Truemors
Imagine going for what you think will be a five-dollar haircut and being slapped with a bill for almost two grand. Two unlucky college students in Beijing experienced just that--and were held hostage when they couldn't come up with the money.
Apparently it's not the first time the salon has tried to pull the same scam. They obviously think pretty highly of their hairdressing skills.
BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese hair salon has been shut down and fined 500,000 yuan (36,000 pounds) for holding two customers hostage and charging wildly excessive fees for haircuts, a newspaper reported on Monday.
College students Zhang Yi and Yuan Sha Sha went for a haircut at Baolou International Beauty Salon in Zhengzhou, in the central province of Henan, expecting to pay the 38 yuan (2.72 pounds) advertised on the window.
But when the barbers were done, they produced a joint bill for 12,000 yuan (855 pounds), enough to make anyone's hair curl, the Beijing News reported.
"After borrowing from 16 people, the two were only able to come up with 9,800 yuan and it wasn't until after 10 pm were they allowed to leave the hair salon," it reported.
It was not the first time that the shop tried to cheat consumers. One was slapped with a bill for 4,776 yuan when she came in for a haircut last September. In December, another customer opted for a 68 yuan haircut, but was asked to pay 5,670 yuan.
The shop was eventually shut down with nearly 100 local residents applauding outside, the newspaper said.
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