Wherever you buy your hair products, don't waste your money.ĭon't Waste Your Money' is a registered trademark of Scripps Media, Inc. Meantime, Evalectric says the hair straighteners it sells are the exact same ones that its sales people demonstrate. We left voice mails with Eastgate Mall management, but no one returned our calls. If your hair tool ever has any defects, we will replace it.'īut she would have to pay shipping, and end up with another one just like the one she has. We contacted the manufacturer, Evalectric, which told us Newberry can ship back the iron, saying 'Evalectric hair tool products include a complimentary 3 year warranty. 'No, we do not have a refund on things that are final, final sales,' the salesman said. So we went to the mall, saw no sign about refunds, but the salesman told us the same thing.

If you buy a hair iron at CVS, Walgreens, Target or Walmart (which usually sell for less than $100), you typically have 30 days to return it and get your money back, as long as you have a receipt.īut that is often not the case with mall kiosks. 'He removed his jacket to show me this little sign that says no refund,' she said. So she returned to the mall, but says the kiosk employee told her 'no refunds.' On Amazon, 40% of customers give Evalectric flat irons just a 1-Star review. Newberry found more than two dozen similar complaints at the Better Business Bureau website, from other women wondering if the model they bought was the same as the one demonstrated in the mall. And it's hot to the touch down where where you are supposed to hold it. Wonders if iron she bought is the same as display modelsīut she says the Evalectric straightening iron she took home worked nothing like the demo model that was used on her hair in the mall. So I bought one and gave the other to my friend as a gift,' she said. 'He said it is buy-one-get-one-free for $200. 'So I sat down, he straightened my hair, and I said, 'Wow, this is wonderful.'' 'This guy asked me if he could straighten my hair,' Newberry said.

But if it came from a mall kiosk, that may not be so easy.Īshley Newberry was shopping before Christmas, when she got a pitch from a salesman at a kiosk in the middle of Cincinnati's Eastgate Mall. This is the time of year many of us return our unwanted gifts to the mall.

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