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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I understand the need for a price increase after lockdown.
Mine has increased by 100%..
Do you think prices will ever come down again or is the new deal here to stay?"
100%  my salon has increased prices which I don’t think is fair in all honesty, I get a couple quid to cover our extra expenses for ppe etc but some our prices have one up £10+ absolutely ridiculous |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I understand the need for a price increase after lockdown.
Mine has increased by 100%..
Do you think prices will ever come down again or is the new deal here to stay?
100% my salon has increased prices which I don’t think is fair in all honesty, I get a couple quid to cover our extra expenses for ppe etc but some our prices have one up £10+ absolutely ridiculous "
I would imagine they are trying to recoup some money that they lost over the past few months, sneaky but they know people out there will pay it.
Danish x |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I understand the need for a price increase after lockdown.
Mine has increased by 100%..
Do you think prices will ever come down again or is the new deal here to stay?
100% my salon has increased prices which I don’t think is fair in all honesty, I get a couple quid to cover our extra expenses for ppe etc but some our prices have one up £10+ absolutely ridiculous
I would imagine they are trying to recoup some money that they lost over the past few months, sneaky but they know people out there will pay it.
Danish x"
Or they may lose all ther customers to the next one down the road...they got 80% furlough...so maybe 20% increase they could have got away with. |
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Some customers are also subject to an independent apps charging the customer for booking fees too, such as £5 on top of increased prices. They could have spent time developing a website etc whilst closed, that could have created an in-house system for next to no cost. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I understand the need for a price increase after lockdown.
Mine has increased by 100%..
Do you think prices will ever come down again or is the new deal here to stay?
100% my salon has increased prices which I don’t think is fair in all honesty, I get a couple quid to cover our extra expenses for ppe etc but some our prices have one up £10+ absolutely ridiculous
I would imagine they are trying to recoup some money that they lost over the past few months, sneaky but they know people out there will pay it.
Danish x"
Well considering how many were eager to get booked in I have been dead at work, the anticipated rush has not happened here and I think some of it is down to the significant increases |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Its the same in Dentists as well as paying for treatment, you are asked to pay for PPE used by the dentist and dental nurse and your self which was £7 per visit "
What type of pipe do you get with your gob wide open ffs |
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"I understand the need for a price increase after lockdown.
Mine has increased by 100%..
Do you think prices will ever come down again or is the new deal here to stay?"
More fool you for paying. Hope you never left a tip. |
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"Its the same in Dentists as well as paying for treatment, you are asked to pay for PPE used by the dentist and dental nurse and your self which was £7 per visit "
My dad paid £7:50
I think it's fair to charge I'm happy to pay it. Mind you our dentist doesn’t charge for PPE |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Its the same in Dentists as well as paying for treatment, you are asked to pay for PPE used by the dentist and dental nurse and your self which was £7 per visit
My dad paid £7:50
I think it's fair to charge I'm happy to pay it. Mind you our dentist doesn’t charge for PPE "
At dentist a fortnight back. They only have a visor as addition to pre covid and there usual paper masks on.
I would suspect the masks get change for every patient but the visor wont.
Also I didn't get a pipe charge  |
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"I understand the need for a price increase after lockdown.
Mine has increased by 100%..
Do you think prices will ever come down again or is the new deal here to stay?
100% my salon has increased prices which I don’t think is fair in all honesty, I get a couple quid to cover our extra expenses for ppe etc but some our prices have one up £10+ absolutely ridiculous
I would imagine they are trying to recoup some money that they lost over the past few months, sneaky but they know people out there will pay it.
Danish x
Or they may lose all ther customers to the next one down the road...they got 80% furlough...so maybe 20% increase they could have got away with."
That would cover the loss of wages but, like most people on furlough, the 20% of taxable income lost (so not 20% of net pay) would have been saved by not going out anywhere or saving on travel, gyms, etc...
However, it doesn't cover ongoing overheads the business has. Some of which, over 3 or 4 months, could mean an 100% increase is required, but, how long would it take to be charging such amounts to cover the losses? A month? |
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My place charges £25, it’s always been appointment only and no rush at all.
