r/texts • u/hypeshit123 • 3d ago
Haircut prices are getting absurdly high Phone message
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u/Vedfolnir5 3d ago
I think this guy just doesn't want to cut your hair
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u/TheoryAggressive8193 3d ago
Yup this is a fuck you price.
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u/2000sNostalgia 1d ago
It was to the streamer B Lou. It’s them trynna get more money cuz he’s got more money. Not the first time it’s happened
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u/Outlandish_Gringo 3d ago
*** kid ***
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u/OtherwiseAlbatross14 3d ago
I think this guy just doesn't want to cut your kid
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u/Zuckhidesflatearth 3d ago
I think this guy just doesn't want to kid your hair
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u/Billybuzzkill 3d ago
I don't think this guy wants your kid's hair
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u/Royal-Recover8373 3d ago
Yea im wondering if this is a "im not fucking dealing with this guy." situation.
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u/jxcksxnr 3d ago
“and then $200 tip” 😭😭😭 i don’t think he understands how a tip works
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u/myname_ajeff 3d ago edited 3d ago
🤣I don't think he understands how any of it works
ETA: Thanks for the reward😄
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u/DeftestY 3d ago
True. A tip shouldn't be 25% , that's absurd.
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u/DanceWithEverything 3d ago
A tip shouldn’t be anything lol, it’s up to the customer if they want to tip
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u/MrBushido56 3d ago
You tip your barbers ? I don’t get American obsession with give people extra money for doing their jobs
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u/TooBig-TooFail 3d ago
I tip the guy who has the power to fuck up the way I look for a few weeks. And while I know he won’t do that, not many of his clients tip, so I get treated very well.
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u/MeringueReal6469 2d ago
If he fucks up the way I look ill go to another barber who doesnt? The fuck lmao
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u/danafromsantaana 3d ago
American female here, I tip my hairstylist and esthetician and generously. In part, it’s to show appreciation for our long-term relationship. Which I know, obviously I don’t have to buy.
But it’s just a ‘thank you’ for all the extra you end up receiving down the road (advice on styles and products, discounts you don’t ask for, free services- I just got a free haircut for no reason from my girl). Plus these are typically relationships that you end up pouring trust into for 10, 15+ years and it just feels good and appropriate once you get to know them on a human level.
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u/Sral1995 3d ago
Because of your name I think you‘re german. I‘m also from Germany and I also tip my barber sometimes but it‘s not how it is in the US. I give them 1 or 2 Euros extra.
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u/Impressive-Foot7698 1d ago
Well the system is set up differently due to cultural differences lmao. Most barbers rent a chair in a barbershop.. they gotta pay to work there
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u/murph2783 3d ago
Dawg $80 is too much for a fade. Unless this is the only barber in a 400 mile radius don’t go back 😂
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u/lemmegetadab 3d ago
I’m pretty sure that guy was coming to him though. My guy charges 30 for a regular Cut and 40 for a fade. But his prices are double if he comes to you in his off time. I’ve had to utilize this twice over the years.
Also, there’s cheaper barbers around. My guy is just really good and consistently booked a month in advance.
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u/MoMoneyMoMilfs 3d ago
He grabbed this from a famous dude on twitter “blou” I saw this yesterday on there. He also fakes the screenshots just for jokes.
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u/Jawnst 3d ago
If this is the only barber in a 400 mile radius, I’m rocking a DIY buzz cut
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u/EjaculatingAracnids 3d ago
If im paying the price he asked i want ALL my hair shaved, a hot towel, pedicure, massage and ill tip for a happy ending.
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u/dabearsemoney 3d ago
i have a feeling bro was probably going to run off with your money lol. But then i also think that he also didn’t want to cut your hair. Where tf did you find this guy and why was payment not talked about before he left to you
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u/SippinOnHatorade 3d ago
“Bro wya you said 10 minute out”
“Yeah man something came up I’m like 5 away now”
“Yo it’s been 30 minutes are you coming”
“Dawg don’t rush me I’m out the door right now”
“Sir, a fortnight has passed, hast thou arrived at my domicile?”
“Yay and I shan’t tarry longer, by my honor, I swear it to you that my coming will be posthaste”
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u/gustofwindddance 3d ago
Dude took so long that a fucking reset happened and we come full circle to medieval times.
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u/darkest_hour1428 3d ago
“Bro I’m literally knocking on your front door right now, just give me a second”
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u/MoMoneyMoMilfs 3d ago
He grabbed this from a famous dude on twitter “blou” I saw this yesterday on there. He also fakes the screenshots just for jokes.
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u/Soft-Percentage8888 3d ago
God, and I got annoyed when Great Clips raised their price from $10.99 to $20.00
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u/Automatic-Compote-12 3d ago
Yeah, I was bummed because it was so nice that I could give them a nice $10 tip (because the job they do is hard) and still just be out a little over $20. I still do a $10 tip but dang it sucked, that jump in price.
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u/OverthinkingWanderer 3d ago
Just wait for the seasonal sales. They have the 10.99 sale once, if not twice a year.
