well, i have been offered some hard sales before and i never gave in. my family is quite spoken so whichever parlour gives poor service, we complain to the extent of asking for refund. so they don't really dare to reckon with us....

if u mentioned midvalley, maybe there are two i can identify even though u disclose. it's at the boulevard area?

is the place 2 names? originating from HK or at least got HK ambassador?
i go to their branch in Uptown. first time i went was after a friend gave me a free voucher. nice lor, so signed up for package because i didn't have any other facial package. few grands, each facial came up to about rm110? it was few years ago, hard to remember.

initially, during the first year, they did hard sell. sometimes i buy, sometimes i don't. but yea, i understand it is annoying esp when you don't know how to reject them politely and they don't know when to stop i still do visit them (got few more sessions, not sure if wanna top up) but now, they don't hard sell me anymore. will talk for like 2 mins n after seeing my muka 10sen (or takde duit) they stop.

Is it Modern Beauty Salon?

I've never  been there but I read in blog that all they care is sales and push people to buy this and that.

http://verysedap.blogspot.com/2009/05/mode...alley-mall.html
by the way, i bet they are out to con people through group buying sites too. I see their ads there.

try search for "Shakura Pigmentation Beauty"
(skip the company website and all the groupon deals)

Most beauty salons use hard-sell tactics, it's so annoying. And the salesgirls doing so are mostly uneducated people who don't think twice about twisting and turning stories to make you buy. They like to give you the 'black face' if you don't buy from them. I went through a lot of 'first trials' with various salons, but will never sign up for them. Facial packages are all extremely over-priced, you should not need to pay more than RM50 for one single facial session.

I've had people told me that the first treatment can be 'acidic' (it's a groupon first trial), so must sign up for more package to treat the problem. I was so pissed that she thought she could threaten me, I said 'Are you saying you're gonna pour acid to my face? Then make me pay more so you can earn from the treatment?'. And she was the first and only salon person who said I got bad skin    After the facial, she figured very likely I won't buy more from them. But I just wanted to know more about the packages, she replied 'Why ask me for the packages if you don't want to buy?'

Then I've had people who took photos of my face when I was doing facial, they don't even bother to ask for permission. They said it's to do comparisons later. Are they even aware it's an intrusion of privacy? After the facial, they took out the photos and start to do sales pitch based on 'before and after' comparisons. Gosh the stories they twist, there was an 'after' picture they took - Just because the angle is a bit slanted, it makes my face look sharper. LOL and they said 'Look! Your face is now sharper and slimmer bcuz of facial!' wtf  Halo, they really think we can fall for that!

Nowadays I don't even go for facials anymore, I can never find a salon who can give good service at reasonable price. I'd rather use reliable and quality products, and take good care of skin. Wash, clean, hydrate and moisturise, remove dead skin, remove black heads, reduce usage of pore-clogging products/cosmetics, SPF... just make sure these steps are properly taken care of, healthy skin can be maintained. Don't need facials, salons don't even know what they're doing most of the time.