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To charge back my card? (Hairdresser).

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Tidalwaver · 20/05/2026 15:45

Booked hairdresser for 2pm for a full head of colour (dark brown/black) and a cut and blow dry. I realised at half 12, she’d emailed me at 11am asking if I could come in any earlier. I emailed back and said earliest I could go in was 1, which she said was fine. I’ve been to her before and she’s always been fine.

Get there and she’s incredibly short with me. Seems pissed off that I didn’t come in earlier and she’s been “waiting around all morning” even though I booked a 2pm appointment. Doesn’t offer a tea or coffee or anything and slaps on the colour. Leaves it for 25 minutes, then starts saying she may not have time now to do a full blow dry as she’s busy but could blast it with the hairdryer. I’m annoyed and sense tension but say fine. She then proceeds as she’s washing it to say actually she may not have time at all, and as I’m only going home after can only towel dry it. We weren’t even at my original appointment time yet.

She then cuts it quickly, just the ends and not my usual layers and when I mention it again she says about time. Things are getting tense and I’m getting tearful. (7 months pregnant too). She then wraps my hair in a paper towel and says that I’m finished and I look at her gone out.

She says sorry needs the chair back for next client. I say fine whatever, get up and leave. Issue is I’ve booked through Fresha and they’ve taken the full amount from my card. I emailed the salon once I’ve got out and processed everything and they’re point blank refusing a refund even though I got barely a cut and absolutely no blow dry.

i won’t be going there again but can/would you request a bank charge back? Paid by debit card and it was £85😭 im so upset, money is tight anyway and this was suppose to be a birthday treat.

OP posts:
advertisingmalarkey · Today 08:12

If you do a chargeback you don’t have to claim the full amount. I did it recently with a service provider who only did a half job so I claimed 50% back. As others have said, you have to prove you tried to resolve it with them first but in my case, the bank gave me my money back.

bittertwisted · Today 11:32

Witchonenowbob · Yesterday 18:04

No, charge back will give 100%

You can do a partial chargeback

Booboobagins · Today 12:24

Write a review now. You may get more of a response. How utterly unprofessional.

Def do a charge back - legally we can decide how much we pay, maybe 30% on this occassion as she coloured your hair but failed to cut it and blow dry it all of which take the same amount of time.

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