I don’t get nails done often, but after 3 months at sea, wanted to do something girly to celebrate getting home. I went to the salon asking to have my nails painted in French Tips, and before I had a chance to say anything more, the guy grabbed a nail clipper and cut off all the length! I thought this was strange, but ok I’ll just have short french nails.
Then, he pulls out acrylics! WTF I don’t want fake nails! But thought ok, I’ll give it a try. I asked what this would cost because I only wanted paint. Not any of that other junk, he said, oh no, same price, it’s included in the price? Ok…
Anyhow, at the end of a very painful session that in no way shape or form resembled a manicure, no hand massage or niceness, when I got to the counter to pay, the owner tells me $51!!!! I said WHAT!? I only wanted paint, what would that have cost? He laughed and said only $10! When I complained that I only came for paint and was told that what I received was not what I asked for AND I was told the same price… the guy just laughed and said, “oh well you know these guys, they always up-sell” WTF there was no up-sell, he just went ahead and started doing the opposite of what I asked for!
Now I discover I’ve been robbed of $40, and if I make a complaint to the BBB they will give the owner my personal information. I live in Clayton Park, the last place you want any scammer to know your address… Argh. —I Hate Fake Nails
This article appears in Nov 17-23, 2011.
Wow, nice rich person problems you are dealing with. Paying people to paint pictures on your fingers and complaining about it?
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I don’t get nails done often, but after 3 months at sea, wanted to do something girly to celebrate getting home.
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What does your wife feel about this?!
50 bucks for nails?!?!?!
holy shit.
Good thing I’m not a lady…
I’d be the butchest lesbonim you’ve ever seen.
You act like just because you’re in the navy that you’re some martian who doesn’t know what a NAIL SALON does and that you just shrugged and said ‘OK ‘ to every suggestion as if you were a 3 year old child who doesn’t know any better..and if you never get shit like this done to yourself, then stop acting like it cost you your left arm ‘yet again’… now you know the cost of artificial beauty and will know to steer clear.. If you want a massage, that’s called a manicure..not ‘a french tip paint job’… wow….it clearly states the price/ services in any in, I would say, about 99% of salons that I’ve ever been into and you’re in the military..you’re not stupid.
Let me guess….you’re a steward, (aka toast tech)??
Why the hell did you let him proceed if you knew it was not what you wanted done? The minute he picked up the nail clipper, you should have questioned him on what he was about to do. Did you actually tell him you wanted your nails painted and made it clear that’s all you wanted done or, did you just say I want french tips? While I don’t agree with them telling you it would be the same price only to find out it is 5 times more, I think the onus for a lot of this falls squarely on your head, matey.
Lesson: don’t come bitching on the Coast looking for sympathy. They’re are hard lot and will zero in on any minor detail in your monologue and attack it with zeal.
I think the issue here, guys, is that OB went to the salon, wanted a manicure (which, btw, is generally way more than 10 bucks, lol and french manicures usually are about 5 bucks more than a regular polish) and was given a service she didn’t want — the guy at the salon just went ahead and took it upon himself to just start doing what was more expensive and what was not what OB wanted, and you can’t tell me the little fucker wasn’t scamming and being a sneak.
I’m pretty sure I know which place this is. I’ve heard sketchy things about it, and this doesn’t surprise me one bit.
BTW: 50 bucks is a good price for fake nails, but they totally fuck up your nails and your nail beds. That’s really too bad, OB. You can usually get a pedi-mani for 50 bucks around here, but in Toronto, for example, you can get both for between 30 and 40 because there are salons EVERYWHERE. But, some of them don’t take much care and they cut your skin and you end up with sore toes and fingers.
In any event, I’d say this is a valid bitch as OB was told the price wasn’t any more than the manicure (bull shit), even though she could’ve said “hay, look, I don’t want fake nails!” If she wasn’t misled, I would’ve said it was her own fault for not speaking up in the first place.
Though. Only a dummy would think fake nails would ever cost the same as a regular manicure….
So I take back my ‘valid bitch’ stamp and say ‘I’m on the fence.’
just come on down to Fairview!
there’s plenty of salons there….
all the phat gurlz need to get their nailz did and hur done….
