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| - I was price-gouged at the beauty salon for the last time!
I have been going to a stylist at Ulta for about eight months. When I originally went, I asked for a hair cut ONLY; no styling or blow drying and expected a charge of $25 - $30.00. Once in the chair, the stylist quickly gave me not only a cut, but a shampoo and a blow out then the ticket for $41.00. I could have challenged the price, but saw no sense in causing a ruckus because the haircut was good, I did question the price since I had asked for and was only expecting a cut, but the stylist explained to me the higher price was because she was a "master" hair stylist and that's what her going price was.
Disregarding my instincts and since I liked the cut, I decided to spend the extra money and continue on with her about every five weeks. The haircut and shampoo takes her approximately 30 minutes start to finish as my hair is short, and there's not much of it!
On my last visit, this stylist shampooed, cut and then proceeded to blow dry my hair. At the end of the session, she said "oh, by the way, I got a promotion". "That's great" I replied. She then laughed and announced the price for that day's haircut was $46.00 (this because she was promoted to a "senior" stylist, whatever that means). Note she did not tell me about the price increase BEFORE the session. I had a choice: pay the price, or cause a fuss. I paid the $46.00, but she certainly got no tip!
Ethically, this is not a good business practice. I have twice been deceived by this one stylist. She won't get a third chance! From comments at the register, I assume her Management condones this practice. I will never go back.
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