Excuses Hair Salons Use to Grab Money

Wanted to give Reds @ Takashimaya another chance. Dropped by today after dropping by Naoki Yoshit by Shit @ Liang Court.

For the first time, the Reds receptionist smiled at me. But she is not the receptionist. Don't know who she is but she was standing beside the counter when I approached. The price list was displayed on the counter with price range for ladies' cut starting from $42+.

I asked her to confirm if it was $42+ as stated. She then called a younger woman who had appeared & posed the question to her.

The younger woman asked how long is my hair (because it's tied up). I said about past the shoulders & indicated the approximate level with a horizontal hand. Even though the counter was low & she could see fine, she didn't seem to get the idea.

Then she got it & said $53 (& some cents).

Such a way to earn money. Paying more just to have that part of the hair cut to the floor. Where's the logic in that? Of course it has nothing to do with logic, but everything to do with taking as much money as they can off the customer. If it's possible to take money without doing anything, they will do it.

Currently, I have long hair but want to cut it short. But they are charging long hair price. Which really isn't fair.

They can just as easily charge the short hair price because they should just charge for the finished result (which will be short hair).

But they purposely make use of the different hair lengths to make more money. Because actually a haircut is very cheap & easy to do. Notice how fast it's done.  Don't need any special skills. These people aren't even professionally trained or schooled. No degree, no diploma. They are uneducated. Most of them come out of Malaysia.

They call themselves "director", "creative director" just to get more money. It's just a hanging name plate. Anyone with cash can open a shop & call himself/herself "director" & charge plenty.

$53 for a haircut. It's so wrong & yet people let them do it. Not only Reds salon but many other salons with ridiculous prices.

It's not that customers can't pay. It's that they shouldn't pay.  Then the salons will be forced to lower their prices.

The other jackpot that salons get their hands on, is from perms & hair dyeing. Customers can't calculate this because it's subjective & dependent on the "contractor" (that is, salon). It means salons can quote and charge any price they like.

The only way to get out of this, is Not pay for prices that have been unfairly charged without your knowledge. It is not a crime to fight for your right as a customer. If you don't have the amount of money, there's no way you can pay.  No credit card, don't have the money in the bank. How to pay?

Since the price has been arbitrarily charged by the salon without consent from the customer, the customer can also arbitrarily not pay. I don't know why women keep forcing themselves to pay hundreds of dollars over perms & hair dyes that weren't what they wanted.

If you decide not to pay, just make some believable excuse to get out & leave once you get the chance.  Even if they get a staff to accompany you, just shake the fellow off the moment you get the chance.  Alternatively, just run off fast & disappear. No use quarreling in the salon refusing to pay because it'll just be wasting time & very troublesome.

Since such salons want to con, only fools will pay.

Today, I scouted DA hairdressing, Naoki Yoshit by Shit, & Reds.

I had actually booked appointment online with DA due to their promo price, but last minute found out hairstylist is Malaysian with strong traditional Chinese mentality (translates as not creative). Cancelled appointment. But later in the day, after Naoki Shit, I dropped by Far East to look at DA. Ahh..after 2 rounds of passing by & seeing the quite handsome hairstylist standing at the door, I still couldn't bring myself to go into the small shop (tempting with no customers). So small shop, so unprofessional-looking.  So scared the hairstylist will cut wrong.

In the end, I shopped at Takashimaya Cold Storage supermarket & went home. Returned home with the same hair. And I'm happy because it's better than getting a bad haircut (even though I need a haircut). 

Too bad QB can't cut. Otherwise $12 is just about the right price. After all the crap I've been through with salons (including Kim Roshitson), I think I'm only willing to pay $20 for a haircut.

I really don't wish to pay for a salon's name, rent, utility bills, staff salaries & that "free" cup of drink when I go for a haircut.