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I chose to post this in Nail Geek as it doesnt really seem to affect other trades, or I am not as aware of it in Skin and Hair. I know I am not asking a question but this is really doing my head in.
Personally Ebay is the scourge of our industry - there are so many people who use ebay to make a fast buck off of naive and untrained people wishing to be nail technicians. As long as you guys are supporting and promoting buying from ebay then the professionalism will always be in question in our industry.
Here is a post made by Samantha a couple of days ago and I think we should all read it and decide whether we wish to be professionals or not.
Personally Ebay is the scourge of our industry - there are so many people who use ebay to make a fast buck off of naive and untrained people wishing to be nail technicians. As long as you guys are supporting and promoting buying from ebay then the professionalism will always be in question in our industry.
Here is a post made by Samantha a couple of days ago and I think we should all read it and decide whether we wish to be professionals or not.
Scenario:
Client: I am looking for something a little different for my nails.. nail art perhaps?
Tek: Sure I can help you there, I did a home learn course off eBay.
I'd run a mile!!
You may say 'shut up Sam it's only nail art for crying-out-loud', You may say, 'well I wouldn't say this' or 'I wouldn't tell the client that', but the question is WHY wouldn't you?
If you had learnt your trade some place that was known and respected, you would be proud and shouting from the roof tops... 'I've just done an amazing course in Nail Art at the XYZ school' but EBay????
Come on girls! When is it going to sink in that our trade is PROFESSIONAL... why can't we act like it and do things properly rather than half assed and always on the cheap?
Why is it that we expect lawyers, doctors etc to have achieved a degree in their chosen field but in our line of work... 'Yeh I just did a 1 day course to do nails....', 'I just learnt nail art from a course I bought on eBay'...
Does anyone see where I am coming from???