OKLAHOMA CITY -
A woman
battling cancer is now battling a metro wig shop and her insurance company after
she says she was ripped off.
Christa
Campbell is fighting breast cancer. She is also fighting the wig shop who sold
her a synthetic wig as she began chemotherapy.
"I
feel like it is very shameful that she would take advantage of somebody that's
in this situation." Campbell said.
Campbell
tells News 9 her insurance company, Blue Cross Blue Shield, covers the cost of
wigs for cancer patients. Accente (wigs) required her to pay for the $386.00
hairpiece upfront.
"She
signed a waiver saying that if she goes above the $150 that her insurance
allows then she is responsible for the other portion," said Jeanie Beal, the
wig shop owner.
The
insurance company sent a check to the wig shop which Campbell received.
"She
only gave me back a check for $155.01. That was her agreement was with Blue
Cross that wasn't the agreement with me. My insurance company paid 100%. I paid
100% and I want my 100% back," Campbell said.
The
shop's owner is standing her ground.
"I
really felt like she was happy when she left here. I think she was confused.
When I had her sign the upgrade waiver I felt she knew what that was for," said
Beal.
"It
is entrapment. That form is entrapment," Campbell said.
Campbell
insists the form was passed off as insurance papers.
"People
and the customers have so much on their minds, they are so overwhelmed with so
much information, that they don't listen," Beal said.
"Their
hair is fixing to fall out. Anybody would be emotional, but she took advantage
of that," Campbell said.
Campbell
has filed a claim with her insurance citing fraud.
Christa Campbell is fighting breast cancer. She is also fighting the wig shop who sold her a synthetic wig as she began chemotherapy.
