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Old 04-21-2013, 02:36 PM
 
Location: Michigan
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A woman was told she was too fat to tan at a Norton tanning salon.

Kelly McGrevey said she purchased a tanning package at Aloha Tanning in Norton on Monday after a quick tour of the salon.

Akron: Woman told she was "too fat" to tan by salon | wkyc.com
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Old 04-21-2013, 02:56 PM
 
Location: State of Transition
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You call this "news"?!

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Old 04-22-2013, 06:34 AM
 
Location: US
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How Much Weight Can a Tanning Bed Hold? | eHow.com

Exercise equipment has weight limits. So do tanning beds. The no refund policy is bunk though.
If she looking into safety info on tanning she should of known about the weight limit. I would not want to chance those beds even at 200. They just don't seem like they could support the weight safely enough. Stand ups would be fine.
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Old 04-22-2013, 07:18 AM
 
Location: Land of Thought and Flow
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How Much Weight Can a Tanning Bed Hold? | eHow.com

Exercise equipment has weight limits. So do tanning beds. The no refund policy is bunk though.
If she looking into safety info on tanning she should of known about the weight limit. I would not want to chance those beds even at 200. They just don't seem like they could support the weight safely enough. Stand ups would be fine.
If the equipment has weight limits, should she not have been told about this before being allowed to buy a month package? If they took her money knowing full well that she was over the weight limit, they're the ones in the wrong.
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Old 04-22-2013, 07:30 AM
 
Location: New England
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I can understand their point for safety and money reasons. While I'm sure she's humiliated unless she has some sort of medical issues this should be motivation for her to perhaps loose some weight and not have to be " discriminated " against. Sometimes it's not always discrimination but more a matter of safety. If she can still tan in the stand up beds then she shouldn't get her money back and use that. The service can still be provided to her she just can't be picky due to her unhealthy habits if that is why she is large.
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Old 04-22-2013, 07:34 AM
 
Location: Mayberry
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If they didn't give a refund, maybe they could have offered her the "stand up" service instead, maybe there should be a weight limit posted in tanning salons? Makes sense to me.
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Old 04-22-2013, 07:41 AM
 
Location: New England
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If they didn't give a refund, maybe they could have offered her the "stand up" service instead, maybe there should be a weight limit posted in tanning salons? Makes sense to me.
They did but she doesn't want that, so she shouldn't get the money back at this point really, beggars can't be choosers.
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Old 04-22-2013, 10:31 AM
 
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It is similar to MRI equipment, some people are too large and exceed the weight limits. No matter how you explain it to them they often get offended. It's not an opinion that they are too large, it is just fact.
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Old 04-22-2013, 10:56 AM
 
Location: Cedar Park/NW Austin
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According to the story, the stand-up bed was broken, so she was out of options to tan at that place. They should have refunded her money.
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Old 04-22-2013, 10:57 AM
 
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Just a little off topic, but I'd like to know if a person like this has any problems with getting tan all over. There are all those areas where the flab flops over. Do they lift that up....spread it out somehow?
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