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    Desert Sun

    3.4 (31 reviews)
    InexpensiveTanning
    Closed 10:00 am - 6:00 pm

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    Snow on the ground.  Yep.  Taken at 2:40 on a sunny day.  The ONLY business in the complex closed.  Note the absence of signs.  Boo!

    As long time Olympia residents, currently living out of the US, we came back in to town for the holidays and needed two weeks of tanning before leaving the country for Mexico. We were sold on Desert Sun. Got to go twice then things fell apart. We understand snow came in and caused a problem. However, the arrogant attitude of the staff and poor communication magnified an already frustrating situation. We showed up to tan on the 26th. Closed. 27th. Closed (no signage). The 28th we called before coming. "Yep we're open". We showed at 6:15 and they were closed. What??? we called in earlier that day. They did not mention anything about closing early Called the next day (29th) and was told "oh yeah...we close at 6 now due to weather." Ok, fine but that would have been helpful yesterday when we drove 20 minutes each way to get there. Showed up at 5:33 that evening and were told by the woman there was no way to tan as they take their last tan at 5:30. I should note it was literally 5:33 and I pointed that out. "so sorry. Our last tan is at 5:30. Why? Tans are 10 minutes max and it was 5:303 I should note the woman had her jacket on, phone in hand and the apparently empty salon, could certainly have accommodated two tans. Hmmm....Ok. We went back on the 30th at 2:43 in the afternoon. It was sunny with blue skies, and yes there was snow on the road, but the place was closed. Why?? We gave up on Desert Sun and paid to go to Tan Republic across the road. It was classic to have him tell us we should have come there first. Yep. I agree. I have no issue with shortened hours or even being closed a day or two during the initial storm. However, there was ZERO communication on the door about a change in hours, nothing on social media, the people who answered the phone provided no heads up to changes. Honestly this is the 21st century. One does have the ability to manage a voicemail message remotely. You seriously couldn't make an effort to modify your voicemail or signage? To make matters worse, there was never an apology, an offer to extend our days or a refund. Very poor. I will be sure to share my experience everywhere....Bad service model and poor service. Lots of other places to go folks! UPDATE..manager responded by saying we should sign up for their email club. Really? Sign up for spam to get business hours? They missed the point.

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    1 year ago

    I like this place due to the staff !! Not just 1 but all staff are so pleasant & friendly ! Way to go on the hiring staff

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    5 years ago

    Great customer service, clean facility and knowledgeable staff. I truly love going tanning at this place!

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    7 years ago

    Update, some employees not so great. Ashley is the best. Others not so helpful. Check before you go!

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    Great customer service, nice beds, Platinum is my favorite!!

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    10 years ago

    My mystic tan looks amazing ! Friendly and knowledgable staff , no wait . 4 stars because it's really expensive :( $28 a spray tan :(

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    Wouldn't let me reverse the payment taken out of my account the same day I canceled. Pretty petty

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    She sold me one that smells amazing and brought my attention to the fact that lotions do expire, which I had no clue.

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    Desert Sun

    Desert Sun

    3.9(22 reviews)
    5.1 mi
    $$$

    Clean, convenient and good service…read more There is very seldom a wait, or just a short one. It is always clean. The only thing I don't care for is that every visit I am asked if I want to buy more tanning products. I think the signs showing the products on sales are adequate, but at least they are not pushy about it. It's very convenient for me close to groceries and the bank.

    The manager of this establishment is a total mean girl and on a power trip. She was very…read moredisrespectful to my friends and I. Very blunt and rude, horrible customer service. According to her you must be 18 to get a spray tan or have parental consent by signature. Even though we had already gotten a spray tan there last year and her employees did not ask for a parental signature. I asked if this was a new policy because I was confused due to us not having this issue last year. She replied "No I've been the manager for 8 years" with no further explanation or customer service and a rude tone. So clearly she does not train her employees correctly and make sure they are following the law. When I went into another location later that evening with my mother to sign the form the lady there told me that the manager from this location had written a note on my account saying I had attitude and to make sure I had parental permission before spraying. Completely unprofessional behavior on her part and dramatized our interaction because I was not rude to her just confused and looking for clarity. I will never go back to this location and I advise others not to as well. The tumwater location had fabulous customer service, very friendly, good communication skills and helpful. If I could, I would rate 0/5 stars. Mean manager!! Very disappointed :((

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    Tan Republic Olympia - West

    Tan Republic Olympia - West

    3.8(6 reviews)
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    I previously wrote a not so great review about the fact they would not allow me to spray tan…read morebecause it was too late, even though they were still open. Since then the manager, Kate has reached out to me and apologized. She made it clear that would not happen again, and used it as a training lesson for her employees. The fact that they took the time to go into their system and look up my phone number instead of just writing a generic response is impeccable customer service. I totally understand that if you show up five minutes before close and expect to have a 20 minute service that is taking advantage, but she understands that was not what I was trying to do. I am super impressed with how they handled thisl M Oh'An M Oh y Lk

    So I am haveing financial issues just like everyone else with COVID currently keeping so many…read morepeople out of work. I've been a loyal. I have been tanning at tan republic for 6-7 years and I have never have issues the owners are great and 98% the the employees are great. When I went in in December become my next automatic payment would be taken out and the dest assured me I had nothing to worry about any when life because more financially stable I would have no problem in freezing my account. Then only issue MY ACCOUNT NEVER GOT FROVEN AND CHAHED FOR DECEMBER and JANUARY . I so so great fun for a refund for December goddess's I can purchase my child diapers now. I've my back 5 times and still no pending refund form. I've wrote the Salome 7 emails and recover 3. I would really like this issue get resolved ASAP. I don't know any other way to get there attention besides Yelp unfortunately. Kassaundra Johnston

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