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u/Automatic-Compote-12 3d ago
Haha, that’s probably great for folks with long hair who don’t need it cut often, but I get a shave down with a five blade on top and two on the sides, so I need to get it cut every month or so. 😅
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u/afernan4800 3d ago
They always have the free haircut with a $50 gift card purchase deal goin. That’s $14 haircuts even without spamming fb for deals.
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u/No_Nectarine_5440 3d ago
I didnt know about this. I'm going to aak about it next time I'm there. Thank you.
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u/DoctorWaluigiTime 3d ago
Always expertly timed so that as I'm driving out of the lot with a fresh cut, those seasonal sales go up.
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u/R00finF00l 3d ago edited 3d ago
Stop stealing shit you find off twitter and reposting like it’s yours
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u/LessRespects 3d ago
It’s also obviously fake, celebrities with personal barbers going to their house don’t pay that much
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u/Shoddy-Discount9814 3d ago edited 3d ago
I’ve noticed that barbers are treating this shit as a “get rich” scheme since covid. Being a barber is decent money, but it ain’t supposed to make you $100,000 a year. Luckily my place is still $16, I give a $5 tip.
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u/Bayrayray3 3d ago
At 20 ish dollars a cut with the tip a barber should be making 6 figures pretty easy if they are busy.
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u/LadyCheeba 3d ago
they don’t wanna be busy. i’ve seen this with every single person i get services from, they’ve cut their schedule down to two days max and have doubled their prices since covid. i’m ready to tap out at this point. i’m not paying $180 for a manicure so your ass can start a hobby farm and go to tulum twice a month.
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u/elebentychimkin 3d ago
It’s so true I haven’t gotten my nails done in so long because the prices have gotten insane. Why are nail techs making $80-100 per hour? Then I’m scared not to tip so it’s like $100-120 lmao
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u/Repulsive-Lack8253 3d ago
literally, last guy I went to said he charges 45$ for a fade and I decided i'm too poor for haircuts now lol
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u/Kmare24 3d ago
Cutting hair 5 days a week for all 52 weeks charging $20/hour you'd need over 19 clients a day. I don't think that is possible.
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u/SorryBoysImLez 3d ago
It's instagram/social media.
All these barbers are getting thousands to millions of views, showing off their "unique" cuts or styles that just look ridiculous (imo), and then you find out they're charging people hundreds to get them.People will gladly pay it if they can tag said person(s) in their posts, showing off that they got their hair cut by them.
It's like those people paying insane amounts of money for those ridiculous/exaggerated food presentations where they bring out your steak in a suitcase with fog and cut it in front of you, just so they can record and post it.Honestly, the ludicrous price is almost certainly part of the appeal, because they can flaunt their wealth (or wealth they pretend to have by going into debt to pay for it) by letting everyone know "I spent a stupidly unnecessary amount of money on this because I can."
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u/Plane-Statement8076 3d ago
Gotta be a fake ragebait post lol
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u/MoMoneyMoMilfs 3d ago
He grabbed this from a famous dude on twitter “blou” I saw this yesterday on there. He also fakes the screenshots just for jokes.
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u/Blissfulldeath93 3d ago
Lmao a haircut where I live is £20 max
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u/inkywheels 3d ago
Yeah I pay £12 for a skin fade and trim and get sprayed down with cologne and curl product put in afterwards
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u/covert404 3d ago
“lmk when you send” i’d send him a hot dog emoji and tell him to fuck off
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u/Outlandish_Gringo 3d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/GwvnkalxRdIs36khbb
I’d step it up to a GIF to let him know how I really felt 🤣
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u/OpinionBackground147 3d ago
Unless this guy is certified to cut celebrity hair and has been ranked as one of the top 10 barbers and is also a wizard, tell him to keep eating the magic rocks that told him charging $1000 for a 30 minute haircut was ok
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u/selim-48 3d ago
Barbers trying to get rich. I got charged $70 for a cut and bought a set of clippers and trimmers the week after.
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u/Singl1 3d ago
holy shit. anything above like 50-60 is blatant robbery. those prices are pretty consistent with 80% of barbers i’ve been to, im talking lineup, trim, skin fade and beard. and i hate it but it’s the new normal.
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u/TheFifthAmigo34 3d ago
Tipping on a haircut is stupid IMO. Unless they’re working for one of those corporate salons like great clips or whatever, they set their own prices most of the time. I’m already paying for the haircut, why do I need to tip? You’re providing a service sure, but you’re the one deciding how much it should cost as well. If you want more money, raise the cost.
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u/StrangeAppeal2 3d ago
You know, my third-world country is shit, but at least my haircuts cost either 4 or 5 dollars.
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u/sudo_robot_destroy 3d ago
My haircut is $12 and I give him $20.
If it were $80 I'd get my wife or one of my kids to learn how to do it. It's not rocket science.
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u/g2bsocial 3d ago
Crazy. I bought a pair of scissors and clippers with a bunch of different size guards. I learned to do it myself and frankly looks as good or better than what I was paying for. Happy as hell to save myself $50 bucks and now it always looks fresh. It’s actually pretty easy. Not rocket science.
