Scam Artist!
So I called and made an appointment with Taylor and went in on time. When I got there he told me they were having a party that night at Azure and didn't have time to do my hair because people would be there soon and to consider th...e first visit a "consultation". He said, "That's what we always do here." (he never once said it was a consultation, I've been there before for pretty much the same thing and Todd did my hair amazingly, when he said he would and never had to do a consultation)
I live in Meridian, so a courtesy call would have been nice. I would have understood and gone elsewhere. My hair was greenish-blue and I needed it done ASAP because we were leaving for Nevada the next evening.
I made an appointment with him for the next morning and he made us put down $100 deposit to "hold my spot". When I handed him my debit card he said, "Oh, good. My rent's due."
On my way down there the next morning I sent him a text to let him know I might be a minute late because we were stuck in traffic. He texted me back saying he had a family emergency that had been going on for days and he couldn't keep our appointment. Remember, he had that party the night before and we saw him partying downtown later that night, so I find it hard to believe he had family issues, and if he DID they sure didn't seem important the night before.
I was very very sympathetic, even though I didn't believe him, and told him I hoped everything worked out okay. I told him we were heading to Nevada and I'd now be forced to get my hair done down there since he was canceling our appointment. I asked for my deposit back.
Taylor refused to give me my $100 deposit back and told me he had already bought product to do my hair, which I found impossible considering we'd left too late the day before for him to buy it that day, and the next day he said he had a family emergency ... so I found it hard to believe he'd bought anything. I asked to see a receipt. He called me "rude" for asking. I continued to be polite and told him I wasn't trying to be rude, but I wanted proof my money was used to buy products for my hair. He continued to call me rude and refused to give my money back even though he had bailed on two appointments.
This behavior is BEYOND unprofessional and RUDE. I strongly recommend NOT going to him or giving him ANY money in advance.
