Bride fumes as hairdresser turns up late for her wedding then charges extra

A bride claims she has been left absolutely fuming after her hairdresser turned up late on the morning of her wedding, only to charge her extra for previously unspecified costs

A bride says she’s found it difficult to get over the cheek of a hairdresser who turned up late on the morning of her wedding day, before charging her extra. According to this furious bride, she was initially quoted £90 ($100) when she booked a salon for wedding hair and make-up, along with a bunch of her bridesmaids.

Prior to the big day, she rang up the salon and asked if she could add some additional people to the appointment, making this request with plenty of time to go before the wedding. The hairdresser was happy to accept the extra people, and they decided to begin the day at 6 am rather than 7 am to make sure everybody had time to get ready.

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However, when the morning of her wedding came around, the bride was left feeling stressed. None of the hairdressers even turned up until 7 am, one hour later than arranged. To make matters worse, only one hairdresser showed up at first, with the other turning up half an hour later.

Taking to Reddit to vent, the seething bride – who goes by the username u/Myshellel – “I left completely rushed and late. When I went to pay. They charged me £103 ($115) a head.

“When I questioned this she said that the price was raised because of the extra heads, which would have been fine, but she never once told me that when we discussed adding on people. She just assumed I would know this? Anyway, the tip I had planned ended up covering the extra cost almost to the dollar, so they ended up with no tip. I still felt completely ripped off and it angers me to this day!”

One fellow Reddit user commented: “Whatever happened to bulk discounts, never mind disclosing price increases to the customer BEFORE a transaction and not after? I’m glad the ‘tip’ money was enough to cover the ‘hairy’ surprise that was sprung on you!”

Another sympathised: “The whole wedding industry is insane. Venders hear the W word and triple the price of everything. Such a scam.”

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