Also, I’m guessing saying “I didn’t want these and I’m not paying for them” and ripping them off wasn’t likely an option….
it would have hurt (I’m guessing) but it would have proved your point and saved you half a C note.
half a C note being an L note BTW.
funny thing too…. considering what an L is…
*ahem*
may as well learn something while you’re wasting time reading through these rambles.
‘Nail Salons’ are not typically licensed with the Nova Scotia Cosmetology Association. Any legitimate salon in Nova Scotia has to renew their license with the Association annually. And, as a customer, it’s your right to ask to see their up-to-date valid license. The Association ensures a certain level of cleanliness and safety that a lot of these nail salons do not follow. My advice (as I work in the industry)? Stick with credited and licensed salons/spas.
Sounds like a pretty legitimate bitch to me. She asked what the guy was doing and asked how much the different procedure would cost, she was informed there was no difference. She did her due diligence and was lied to, there is no way I would have payed anything for that, I would have made some phonecalls to the cosmo association and the BBB, reported them and left with all my money.
Or just paid the price of the manicure and that’s that, SHITD.
There’s nothing wrong with spending money on things like these. There are always so many haters on here that are all “it’s stupid to spend money on a manicure so you got what you deserved!”
So fucking what if someone wants to spend their money on something like this? It’s not like they’re spending your money! Mind your own damn business! I, for one, am so sick of getting bitched at because I wear lululemon, only use mac and clinique and have a coach purse, and yes I do get a mani-pedi every couple months or so!
Sod off all y’all haters!
I guarantee the majority of the people bitching at you about that shit are women.
I don’t know a man alive who doesn’t like the look of lulu … from behind especially.
mac, clinique, coach…
drop all the names ya wants. I just think some of that crap is ridiculous….
This shade is ‘midnight shimmer’… or ‘zest of life’… or ‘zebra placenta’….
no, it’s purple, or silver, or red.
colors are one word… no more.
When you saw him pulling out the acrylics didn’t you think to say …. NO.
You get hoodwinked that easily?
Seriously …
Oh be quiet zZz. Go back to Call of Duty.
I wish I had CoD…. though I’ve never been a FPS guy.
I’m actually giving Rocksmith a try right now… I’ve dusted off the ol’ Explorer.
For a beginner, it’s hard… but it’s supposed to be.
I’m not ‘name dropping’ and I don’t flaunt it — I just buy what I like and what works for me, and I’m sick of people sticking their noses where they dont’ belong. I have a reason for buying and using what I do and it’s none of y’all’s business!
Like the people who’s aunt or grandmother or friends’ cousin’s father is diabetic so they’re OBVIOUSLY experts and choose to criticize whatever I do/eat/whatever, because OMG they know everything (and 99% of the time their ‘advice’ is wrong and based on presumptions).
People need to mind their own damn business.
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You get hoodwinked that easy?
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More gold from Donk.
Well said, Miss.
Shoe chick knows whats up. That isnt a salon and those are the types of places where people contract nail fungus!
My bf says Lululemon pants changed his life ;D.
OB, here’s an idea, if you feel it’s important to complain…
I think its probably possible to place the business on google maps without being the owner.
then you can submit a review of the business. If you keep your review very civilized, I doubt that anyone can have it removed, including the owner.
Then, anyone using google maps on their cellphone is able to read what happened.
Valid bitch OP! Really sorry that happened, tell as many people as possible! Don’t worry, that jackass will get his kamuffins!
Totally valid Bitch! I’d definitely go with a different salon next time! Try going to Salons that have won awards for mani-pedis, or even google Salons in Halifax and there are some salons that have reviews written about them! Really sorry that happened to you! I can’t remember the last time I had fake nails, but shit does it ever hurt when you want them off! Not to mention they file your real nail down so much its sensitive and hurts! I hope your next spa date goes much smoother 🙂
The mention of sea and nails getting done triggered that old classic by the Village People, In the Navy etc etc
We used to sing it as ‘In the Gravy’
Am I retarded?
“I live in Clayton Park, the last place you want any scammer to know your address”
I don’t get it?
OB’s bitch is proof that Canada’s Navy is as GAY as it is rumored to be.
Wow Seb, are you positive?
And what’s all this then about the navy being pooves?
80s — I think I know which place this is and it’s in clayton park, so….
Ivan. “Wow Seb, are you positive?” – That’s not a question you ask gay guys =)
>; )