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AIBU?

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To not want to pay for my hair to be blow dried?

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allegretto · 25/05/2017 18:28

I have really, really short hair - fine and not much of it unfortunately! I have finally found a hairdresser who cuts it just like I want but she (or rather her boss) insists that I also pay to have it dried. Each time I have it cut, by the time she has finished it has already dried and is exactly how I want it. She then sprays water on it so she can dry it. AIBU to not want to pay for drying? Now that it is so short, I would like it cut more often but can't afford to! Plus, without drying I can literally be in and out of the salon in under 15 minutes which surely frees up time for other clients - some of which have long, curly hair that takes over half an hour to dry and style.

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987flowers · 26/05/2017 15:05

kungfoo I'd normally agree with you but if she's tried and they are refusing even though it's priced separately then I'm not sure what she can do! Especially if when booking she's stated just a cut it's then their fault!

squoosh · 26/05/2017 15:06

A real bugbear of mine is hairdressers who have a little

*prices do not include blowdry.

at the end of their price menu. I'm sure lots of people get caught out by this.

Bananacabana · 26/05/2017 15:15

I think if you don't want your hair drying, it's your choice and they cannot make you.

I'm sure years ago, having your hair dried was part of the cut experience and was included in the price (but optional if you didn't want it drying) instead of adding an extra £15-£20 (that'd buy a lot of food!). Also when mine is blown it is very rushed as they are finishing me up for the next customer.
I've gone out of the shop after having my hair dyed, wet (my hairdresser said they needed to dry it to make sure the colour was right but wanted to charge me extra) because I simply couldn't afford it but my hair needed colouring as I am awful at doing it myself

WooWooSister · 26/05/2017 15:16

Why not just ask for a dry cut?

RhubarbCrumbled · 26/05/2017 15:18

Is it just my hairdresser that charges a flat rate for the whole job? At £20 it's not extortionate either.

GreenFingersWouldBeHandy · 26/05/2017 15:21

I asked last time not to have a blow dry but they refused!

So you sat there, after saying 'No thank you I don't want a blow dry' while they dried it? Why on earth didn't you just stand up? Take your business elsewhere, there are plenty of hairdressers!

Chestervase1 · 26/05/2017 15:27

Years ago having your hair blow dried wasn't extra to having a cut or colour it was included in the price. I think hairdressers would be a lot busier if they didn't have hidden extras and didn't push the sale of products so hard.

GOASTT · 26/05/2017 15:28

So when you have it cut currently they charge you €44? Or €24?

GOASTT · 26/05/2017 15:30

I only ask because I've never known them to price it separately but I've always thought it implicit that a blow dry is included in the price of a cut (but I've only gone to pretty pricy london salons in the last 10 years or so)

Theresnonamesleft · 26/05/2017 15:36

Mine it's £22 for a dry cut or £28 for wash cut and blow dry. London.
Chuck in the highlights and it's £60 on certain days.

Aridane · 26/05/2017 15:39

At my reasonably upmarket hairdressers, the blowdry is included in the cost of the cut but not with colour. Which is why I always try to combine colour with cut.

However, at the cheap one near me - where they are used to catering for lower incomes - you can get more basic services - eg dry cut. It's £25 for a wash, cut and blow dry, and £15 for an amazingly swooshy blow dry. Can't remember what it is for a dry cut but think it barely makes it into double figures. Really quite cheap for London - my guilty pleasure is to go there for a £15 blow dry (with head massage, depending on who's doing the washing)

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allegretto · 26/05/2017 17:32

GOAST - 44!

Why on earth didn't you just stand up?
Because I really like my hairdresser! She went to ask her boss and he said no. I didn't want to create a bad atmosphere and really thought he would have said yes! I think though I will just have to find somewhere else.

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GOASTT · 26/05/2017 17:52

Oh then YANBU - it's so stupid to list the prices separately.

happypoobum · 26/05/2017 17:56

How odd. I have never come across this before. I have always had long hair and sometimes I have a blow dry and sometimes I don't, depending on whether I am going out or just going home to chill etc.

It has always been billed seperately but I would be most annoyed if my lovely hairdresser said she would not cut my hair if I refused the blow dry.

I think you will have to call their bluff - next time you book say you only want a cut and will not pay for a blow dry, and that if they refuse, you will go elsewhere.

EmpressOfTheSpartacusOceans · 26/05/2017 18:00

Last time I had a blow dry my hair ended up looking so straight and flat that I went straight home and washed it again. Towel drying is the only thing that really works for me so I only book somewhere if I can specify dry cut.

JeNeSuisPasVotreMiel · 27/05/2017 06:45

Shatners it was my first visit to a professional hairdressers in decades (and my last).
I didn't know that the blow dry was going to cost extra, especially as the hairdresser was so casual about it.
Stupid me I know.

Tiredtomybones · 27/05/2017 07:01

My hairdresser always finishes cutting my hair after she has dried it. It's very thick so she cuts into it to make it look flatter & sleeker. She wouldn't be able to do this if I didn't have it dried there. Maybe your hairdresser insists on drying it so it can be checked before you leave?

LadySalmakia · 27/05/2017 08:46

I've never been anywhere where the blow dry was extra - is this a new thing? IMHO if you bill separately for it you can't be insisting people have it though, that's rubbish.

TheHiphopopotamus · 27/05/2017 08:59

I've never been anywhere where the blow dry is extra either but I love my hairdresser so much that I would pay it anyway, even if I didn't want it blow dried (which I do. I can never do it as good as she does).

I can't see the point of charging separately for a blow dry as if it's an optional extra when it's actually compulsory though that's just bonkers.

BadToTheBone · 27/05/2017 15:42

I hate having my hair cut, if someone offered a silent cut, I'd go there and pay extra. As it is, I get a wet cut so I can leave fast.

ThumbWitchesAbroad · 27/05/2017 15:45

I never had my hair blowdried at the hairdressers - because I never blowdry my hair at all, it goes into a wild frizz if it is blowdried.

No hairdresser has ever tried to coerce me into having it blowdried - if they did, I'd just refuse!

However, I have always booked a wet cut with no blow dry when I make the appointment, even in the middle of winter.

TheMaddHugger · 27/05/2017 16:50

Do you all speak the same language? Could be the boss did not understand what you were asking ?

LondonNicki · 27/05/2017 17:09

These days I find myself having to navigate so much upselling at the hairdressers ! No I don't want a £30 additional deep condition, a £35 blow dry or the product that you are trying to sell me and have left in front of me with a catalogue so I have to hand it back.

Why would I want to double a bill of £100 for a colour and cut. I know I can just say no and that's what I do but I'd much rather avoid it all..

londonrach · 27/05/2017 17:13

Dont get it either. I ask for a wet cut end of story.

Fatbird71 · 28/05/2017 17:17

I only have a wet cut. Book it as a wet cut and surely there is no issue or confusion.

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