Just wanted to say 'MOST' CND/S2 customers are NOT jumping ship!!
I will also add that the vast majority of Shellackers are still happily working with lamps that have not malfunctioned, thank god. That doesn't make it any better for those who are affected at this time nor does it make us any less sorry for the inconvenience to thoes in that position ATM. If it had happened to me I too would use any means I could to accommodate my clients even if it meant using an incompatible lamp for a few weeks and getting clients permission ... What other choice would I have? In a busy business, the show must go on.
Meanwhile here on salon geek for anyone who has followed this thread, it really is very easy to see what is happening with a small number (3-4) people only who keep this thread at the top of the board ... And curiously, 3 of thoes four are not even users of Shellac at all but have some sort of agenda/grudge and they are obviously getting satisfaction from stirring the pot. It's pretty transparent, would you not agree?
Just as an example ... The biggest stirrer (I will let you judge who that may be) says she uses Shellac .... And has had numerous CND lamps fail on her .... Yet amazingly, when in looked into it yesterday, neither she under her personal name, nor she under her salon name, has ever bought anything from Sweet Squared, never bought anything from Ellisons and never bought anything from The Fingertips Centre or any other CND authorised distributor in the UK.
There is no record anywhere on any 'returns' data base that any lamps have ever been returned for replacement from this person at ANY authorised UK distributor.
CND lamps can only be bought through S2 ... No unauthorised distributors have the CND UV Lamps as every one of them is shipped to S2 wired for the British market voltage and ONLY S2 ... Begs the question of where the Shellac supplies are coming from and exposes the lie about having purchased multiple lamps. It's not CND being attacked in this thread by these people, it's very plainly S2.
So readers ... Judge for yourselves what is going on. It's pretty ugly to say the least. The only reason I can think of that it has been allowed to go on is that with every page, it becomes more easy for everyone to see who is on the attack and why. By now we are all aware.
To those in genuine distress, I once again sincerely apologise for that distress. We carry on doing all we can do behind the scenes. The lamps are being air freighted in at CND expense so they too are helping where they can. As soon as they are in our hands it will be announced loud and clear ... If in the meantime you have made other arrangements to accommodate your business, who can blame you? We'll see you on the other side after the storm blows over. X