Hair salons sue idol agency for not paying for services

Article: [Exclusive] Idol agency gets sued by hair salon

Source: Donga Ilbo via Naver

Hair salons are suing an agency that racked up 19.32 million won in credit at a hair salon after asking for their services for 7 of their celebrities and not paying for them.

Agencies claim that they don't mean to not pay, it's just that there's a low chance for an idol group to be successful enough to pay for these services. With over 1,000 trainees in 350 different agencies, the chance of a trainee to debut is 30% and the chance of an agency earning back its initial investment is 5%, putting them more in debt.

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1. [+1,702, -14] Why should hair salons be responsible for the agencies being unable to pay for the investment of their idols?

2. [+1,184, -16] The industry is full of thugs

3. [+1,036, -16] Don't ask for services you can't pay for... are you beggars?

4. [+585, -81] Hm... I think I have an idea of which agency it is. Knock it off.
- Where is it??? Which company initials...
- He's lying just to become the best reply
- ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

5. [+364, -34] Come on, let's find out who the rookie idol group is!

6. [+117, -4] I never got paid for two hours of working at a KBS broadcast... ㅜㅜ I never talk to broadcast reps after that

7. [+121, -8] The majority of the people working in the industry are thugs

8. [+113, -7] I don't know why hair salons and other service businesses need to compensate for the losses suffered by investments? This is only happening because companies are punching out idol debuts like they're some idol factory without being able to financially manage them.

9. [+107, -6] What does the hair salon have anything to do with a company whose idols aren't making enough? If you weren't sponsored the services, then you owe them the credit you racked up, you thieves.

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