Included in the price you get alcoholic drinks, soft drinks and snacks and a magazine to take away (stuff like T3, What bike etc) so once you take away these “freebies” £15 for a decent hair cut is quite good value.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I understand the need for a price increase after lockdown.
Mine has increased by 100%..
Do you think prices will ever come down again or is the new deal here to stay?
100% my salon has increased prices which I don’t think is fair in all honesty, I get a couple quid to cover our extra expenses for ppe etc but some our prices have one up £10+ absolutely ridiculous
I would imagine they are trying to recoup some money that they lost over the past few months, sneaky but they know people out there will pay it.
Danish x
Or they may lose all ther customers to the next one down the road...they got 80% furlough...so maybe 20% increase they could have got away with.
That would cover the loss of wages but, like most people on furlough, the 20% of taxable income lost (so not 20% of net pay) would have been saved by not going out anywhere or saving on travel, gyms, etc...
However, it doesn't cover ongoing overheads the business has. Some of which, over 3 or 4 months, could mean an 100% increase is required, but, how long would it take to be charging such amounts to cover the losses? A month?"
Business is business with good times and bad...but if you lose the goodwill of your customers your fucked. |
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By *pmsldCouple
over a year ago
kettering |
Doubling the price is certainly extreme but a general price increase is reasonable to expect. Yes the staff may have been furloughed but what about the other expenses? Any rent or mortgage holidays will now need paying back which increases the current costs, they may have taken out loans etc to survive. Sanitiser and PPE all comes at a cost. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Doubling the price is certainly extreme but a general price increase is reasonable to expect. Yes the staff may have been furloughed but what about the other expenses? Any rent or mortgage holidays will now need paying back which increases the current costs, they may have taken out loans etc to survive. Sanitiser and PPE all comes at a cost. "
Yeah but they didn't have to fork out for that long haul holiday |
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By *eah BabyCouple
over a year ago
Cheshire, Windermere ,Cumbria |
My hairdresser comes to our house, self employed, increase is less than 5% on highlights and a cut, she said due to the cost of the products increasing at the wholesalers and not down to having wear ppe, which I believe as it appears everything else is increasing in cost. I gave her a little extra though as she’s a single mum and I know things will have been tough since March being self employed. |
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By *mmabluTV/TS
over a year ago
upton wirral |
"I understand the need for a price increase after lockdown.
Mine has increased by 100%..
Do you think prices will ever come down again or is the new deal here to stay?"
My barber same price but will go bask left a good tip |
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I never checked the prices before getting my hair cut and as I live near a high street that has 10 plus barbers within a mile, I shall look around in future, interesting that the majority are Turkish... |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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salons (and people renting chair in salons) can now fit less appointments in per day due to restrictions , normally they would have popped colour on one customer and then while it was developing started someone else or got a cut or blow dry done ... social distance means my hair dresser can now only have 1 in 1 out with 15 min cleaning time between clients
that means the “chair time” available has drastically reduced which would be how over heads such as rent / power/ insurance etc are shared out across the price list ... so that chair time just got more expensive per customer ... its not just about covering the cost of additional ppe
plus waiting 4 months for an appt meant i had to get full head of colour instead of root touch up ... so more product and more time
you cant blame them for passing these costs on |
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By *os19Man
over a year ago
Edmonton |
I went to my barbers on 4th July no appointment required waited 40 minutes until it was my turn got side and back shaved number 1 and top tidied up a dry cut cost £10 same as pre lockdown |
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By *i1971Man
over a year ago
Cornwall |
"My place charges £25, it’s always been appointment only and no rush at all.
Included in the price you get alcoholic drinks, soft drinks and snacks and a magazine to take away (stuff like T3, What bike etc) so once you take away these “freebies” £15 for a decent hair cut is quite good value.
