first off DONT feel guilty for ANYTHING

good thing you did say no.

 i do like the non compeat clause and if you were to teach what would you charge>?

i would tell her what i have told others, look, its taken me so much time and money to learn and reseach, that my time and knowledge is really worth alot, and honeslty to have them so close to your area, really isnt a wise business plan.

Oh Amanda, that's so rude of them. I'm so sorry to hear that. Some people have no class. It's a good thing you said no! You could always tell them you'll be teaching a class in the near future and charge some outrageous amount of money. As far as the no compete clause, it really doesn't hold very well. I had started my own business (private duty nursing) and it took off real well and the next thing I knew, one of my best friends who isn't even a nurse, started her own private duty nursing agency in the same town. I read a great book that got me started when I opened my business and the name of it is "rich dad, poor dad" by Robert Kwasiki (sp?) It teaches you how to make money but also to be generous, always helping others, the more you give the more you receive type book. I doubt that your six clients would all of a sudden say, oh ya lets switch to the new girl! Your work speaks for itself!

Look,  I just say no.  I get tons of enquiries from people that just want information so they can steal my meagre business.

   This is what I tell them.  "You seem smart,  every bit of quality information I got was from research over telephone, by internet and by trial and error,  I'd be happy to talk to you about it after you've put 2 monthes into real research  yourself.  So give me a call when you have a real question."

   Seriously, what you have to discern, is the people who are really interested in being colleagues in a cool business, versus vultures who want a free ride. 

Nobody RIdes free the first time in my book.  Sorry to be hard, but I sympathize and think you're hard work has value.

LOL I like your style Scotchy.

It really bothered me I tell you.  I said to my husband last night, why are people so conniving.  I would never dare have my hair done and then e-mail the person who's done it, tell them I'm thinking of starting up myself and ask them for instructions on how to do it, contacts and suppliers etc cos I've had that as well.  I really can't believe the cheek of some people. 

Kate, yes I agree, friends do take the p*** as well.  I had one fall out with me after I rearranged her hair four times to fit "paying" clients in instead.  Her reply to me when I told her I had to rearrange again was "I could have understood the first three times but four!".  I thought to myself, I'm trying to run a f****** business here.  She even asked, couldn't I rearrange the "paying" client so she could have her hair done that day still.  I was fuming.  I told her exactly what I thought of her.  Needless to say she texted me a couple of weeks later after I had left her to stew to apologise.  But being the soft idiot I am I did her hair FOR FREE!

hey chikkie tell them you went to america to train and tell them the only way they can do your method is by training with the same company as you have for them to be registered with them after training to be able to buy their products. if they wanted to do prostyles extensions thats the only way they could use THEIR products in the uk!! tell them it was a couple of grand to do the course!! that should put em off!! You are the diva of extensions and they cant steal your thunder!! NO WAY!!

NOTE TO ALL this lady is an absolute gem, she has been such a good help to me and such a good friend, MANDA POPS you are a super star!!

LOL you are too kind my little Lou.  I feel love on the board ha ha.  You are the angel sent from above that rescued my bad hair colour for my wedding which I will forever be grateful  x

Back on the subject though, that's a pretty good idea, I think I might start telling that to new clients and be sneeky like them are ha ha x

I am like that with computers. People want me to teach them computers, and though I coulnd't get paid for it, it's like I HAVE NO PATIENCE FOR TEACHING. I am completely SELF taught and have NO TOLERANCE for people not knowing how to do stuff. It's one thing if they TRIED but if they just are like, HOW DO YOU? and i'm like, did you click on help? it's like LOOK IT UP IN THE DICTIONARY AND IF YOU CAN'T FIND IT COME TO ME. I am a discuss not teach kind of person

(even though when it comes to extensions i have totally leeched off of all of you HAHAHAHA)