Some masters prefer to charge for manicures, pedicures and other beauty services in advance, especially during holidays and vacations, when the schedule becomes denser. However, in fact, prepayment has no legal basis – but many do not know the intricacies of this.
In the beauty world, prepayment is an understandable practice that happens from time to time in almost every beauty salon. Some masters take a deposit from new customers, while others introduce advance payment before the New Year or March 8 – when free windows fly like hotcakes and you want to motivate customers not to miss their appointment. YOU.
The prepayment helps the beauty specialist to have confidence in his earnings. After all, even if you cannot win the full price of a haircut or manicure, the master receives a kind of “fireproof amount” – which compensates for the time spent and the cost of travel and rental of office space.
Nevertheless, the legislation of the Russian Federation stipulates that a deposit is the amount that must be returned to the customer if he refuses the service. Details can be found in the art. 32 of the law “On the protection of consumer rights”.
Of course, one can refer to the law and consider the masters as mercantile and dishonest people. However, you can also understand their desire to take money upfront! Especially when it comes to super optional clients who constantly reschedule their appointments or forget that it’s time to come to the beauty salon.
Masters are people like you and me. They must also earn money and support their families. We urge you to respect their will not to go into the red because of the carelessness of strangers! Well, if the prepaid system is not for you, find a master who does not take money up front. There are even more such specialists in the beauty industry!
