ghd hair straighteners (merged threads)

littlelaurakate

http://www.hqhair.com/code/products.asp?PageID=362&SectionID=374&FeaturedID=2184&FeaturedProduct=977&pID=1

I believe that this website (hqhair) are really good...I personally got mine from a salon through my mate who is a hairdresser and even at cost I ended up paying about the same as this, so they seem a good deal. There is normally some discount codes knocking about for this website on voucher boards on here if you do a search...

Cheers

janoflan

i just did a wee search and i got everything, perhaps I should do that next time before posting but thanks for everyone's help!

another quick question, would the originals be good enough or should i splash out on the salon ones?

ian

aliwatts

notice the thanks now back so just clicked it !

Spikey_2

Need to Buy Urgently as gift! Help !!!

Looking to buy as a gift:

GHD WIDE PROFESSIONAL CERAMIC SALN STYLER.

SO FAR THE CHEAPEST IS £87.95 (includes delivery and free heat mat).

Any cheaper guys?

TIA

Spikey

Pink.

Hi Spikey,

We have a recent thread on the same subject that might help, so I've merged yours with it. As always the posts are listed in date order so you'll need to read from the beginning to see all the replies.

Pink

Spikey_2

is it worth buying from ebay?

aliwatts

Spikey wrote:

is it worth buying from ebay?

Not sure they any cheaper on Ebay, think the price u found earlier was a good price. Where was that from, HQ Hair?

Claudie

£86.50 inc special delivery on HQ Hair - and 7% cheaper if you use Quidco

http://www.hqhair.com/code/products.asp?PageID=362&SectionID=374&FeaturedID=2185&FeaturedProduct=2030&pID=1

pollypig

my GHDs died on me this morning - am distraught! but, thanks to this thread I now know where to find them cheaply! I'll keep looking to see if I can find any better deals but £76 seems pretty good to me...

consultant31

Spikey wrote:

is it worth buying from ebay?

Before even considering buying second-hand, you may be interested in this from an earlier thread on these boards:-

Date: 17 May 2006
A Yorkshire based company whose haircare products are widely used in professional salons appeared before Cirencester Magistrates Court this week to face charges of supplying electrical products which were unsafe.

Jemella Ltd. of Bradford, West Yorkshire, the company behind the ghd ("good hair day") brand, pleaded guilty on 15 May to two offences of selling ceramic hair straightening irons which failed to comply with strict safety laws intended to protect consumers from the hazards of electrocution.

The prosecution brought by Gloucestershire County Council Trading Standards Service followed a complaint made by a Gloucester resident in January 2003 who had been alarmed to see flames and sparks coming from the product after the power cord failed.

As a result of the complaint, the Trading Standards Service commissioned an expert electrical safety report on the consumer's irons and two pairs of irons it subsequently purchased. In all three cases the experts reported that the irons failed to comply with the Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations.

The product, which retails for around £90 and is only sold over the internet and through salons, is imported into the UK by Jemella from Korea.

The Trading Standards Service brought proceedings in January 2004 but for two years the company mounted a legal challenge to the case. It was only on the first day of what was to be a five-day trial before Cirencester Magistrates Court that the company finally accepted that their product breached safety standards.

In passing sentence, Deputy District Judge Champion remarked that the case involved potentially serious breaches of safety standards which could give rise to a serious hazard for the user and that the company must have been aware of the problems. He also remarked that Jemella had fought the case at every corner when prosecution expert reports clearly showed a breach of the law. Judge Champion fined the company £2,250 on each of the two charges and took the unusual step of requiring Jemella to pay the Trading Standards Service its full prosecution costs of £35,705.

Roger Marles, Head of Trading Standards, said: 'This service takes complaints about electrical safety extremely seriously. Where the circumstances require it, we will prosecute companies that flout the law. In this case, there was substantial evidence of a breach of safety legislation. These were very expensive items and consumers should quite rightly expect the products they buy to be safe.'