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Salon Accused of 'Black Hair' Surcharge [charge black people more than whites]
Washington Post ^ | Sunday, May 29, 2005

Posted on 05/30/2005 10:00:15 AM PDT by Asphalt

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To: Starwolf
as the only male in our household

Do I fit in that group, I am male and married with no kids, and regularly outvoted?

81 posted on 05/30/2005 9:49:19 PM PDT by TheOtherOne
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To: Starwolf

Well that's different. I'll say that charging a black person and a white person two different prices to style the same type hair is wrong. When I used to go to a salon, some girls made it seem as if they didn't want to do my hair. I was so big inconvenience to their assembly line wash and set situation. I've been to do different salons and home is best :-)


82 posted on 05/30/2005 9:51:29 PM PDT by cyborg (I am ageless through the power of the Lord God.)
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To: Starwolf
Ann has long hair. I'm so used to my big long lion mane that hair so straight strikes me as strange *lol*
83 posted on 05/30/2005 9:53:41 PM PDT by cyborg (I am ageless through the power of the Lord God.)
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To: TheOtherOne
Why don't stores charge more for larger sizes?

Well, sweat pants, t-shirts, underwear, etc. at Wal-Mart are $1-2 more for the biggie sizes.

84 posted on 05/30/2005 9:54:37 PM PDT by Petronski (A champion of dance, my moves will put you in a trance, and I never leave the disco alone.)
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To: Petronski

I just checked walmart.com and for t-shirts and underwear there seems to be no difference on price, at least online.


85 posted on 05/30/2005 9:58:16 PM PDT by TheOtherOne
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To: TheOtherOne
I just checked walmart.com and for t-shirts and underwear there seems to be no difference on price, at least online.

I TAKE THAT BACK, some prices are different based on size...and some are the same. It seems that all are same except 2XL...does that sounds right?

86 posted on 05/30/2005 9:59:58 PM PDT by TheOtherOne
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To: alnick

Same here. It has to do with the time it takes to style than color of skin. I recommend she takes her business elsewhere if she doesn't like the way Dillard's conducts itself.


87 posted on 05/30/2005 10:00:52 PM PDT by sandlady
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To: TheOtherOne

There's always a little sign on the racks/shelves in my Wal-Mart: "Only $5.95 (Larger Sizes $7.95)" I don't mind--it's only fair.


88 posted on 05/30/2005 10:00:57 PM PDT by Petronski (A champion of dance, my moves will put you in a trance, and I never leave the disco alone.)
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To: TheOtherOne

Usually, 2X and up (or sometimes 3X and up) are a bit more, like a buck or two.


89 posted on 05/30/2005 10:01:56 PM PDT by Petronski (A champion of dance, my moves will put you in a trance, and I never leave the disco alone.)
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To: Petronski
There's always a little sign on the racks/shelves in my Wal-Mart: "Only $5.95 (Larger Sizes $7.95)" I don't mind--it's only fair.

But, I was bucking for a discount for my petite wife...what about us? Seriously, I couldn't care less. If we did this exercise with everything it would never end.

90 posted on 05/30/2005 10:03:10 PM PDT by TheOtherOne
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To: TheOtherOne
If we did this exercise with everything it would never end.

In the computer age, it's easy as pie. Use color-coded tags, and an LCD to display the price for each color code. Each size could be priced down to the penny.

The only problem, as you've hinted, is that it seems so damned petty.

91 posted on 05/30/2005 10:04:45 PM PDT by Petronski (A champion of dance, my moves will put you in a trance, and I never leave the disco alone.)
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To: Petronski

It is petty with millions of pieces of clothes. I just hope Dillard's wasn't charging a white person and a black person with the same kind of hair, different prices.


92 posted on 05/30/2005 10:10:09 PM PDT by cyborg (I am ageless through the power of the Lord God.)
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To: Petronski
The only problem, as you've hinted, is that it seems so damned petty.

You and I know that Nike knows the cost difference between a size 8 and size 12...and they average it.

This could happen with everything. In fact, some feel DRM (digital rights management) is leading toward a more perfect (from an ecomomist POV) world, where we can all pay different prices for DVD's. Those of us who would only watch a bought DVD 5x would pay one price, and one who would watch 100x would pay another.

Sometimes too much, is too much. I think we need to stick to basics.

93 posted on 05/30/2005 10:13:11 PM PDT by TheOtherOne
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To: cyborg

The same service should always cost the same price, and race or sex should have no effect on that.


94 posted on 05/30/2005 10:14:32 PM PDT by TheOtherOne
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To: TheOtherOne

True.


95 posted on 05/30/2005 10:18:03 PM PDT by cyborg (I am ageless through the power of the Lord God.)
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To: cyborg

Likewise, vendors should be free to charge different prices for different services rendered. So long as they differentiate based on the service provided and not based merely on the race or sex of the customer seeking the service.


96 posted on 05/30/2005 10:22:56 PM PDT by TheOtherOne
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To: TheOtherOne

I don't have a problem with that.


97 posted on 05/30/2005 10:24:26 PM PDT by cyborg (I am ageless through the power of the Lord God.)
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To: cyborg
I always liked you CY.

Test question: Bo Bice and Carrie Underwood should pay the same fee?

(a) Yes, both have long hair
(b) No, Bo is a man and Carrie is a woman..she should pay more
(c) Yes, they both suck.
(d) No, no because of sex, but because Bo wants a simple straight cut, and Carrie wants a new 'Style'.

98 posted on 05/30/2005 10:30:31 PM PDT by TheOtherOne
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To: TheOtherOne

P.S. I might have had one too many this memorial day. Not too many to say thanks to the Armed Forces who have served and died for my freedoms.


99 posted on 05/30/2005 10:31:29 PM PDT by TheOtherOne
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To: TheOtherOne

I like Bo :-) but the salon I used to go to used to charge one fee for a 'trim' and another for a 'style'. I pick none of the above :o)


100 posted on 05/30/2005 10:32:54 PM PDT by cyborg (I am ageless through the power of the Lord God.)
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