Ok so I too was told at Schonemans<our local supplier> now owned by Sally's that CND's gel bond was discontinued ??? Hmmmm wonder if it is true. What will we ever do to replace it. Dawn [email protected] Lancaster,PA
-----Original Message----- From: Debbie Doerrlamm <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, Apr 7, 2010 10:05 am Subject: Re: NailTech:: too long for the blog but still a RANT! OK ladies.. you mostly all know I don't do nails much anymore.. but occasionally I do and occasionally I need some supplies..Cosmoprof is right around the corner so I headed there in my errandmarathon yesterday.. the CND Gel Bond I needed was not for nails, but Ihad to repair something :) Love this part.. 2 employees, both in the back room - which isn't reallya room, but a 3/4 high partition wall.. neither saw me come in, whichleads to neither acknowledged my presence, which leads to not asking meif I had a card/license to shop there.. both talking VERY loud andlaughing back there.. I find my Gel Bond on 30 seconds flat and wander around looking at whatthey [did not] have on the shelves.. there was I must admit a decentamount of CND, OPI, sundries and a dappling of other brands.. enough thatyou could actually buy things you need.. but.. the bigger question washow old was it all?? I was soon to find out :) I didn't NEED that big tube of glue.. I REALLY only needed the littleone, but they didn't have any of the little ones, so I was sorta stuckcoughing up $7.60 for the big one. I head over to the register - one ofthe 2 clerks finally appeared and now asks me for my card, which Iproduce. I ask her, "Have you got any of the smaller tubes?" Iget an immediate "no" reply. OK then.. lets get this donewith.. She now starts to ring it up, there is some confusion, she marchesover to the shelves and starts looking for where they are.. I have topoint it out to her.. She comes back to the register and does some moretyping and announces to me, "oh that's why... this product is beingdiscontinued." I said I didn't think so.. she says oh yes.. theyaren't making this any more that's why I had trouble looking it up. Yea sure.. CND stop making Gel Bond?? I'm highly doubting that thoughtprocess, but whatever.. it is useless to go down that yellow brick roadwith this girl.. Now the best part.. she says: what does this "stuff" do?? it isfor gel nails? After a nano second of OMG shock, I gave her my best nailtech educated response about it's use, application, why you need it overKrazy Glue (which she says is what SHE uses to apply tips). The clerk doesn't ask me if I want a bag, she simply drops the tube in myopen purse.. I pay my $8.15 and bid my adieu.. This morning I fish the tube out of my purse and go get the piece fromthe fridge I needed to glue. Next, experience tells me I need to take theentire cap off, poke the foil protector thingie there and replace theentire cap. Done with that, I remove the cap and gently squeezepraying the gel will not just keep coming out eternally but if doneproperly you can "reverse squeeze" and stop the flow.. Isqueeze.. nothing.. I squeeze a little more nothing.. now I remove theentire cap and there is just enough gel there protruding from the foilprotection thingie for what I need.. BUT.. if you ever used GelBond that was OLD, you know it becomes like melted string cheese andthats what this was.. Knowing better, I applied it any way.. It hasbeen well over an hour and it still has not glued the 2 piecestogether.. Of course the tube and receipt are now sitting on the counter ready to bereturned in the next errand run. Personally.. if I was still doing nails full time I would be mailordering everything.. never set foot in anything other than Sally's causethey have the best triple cotton balls at the best price.. Read allabout my Shopping Theory on the new News Bytes section of the site..http://www.beautytech.com/shoppe/article_info.php?articles_id=64 OK thats it off my soap box for now.. now back to your regularprogramming :) Regards, Debbie ^v^ ^o^ //\o/\\ ^o^ ^v^ Webmaster -System Admin - IDSR [email protected] (AOL or AIM - NailGdsss) WWWeb Services, Ronkonkoma, NY & Rocky Mount, VA 631-981-1273 fax 631-981-7557 ONLINE STOREhttp://www.beautytech.com/shoppe http://www.beautytech.com &http://www.beautytech.INFO forProfessionals for Consumers -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NailTech" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nailtech?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NailTech" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nailtech?hl=en.
