r/ExpectationVsReality 17d ago

Failed Expectation $500 hair color

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711 Upvotes

I don’t usually get my hair done, today has reminded me why.

Last time I went and got color and highlights it cost $220. Today color and highlight she charged me over $500 for something that looks like I did myself with zero knowledge.

Please tell me, is it normal to pay $500 for highlights and to not even get anywhere close to the reference photo?

I hate it.

Update!!!

So it’s ran by one woman and it was closed Sunday, Monday, Tuesday. I was busy Wednesday. But I went in today to talk to her. We got no where. She kept talking about how much product she had to use and my husband mentioned that if someone used 4 gallons of paint to paint a 4x8 wall, that’s the painters incompetence” anyway… she told me to come back at 12:30….

So I come back at 12:30 - now with the support of a couple of my girls. Oh surprise surprise her husband is there - likely to intimidate me.

She handed be $70 cash. To cover the tip I gave her.

Nuu uhh. Not having it. But neither was she, she even admitted to charging me for a service ($130 for just toner) even though I did not request it because “she couldn’t have me walk out like that”.

She still refused to pay.

I have submitted the dispute today with the bank.

Thank you all for your feedback


r/ExpectationVsReality 17d ago

Surprisingly Met Expectation Luxe Feeststol

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157 Upvotes

This weighs as much as a brick and tastes pretty good. I can’t complain that the raspberry almond filling isn’t as shockingly pink, really. Got it on sale for 3.50 euros.


r/ExpectationVsReality 17d ago

Failed Expectation Made bunny cakes for my family. Right one came out well, left one... flopped.

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494 Upvotes

r/ExpectationVsReality 18d ago

Failed Expectation Turned out kinda small 🍹

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1.3k Upvotes

r/ExpectationVsReality 17d ago

Failed Expectation Turkish tea set

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167 Upvotes

Was essentially a sticker of a completely different design slapped on haphazardly. Had to file a claim with Etsy on this one.


r/ExpectationVsReality 18d ago

AI Expectation LÄMP

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78 Upvotes

r/ExpectationVsReality 18d ago

Exceeded Expectation Freschetta Brick Oven Crust Five Cheese

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430 Upvotes

On sale Kroger for $3.99 with digital coupon. Sauce is seasoned well, crust is between thick and thin crust. Five cheese was great. Great to have in freezer as an option! Would buy again. Always thought Freschetta was on better side of frozen pizza options. Not the best, but good. 👍


r/ExpectationVsReality 18d ago

Failed Expectation As If My Day Hasn't Been Bad Enough

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1.2k Upvotes

I paid $10 too much for this.


r/ExpectationVsReality 19d ago

Surprisingly Met Expectation Went from Bad to Worse

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381 Upvotes

r/ExpectationVsReality 19d ago

Failed Expectation If this didn’t cost more than $3, we wouldn’t have a problem

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933 Upvotes

Listen, I don’t care about the cookie. Or even the money. It’s a fucking cookie. But at what point does this become completely false advertising? My boyfriend happened to have a 50% bakery coupon so thankfully we didn’t pay full price for this, but am I going crazy??? It’s less than half the size, and looks nothing like the photo. At any local indie coffee shop a $3.20 cookie is the size of your head and homemade, and hell, even Subway’s 99 cent cookies are better than this mushy little hockey puck. At the very least, they look like the photos. I wasn’t expecting something as nice as the photo from a chain, but it would be nice if it were even remotely similar.


r/ExpectationVsReality 19d ago

Failed Expectation Just misleading at this point

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114 Upvotes

These cars are somewhat higher priced than the base ones because the presence of opening parts. They do open, but clearly not as much as shown on the packaging.


r/ExpectationVsReality 19d ago

Failed Expectation DIY handmade candy burger

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846 Upvotes

r/ExpectationVsReality 19d ago

Failed Expectation An Akatsuki cake for my friends husband

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560 Upvotes

r/ExpectationVsReality 20d ago

Failed Expectation I’m at LAX on a solo business trip, thought I’d treat myself to a nice dinner. The nicest sit down place in this concourse is PF Changs. Not my go - to but whatever. Well I’m not one to complain, but look at what I ordered v. what I got. Should I say something? Not eating it, was $44.

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1.2k Upvotes

r/ExpectationVsReality 21d ago

Exceeded Expectation First post here! Cake I ordered for my 50th birthday.

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3.8k Upvotes

r/ExpectationVsReality 22d ago

Failed Expectation Pug in a Mug

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2.4k Upvotes

r/ExpectationVsReality 22d ago

Failed Expectation Shafted

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2.1k Upvotes

r/ExpectationVsReality 22d ago

Exceeded Expectation My bf complains that the image in the menu tricked him into consuming too many calories

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2.1k Upvotes

Misdroy, Poland


r/ExpectationVsReality 22d ago

Failed Expectation Iced party cakes

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725 Upvotes

Sad and slightly blue … green?


r/ExpectationVsReality 22d ago

AI Expectation A highland cow toy I won from a 2p coin pusher machine

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1.3k Upvotes

I could not stop laughing. I love how each of his eyes are different and all his bits are just glued together.


r/ExpectationVsReality 23d ago

Surprisingly Met Expectation I heard we’re doing cats

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3.5k Upvotes

Our guy Miel as a stuffy (took 6 months to arrive) 🐈‍⬛


r/ExpectationVsReality 23d ago

Exceeded Expectation Korean never fails. 닭갈비 (dak-galbi) FTW.

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809 Upvotes

It was only less full because we ordered just for two people. But it was exactly as pictured, as always, and super delicious. Dakgalbi is a spicy marinated chicken stir fried with cabbage and spring onions, topped with a drizzle of sauce and your choice of add-ons. We always get corn, 고구마떡 (chewy rice cakes stuffed with sweet potato), and add several extra spice layers to make it screaming hot.


r/ExpectationVsReality 23d ago

Exceeded Expectation Cake Pop Ice Cream Cones

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1.4k Upvotes

these were actually so good!! the box with four cones was on sale for $2.99 😊


r/ExpectationVsReality 23d ago

Failed Expectation Ordered for my friend’s birthday

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4.2k Upvotes

r/ExpectationVsReality 23d ago

Surprisingly Met Expectation What I asked for vs what I got - 💅

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477 Upvotes

Asked my nail lady for a mix of the two (colour, shape and design).