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Drinks, snacks & magazine? When I go I want my hair cut asap no time for dawdling with any of that 
My Barber btw was same price as pre lockdown |
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"salons (and people renting chair in salons) can now fit less appointments in per day due to restrictions , normally they would have popped colour on one customer and then while it was developing started someone else or got a cut or blow dry done ... social distance means my hair dresser can now only have 1 in 1 out with 15 min cleaning time between clients
that means the “chair time” available has drastically reduced which would be how over heads such as rent / power/ insurance etc are shared out across the price list ... so that chair time just got more expensive per customer ... its not just about covering the cost of additional ppe
plus waiting 4 months for an appt meant i had to get full head of colour instead of root touch up ... so more product and more time
you cant blame them for passing these costs on "
Hair dressers maybe but barbers certainly don't have 15 mins cleaning up time in between customers... |
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By *HaRiFMan
over a year ago
Beyond the shadows. |
I walk past a barbershop to get to work at the beginning there was a queue of people to get in. This week I’ve been walking past in the morning, lunchtimes and on the way back home, poor chap I just see him sat in his shop by him self looking bored. |
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By *ady LickWoman
over a year ago
Northampton Somewhere |
"My hairdresser retired but I've found a new one who I'm going to see next Friday. Didn't ask how much it would be 
That should have been your first question before booking"
Rookie error. I haven't had to find a new hairdresser for about 14 years!! It's been a very stressful time! |
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"My hairdresser retired but I've found a new one who I'm going to see next Friday. Didn't ask how much it would be
That should have been your first question before booking
Rookie error. I haven't had to find a new hairdresser for about 14 years!! It's been a very stressful time! "
But at least you still have time to ask. |
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By *manda63Woman
over a year ago
Southampton |
"I understand the need for a price increase after lockdown.
Mine has increased by 100%..
Do you think prices will ever come down again or is the new deal here to stay?"
My mobile hairdresser increased mine by £4, the males prices by £2,and I paid a one off payment of £19.22 to cover the ppe and new brushes etc she bought for us. We were happy with this |
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We put our prices up by £2 however we have not raised prices in 3 years and going to in April anyway. I’m self employed as is my boss, and had to go on universal credit for 4 months. Due to working at a loss over the last 2 years I was entitled to £4 on the seiss. Then had to buy all ppe, screens etc so £2 is pretty reasonable I think. Would never dream of doubling prices |
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By *tevelizCouple
over a year ago
northampton |
"I understand the need for a price increase after lockdown.
Mine has increased by 100%..
Do you think prices will ever come down again or is the new deal here to stay?"
mine stayed the same.And with my loyalty card i get the next one free.
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"Some customers are also subject to an independent apps charging the customer for booking fees too, such as £5 on top of increased prices. They could have spent time developing a website etc whilst closed, that could have created an in-house system for next to no cost. "
Cos they're all Web developers on top of hair stylists 
Mine hasn't increased their prices yet but my nail technician has. I paid it this time round but will consider others nevt time. |
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By *arkus1812Man
over a year ago
Lifes departure lounge NN9 Northamptonshire East not West MidlandsMidlands |
"My barber hasn't increased her prices at all."
Likewise with mine, even gave me the pensioners discount, I rewarded him with a £10 tip.
On a different tack we will not be reopening our nail salon, have worked out that even if we hiked up the prices it would be impossible to cover our outgoings  |
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By *estivalMan
over a year ago
borehamwood |
had a look at the ptices in the barbers just out of intrest. clipper cut gone fron 10 quid to 17. luckily ive had my own clippers for years now so do my own anyway.know a few peeps who invested in some during lockdown and are happy to carry on doing there own hair |
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By *plpxp2Couple
over a year ago
Middlesbrough |
No change in costs despite it being clear the business is doing 25% of its usual business and incurring additional costs. As the support packages taper it cannot be sustainable for businesses to cover its overheads. |
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I’d happily pay a little extra if I could get someone to cut my hair. My asthma means I can’t wear a mask, I’ve tried all different kinds, have a real stash of masks here. Each one I’ve tried has caused an asthma attack as someone shielding, I really wish I could protect myself and wear one. Unfortunately, every hairdresser I’ve contacted has refused me an appointment because I can’t wear one. |
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