $.50 as well. All new clients get a free pair of Viewkeepers. If someone doesn"t happen to have the $.50, oh well, we eat the cost for the safety of the tanner.

01-31-2005, 10:24 PM	#8 (permalink)
sizzlestan Join Date: Jul 25 2004 Posts: 740 Rep Power: 5	Like Jim we sell googles - $2.50, $3.60 and $4.80. EVERYONE WHO COMES IN OUR SALON BUYS GOOGLES OR THEY DONT TAN. After all what is $5 if you use them a couple hundred times? And what is $5 when you still have your retinas? I think the whole "community" googles thing is gross. PS - I have a dozen rolls of the A/G peel off googles. Anybody wanna buy them?

02-01-2005, 06:49 AM	#9 (permalink)
TanningEmporium Join Date: Jul 15 2003 Location: 213 Skyland Shp Ctr Posts: 4,192 Rep Power: 8	We only sell them. We use to provide but they kept walking out of the salon. SO therefore all clients must purchase their own. No one complains, and it is a great extra rev for the salon. Its all in how you present it to the client.

02-01-2005, 07:39 AM	#10 (permalink)
TRTS Waiting Confirmation Join Date: Apr 12 2004 Posts: 301 Rep Power: 0	We provide them for our clients to use and also have them available if they choose to buy their own. If the eyewear is sterilized properly I don't understand what is so gross about it. You lay in the bed that someone sweat in after you "sanitized" it. If you expect them to believe you maintain the highest regard for sterility and cleanliness yet you can not sterilize the eyewear properly for them to use that makes one wonder. Our clients appreciate us providing the eyewear for them and as of yet we have had no problems. We have yet to have any leave the salon. It is another way to increase sales. However, it is one of those "little extras" that our clients appreciate our providing.

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