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Are Barbers Today Over Charging People Or Nah?
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No. In 1987 I was paying $10 and had a flat top. Making $3.40 an hour at McDonald's. Ran out and got that cut after I saw Cameo perform "Word Up". It's 2022 and I pay $30 to our Barber for my sons plus a $5 tip.
I didn't have time to do it myself. Believe me it's not a common occurrence
Cuts before Covid in my area were 15-20, now they 30-40. During the height of Covid my barber was damn near begging me to come to the shop, how the fuck did cuts double in 2-3 years. Inflation my ass
THIS!!!!!... even Walmart has raised their prices on everything in the store...smh
I see those videos on IG all the time but have yet to actually see a man with one in real life. Those guys mess up by doing to much, how you go in bald/blading in the middle and come out with waves, locs or another hairstyle with a bunch of hair on top of your head
I use one of these too, but with 5 heads not 4
Thanks to covid I started cutting my own hair...result's?
In '21 I had to get a new passport photo taken, the photo from '11 (barber cut) looked just like the one for '21 (my cut)
In '21 I had to get a new passport photo taken, the photo from '11 (barber cut) looked just like the one for '21 (my cut)
Never understood it. Takes me a few minutes every few days.
Best investment I ever made.
Chinese in Philly got black folks lined up waiting for a $8 cut.
Most of them look like they fresh off the boat and because the prices are so cheap they undercut black Barbers.
City is flooded with Chinese Barbers and sadly my people keep these businesses packed.
Chinese make them pay FIRST and hand you a ticket. You then hand the ticket to the person cutting your hair as proof of payment.
Black Barbers, you always pay when the cut is complete.
Forgot to add, Chinese Barbers are open 7 days a week.
Black Barbers traditionally are closed Sundays and Mondays.
Most of them look like they fresh off the boat and because the prices are so cheap they undercut black Barbers.
City is flooded with Chinese Barbers and sadly my people keep these businesses packed.
Chinese make them pay FIRST and hand you a ticket. You then hand the ticket to the person cutting your hair as proof of payment.
Black Barbers, you always pay when the cut is complete.
Forgot to add, Chinese Barbers are open 7 days a week.
Black Barbers traditionally are closed Sundays and Mondays.
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I had a incident at the barber shop that made me stop going 13 or so years ago.
I had my daughter with me who was a baby at the time. While sitting in the chair some shit popped off in the shop's parking lot and my barber decided he wanted to be apart of it instead of cutting my hair. In hurrying to get out there and be involved in it his gun fell from his waist, down the leg of his shorts and RIGHT NEXT TO MY DAUGHTER who was in her carrier on the floor asleep.
I looked at him, he looked at me... and before I could get out of the chair and cape good another barber grabbed me because I was about to kick this dude ass. They eventually calmed me down, another barber finished my cut, then I left and never looked back.
It took some practice, a few fuck ups, and some patience but I think I'm pretty decent now. Below is my son after a stint in spider705's house of fades
I had my daughter with me who was a baby at the time. While sitting in the chair some shit popped off in the shop's parking lot and my barber decided he wanted to be apart of it instead of cutting my hair. In hurrying to get out there and be involved in it his gun fell from his waist, down the leg of his shorts and RIGHT NEXT TO MY DAUGHTER who was in her carrier on the floor asleep.
I looked at him, he looked at me... and before I could get out of the chair and cape good another barber grabbed me because I was about to kick this dude ass. They eventually calmed me down, another barber finished my cut, then I left and never looked back.
It took some practice, a few fuck ups, and some patience but I think I'm pretty decent now. Below is my son after a stint in spider705's house of fades
That’s a damn good fade.I had a incident at the barber shop that made me stop going 13 or so years ago.
I had my daughter with me who was a baby at the time. While sitting in the chair some shit popped off in the shop's parking lot and my barber decided he wanted to be apart of it instead of cutting my hair. In hurrying to get out there and be involved in it his gun fell from his waist, down the leg of his shorts and RIGHT NEXT TO MY DAUGHTER who was in her carrier on the floor asleep.
I looked at him, he looked at me... and before I could get out of the chair and cape good another barber grabbed me because I was about to kick this dude ass. They eventually calmed me down, another barber finished my cut, then I left and never looked back.
It took some practice, a few fuck ups, and some patience but I think I'm pretty decent now. Below is my son after a stint in spider705's house of fades
Found a video of Chinese cutting hair in Philly, it's 3:39 long minutes long, but you can skip the commentary and go to the 2:06 mark to see the Chinese cutting Black men's hair.
@neptunes007
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I partially blame this new generation of "gentlemen's haircuts"
These shops charge these white clients $65 and up for a cut. Beards, prices go up and some shops do a neck, shoulder and scalp massage.
These dudes pay $115 to $150 for all that.
Started prior to Covid.
Many of the regular barbers I feel got word and since they don't get the same type of clients they just started raising prices to suit.
These shops charge these white clients $65 and up for a cut. Beards, prices go up and some shops do a neck, shoulder and scalp massage.
These dudes pay $115 to $150 for all that.
Started prior to Covid.
Many of the regular barbers I feel got word and since they don't get the same type of clients they just started raising prices to suit.
BGOL the only place where rich niggas don’t pay for shit
Dudes on this thread got their women cutting their hair or using that self cut kit...
These joints dont Nestle crunch your shit???
100% AgreedBest investment I ever made.
Now that you mention it, there are a lot of balling ass barbers out here.
Cutting my own hair since 15.. save thousands a yr doing it
It's the BGOL way. Always has been.
Can't front my barber is charging me 50 nowadays for a basic fade.....caveat he usually hooks me up with a nice pre roll and some whiskey during the cut
Also don't forget you are also paying for the 1-2 blissful hours of peace you get from day to day grind of home/family life
Also don't forget you are also paying for the 1-2 blissful hours of peace you get from day to day grind of home/family life