A BEAUTY clinic was yesterday branded for cheating and intimidating its customers into undergoing expensive and unwanted treatments.
The Glory Beauty Centre was singled out by the Consumer Council as a ''delinquent trader'' after investigation into 12 complaints by customers.
One woman told the Consumer Council she had gone to the centre for treatment to increase the size of her breasts and had been quoted a price of $6,500.
After paying by credit card, she was told that an additional fee of $15,000 was necessary for the ''salinated bags'' to facilitate the enlargement.
Because of the limit on her credit card she was only able to pay part of the amount and returned the next day with the $4,800 balance in cash.
In the course of a physical examination, she was told her breasts lacked ''certain tissues'' and an extra $15,000 was required. If she did not pay, the earlier payments would be forfeited.