Dude, I'm in The Wrong Business

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I haven't had a haircut from a barber at a barber shop in about 2 years. I've been getting my hair cut by a neighbor going to cosmetology school. On her free time, she gets practice and I get a haircut, so it works out for both of us. I pay her $10, and

She'd been busy for the last couple of months and our schedules didn't match up and I'd been getting kinda mangy looking.

I went to my old barber and the last time I went to him it was $15 and a $3 tip - not bad. Best part is he doesn't cut my ear with the straight razor!

Anyway, I get the same haircut, I didn't even have to tell him what I wanted, same result - a great haircut! When I came time to pay, I figured prices went up, maybe $20, worst case, $25.

No, $30!!! He says that's about average, now!!!

Making small talk with him, he says he does at least 10 people a day!

Barber shops are a cash business. Cha-ching!!

(I hope to go back to my neighbor)

 

[NYlakesider]

Funny you should start this thread, as I just got my hair and beard cut.

Went to a local chain, did not have a appointment. Got seated in a work chair about 5 minuets later and the girl asked me what do I want. I said make me look more civilized! She laughed a bit and I told her how much to remove from both scalp and beard and OBTY get rid of the nuisance hairs.

Time to pay up and the cashier/manager said $18. The girl did a decent job so i dropped a 5 as a tip.

 

[zeke]

Over 25 yrs ago went to the drug store nd bought pair of electric clippers. Have not paid for a haircut since. And have a pair of hair cutting scissors for the beard.

 

[grover99]

Must be 30 years sense I got a hair cut at a barber shop. Of Course it also has been that long sense I had any hair on my head. Now days I shave in the shower and run the razor over my head to get what little grows there.

 

[Bald1]

Around here it's $20 plus tip. I shave my head but my step son goes monthly. It's a chain but I forget which.

 

[Rustyt1953]

I am follicularly challenged. I have morphed into an aerial photo of an ostrich egg in a nest.

I am low maintenance foliage wise.

Good thing I kept my FLOWBEE.

 

[Ματθιας]

Let me add, that at $30, the tip is included!

 

[rockquarry]

I think I went to a barbershop in 1972, last time. My wife has handled that chore since, but I have a lot less hair now than when she started.

 

[JohnRippert]

Been going to the same place for the last 25 years, run by a bunch of Asian ladies. Started off at $1.99 for a cut and up to $7.99 as of now. I tip a couple bucks so they get a ten dollar bill when I go in.

 

[ralph7]

Been going to the same place for the last 25 years, run by a bunch of Asian ladies. Started off at $1.99 for a cut and up to $7.99 as of now. I tip a couple bucks so they get a ten dollar bill when I go in.

Same kind of deal here, started at $3.99, now $12.
I give them between $15 and $20 depending on whatever..

 

[ImprovedModel56Fan]

I changed barbers because a close friend advised me that I would be more comfortable with the politics in the place he was recommending, the only barber in a very well-off neighborhood just as close as the one I had been going to. Just a few years ago, he went from $15 to $17. I continued to tip him $5 (I think my hair is slightly more difficult than usual). When we went through the COVID drill, I paid him for the five or six haircuts I missed. Didn't cost ME anything. Didn't want him to suffer for something we both had to go through.

 

[dockmurgw]

12 bucks at my barber. I give 20 and tell him since I don't come as often as I should I make him work harder.

 

[fiasconva]

My barber has gone up a little the last few years but I guess it's a sign of the times. She gives an excellent haircut and I have no complaints. A cut including eyebrow trim, which is needed as much as the cut, plus the tip runs me $20.00. When you see how much it costs our wives to get their hair cut we're getting great deals.

 

[Old 44 Guy]

My old barber retired with health problems. I tried 2 other shops & am not satisfied. Oh Well, another problem to bug me.

 

[Alk8944]

The 13 months from Feb. 1965 to March 1966 that I spent in Korea with the Army I could get a haircut for 25 cents, a shave for 25 cents and a massage for, you guessed it, 25 cents. I have hated going to the barber ever since! When I got back to CONUS a haircut alone was $2 to $2.50. My current barber charges $25, but I don't tip her since she owns the shop! Could get a haircut twice a week for a year for the same $25.

 

[Bald1]

Ok so I was mistaken in post #5. My stepson got a haircut today. 26 bucks plus tip. So $30 at Supercuts.

 

[Mule Packer]

My barber is in his sixties and has been cutting hair for over forty years. His dad ran the shop before him. He has a second chair, and occasionally one of his daughters will come in to help out, but it's usually just him.

There's a stack of magazines...Western Horseman, American Rifleman, Fly Fishing, Popular Mechanics. Good Housekeeping, Cosmopolitan, Women's Day, and People will not be found.

He still lathers up your neck and uses a straight razor to shave it. His daughters do the same.

His price has been $12 for as long as I've known him. One of his daughters, however, told him that he needed to get with the times and raise his prices. He did...reluctantly I might add. He raised his price to $13. I always give him a twenty and tell him to keep it.

It's a great place for old guys to hang out, chat, and get the latest news.

 

[STCM(SW)]

Haven't been to a barber shop in over 18-20 years.
On my second WAHL set. Cut it my self.
The savings keep me in ammo and booze!
And my wife always told me what a good job I do.

 

[Dave.357]

Looks like I owe wife a lot on money,
She has been cutting mine since 1978.
Still have a full head of hair and both ears.
I should leave a tip.

 

[LoboGunLeather]

My guy still charges $12, he does a very good job and he is very pleasant to deal with. I give him a $20 and we are both happy to see each other.

Still remember the days of 25 cents, then 50 cents, and a buck. But during those days I was making less in a month than I carry around for spending money every week now, and driving a pretty decent 3 year old used car that cost $600, and gasoline was still under 35 cents per gallon.