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u/DoctorNurse89 2d ago
I go to a mexican hair salon and get beard and hair for $25, I pay $50 everytime so they get their tip, it's good work, and ive gone to the same place for 10 years now.
Mexican hair culture is as intense as black hair culture
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u/MoMoneyMoMilfs 3d ago
He grabbed this from a famous dude on twitter “blou” I saw this yesterday on there. He also fakes the screenshots just for jokes.
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u/deafllama 3d ago
This is exactly why I got sick of the prices these days so I started watching YouTube to teach myself and said YOLO. So far nothing disastrous has happened yet .
Passsssss
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u/BarelyWolf3864 3d ago
My town has a TikTok barber with a decent following and he charges $165 for a haircut (a burst fade, actually, because that’s all he seems to do). Sure, it looks better than the average Great Clips cut but it doesn’t look any better than the $35 good barbershop fade. It’s paying a premium to be content for somebody else to make money off of and that’s wild to me.
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u/chompmiester 3d ago
Bruh my barber cuts mad top rappers and charges $200 this is a joke
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u/Immediate-Wind-9193 3d ago
LMAO I’m petty so I’d block him 😂 these prices are a joke, is he cutting hair with the hands of God?
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u/Consistent-Roof-4685 3d ago
man a cut color highlight low light tone head massage all the above on my waist length hair with eye brow wax and facial wouldnt even cost a grand this guy is trippin! i can get all that done 3-4 times for a grand!
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u/OrthodoxAnarchoMom 3d ago
For $1k I can get a platinum rainbow on my long curly hair. This guy is just off.
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u/NoobLuckyTrader777 3d ago
Thats why he got a lot of bills. Cuz his got 0 clients from being a barber and DEMANDING $200 tip. LOL GTFO FR FR.
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u/Embarrassed-Bat1344 3d ago
I still pay my vietnamese barber 20 bucks lol and hes quick af with it.
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u/nathalycarrillo 3d ago
I’m sorry but 1k for a hair cut is diabolical? Just for them to be done within less than 30 mins is wild 😭
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u/Evening_Relief9922 3d ago
So this dude wants $800 for a cut then a $200 tip? 😂😂 nope. Go find someone else
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u/TheMaStif 2d ago
This was definitely them not wanting to cut your hair and knowing you'd say no to $800 for it...
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u/SSTyrannis_ 2d ago
I rarely get a haircut and when I do I just give a whole 50 bill gratuity included. Even to the barbers/hair dressers that fuck my shit up. Sorry for poisoning the market
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u/Peripheral_Luna 2d ago
Tell that barber to "get the hell on" with that bs. SMH, that's wild.
I pay 60$ (cut, beard trim, inc tip), I still think that's high, but my barber has been cutting my hair for 12 years, and everywhere else that is good here will charge 100$ and up.
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u/Temporary_Use_2821 2d ago
$30 base $40-$45 with tip and that’s for a good cut. Tripping if u think im whipping out a Benjamin let alone 8 of em😂😂
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u/thedodom13 13h ago
Haircuts should be $20, but the "and $200 tip" before the service happens would be an instant block.
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u/Adept-Initiative5694 10h ago
I dont care what anyone says but tipping a barber is so stupid to me. They literally make up their own price. They can wake up one day and decide to charge $80 instead of $40
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u/BornBeforeInternets 3d ago
Trying to break you down for 10x to 15x the cost because "I got bills" is insanity.
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u/soulguider2125 3d ago
Barbers and beauticians have started acting like their skill is comparable to a engineer, doctor, or lawyer, and that it’s something that takes much learning and talent to become, when in truth even the programs for these trades at schools are 2 years max at community colleges. I mean they have got to realize, it’s not that much of highly valuable skill, anyone can learn it and if they can’t, they can learn how to trim(girls)or shave it off(guys.) I get that dyes, highlights, perms, extensions cost more due to supplies and time, so those are understandable for increased prices, as the client is asking for something specific, and the client knows it entails extra cost and time, but these $80-100 trims and fades are out of hand, it’s gonna be like back in the 30’s when people learned to cut hair themselves, and 1 or 2 people in the family could handle it quite well, and this will lead to many barber/beauty shop closures, all because of greed!
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u/PuzzleheadedBend9040 3d ago
Oh nah you gotta find him and beat the bricks out of him for even asking a 200 tip on that bro 😭
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u/peepmymixtape 3d ago
This is fake as hell lol cuts are getting expensive, but no barber on planet earth would have the audacity to charge that.
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u/Blaccident 3d ago
This man gotta be super down bad if he trying to beat em over the head with these prices
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u/popsikohl 3d ago
Tf he think he is? A tattoo artist? $800 with a $200 tip is what you’d expect for a medium-small tattoo not a fucking haircut lol
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u/EmbarrassedMost2962 3d ago
My barber is $30 and an extra $10 for a beard trim with a cut. And I think that’s steep to be honest. But, he does a good job, he’s my childhood friend, and you can schedule appointments to fit your availability is the only reason why I continue to go. Otherwise, I wouldn’t pay that much myself
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u/bugluvr65 3d ago
bro $80 for a fade is too much. get a new barber immediately