The standard rate at Black barbershops is now $35-$40

[the13thround]

My barbershop just went up to $25 for a standard haircut.
I always tip $5 on top of the service, but I can't do it anymore.
There's just no way to justify paying $30 for a taper fade.
I can't believe it costs this much to get a haircut now.

Since I don't know how to cut my own shit, I'd been looking for alternatives.
So a friend of mine told me he goes to the barber college near his house to get his haircuts for $5.
He said they give fire ass haircuts and most of the students have been cutting hair for years, but just going to school to do it LEGALLY.
So I took his advice and went to one too.
The haircut I got was actually better than my "go-to" barber for the last five years.
Not to mention I saved $20.
No talking on the cell phone, random arguments, smoke breaks or walking next door to the store.
I was in and out.
I'm not going to my barbershop ever again.

 

[Drayonis]

$30 for a cut? Naw...

 

[jae_one]

Purchased clippers about 5 years ago and never looked back... was running about $25 back then with the tip included.

 

[clitsational]

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[God's Gift]

The OP must be near DC.

SC is $12 with a straight razor edge up.

 

[shaddyvillethug]

Y’all will pay these other people loads of money for other shit.

 

[the13thround]

The OP must be near DC.

SC is $12 with a straight razor edge up.

Houston

 

[RAY V.]

Damn! I remember cutting hood rat chicks lil youngins hair for zero to $10 back in the early 90's

 

[largebillsonlyplease]

Plus a tip lol

 

[Deezz]

Purchased clippers about 5 years ago and never looked back... was running about $25 back then with the tip included.

EXACTLY!!! Get your own clippers and cut your own damn hair.

Pro-Tip - Buy quality clippers and a quality trimmer! You might spend $60-$100 for some decent clippers/trimmers, but it's well worth the investment.

 

[praetor]

In most places you can still get a cut for 20 or less. My barbershop charges less than 20. In places with a high cost of living, it might be a different story though.

 

[Spectrum]

Plus a tip lol

Gofundme for fades

 

[CrucialOne]

From 1987-2010 I paid $10. The price went up to $15 in 2011. In 2018 I started paying $20. I too, always tip $5. However, today I'm in Mississippi for my daughter's graduation and I got a cut that was $25. Still, I tipped $5.

I've had the same barber in Los Angeles for the last 32 years who I have to drive 40 minutes to get to, the whole while I'm hoping he doesn't have a long line. Today - my daughter used an app, made me an appointment, and I was in and out in 35 minutes. The young man who cut my hair today may have convinced me to look for someone closer to the house once I get back home.

Damn, I'm going to miss the fellas.

 

[largebillsonlyplease]

Gofundme for fades

Yea man
Cause I never tip but also I'm a great customer lol

 

[SamSneed]

Whal clippers ar Walmart yrs ago for 20, still sharp

Trim my beard with them.

Nice astros fitted for 30

I’m good

 

[$moneyPit$]

Most places In the 5 boroughs In NY is usually 20 plus 5 for the tip depending on what you want done. I know a lot of shops rent the chair to the barber(don,t remember If It's per month or week, but the rental price Is fairly high) and want them to have a valid license. I've seen cats without a license get dimed out, the inspectors would come and the cat would have to leave or else the shop would get closed down.

 

[Varis]

How much are lap dances going for in your area

 

[DWBass]

Been cutting my own shit the last 5 years.

 

[xxironxx]

My barbershop just went up to $25 for a standard haircut.
I always tip $5 on top of the service, but I can't do it anymore.
There's just no way to justify paying $30 for a taper fade.
I can't believe it costs this much to get a haircut now.

Since I don't know how to cut my own shit, I'd been looking for alternatives.
So a friend of mine told me he goes to the barber college near his house to get his haircuts for $5.
He said they give fire ass haircuts and most of the students have been cutting hair for years, but just going to school to do it LEGALLY.
So I took his advice and went to one too.
The haircut I got was actually better than my "go-to" barber for the last five years.
Not to mention I saved $20.
No talking on the cell phone, random arguments, smoke breaks or walking next door to the store.
I was in and out.
I'm not going to my barbershop ever again.

Lol where you at nigga. Mine just did the sane thang

 

[Rembrandt Brown]

The OP must be near DC.

SC is $12 with a straight razor edge up.

...

OP?

 

[2 ONE 3]

I always pay $22-25 depending how many loose bills I got


Tip your barbers fellas

 

[Knuckles666]

For that price he needs to come to me at my convenience!

 

[Amajorfucup]

However, today I'm in Mississippi for my daughter's graduation and I got a cut that was $25. Still, I tipped $5.

$30 bucks for a cut in Mississippi.

 

[Llano]

Dam, I started losing my hair in my late 20's and went bald but before then I used to cut my own shit. Last time I used a barber was in middle school.

I wish a nigga would ask for a tip for a $25 fade

 

[Mello Mello]

See this what's wrong with the black community we don't support each other.

We go give our money to Lin Yung Fuk and 'em instead to cut our hair or up the street to the Puerto Rican barbershop or the white girl at super cuts.

But won't give our local barber who we been going to for years $30 for a cut.

Man that's what's wrong with our community.

If my barber is black and he say you gotta pay $100 for a cut you should pay cuz that means you support black business if you don't your against the black community.

 

[the13thround]

Yea man
Cause I never tip but also I'm a great customer lol

Its a service, so it's customary to tip barbers.

 

[jack walsh13]

You not getting a haircut here in Jersey for under $20 unless a fuckin junkie doing it. Mine is $25 and I tip my barber $5. Get my shit done every Friday. Some of you muthafuckas cheap as hell. Where the hell you getting your breakfast cereal from the fuckin food bank? Your grandmothers are ashamed of you.

 

[the13thround]

See this what's wrong with the black community we don't support each other.

We go give our money to Lin Yung Fuk and 'em instead to cut our hair or up the street to the Puerto Rican barbershop or the white girl at super cuts.

But won't give our local barber who we been going to for years $30 for a cut.

Man that's what's wrong with our community.

If my barber is black and he say you gotta pay $100 for a cut you should pay cuz that means you support black business if you don't your against the black community.

The barber college I went for to this haircut is BLACK.
Its the oldest barber/beauty college in Texas. (Franklin Barber/Beauty School)
So I'm good.

 

[RAY V.]

I wish a nigga would ask for a tip for a $25 fade

 

[donwuan]

$25 for a hair cut and shave is not bad.

 

[largebillsonlyplease]

Its a service, so it's customary to tip barbers.

everyone has different relationships with their own barbers so I understand it may be customary for you. My barber would ask tf is that for?

 

[the13thround]

You not getting a haircut here in Jersey for under $20 unless a fuckin junkie doing it. Mine is $25 and I tip my barber $5. Get my shit done every Friday. Some of you muthafuckas cheap as hell. Where the hell you getting your breakfast cereal from the fuckin food bank? Your grandmothers are ashamed of you.

Cost of living here in Texas is not like NY/NJ so $30 is understandable.
If haircuts are $25 up North, they should at least $15 here.
Hell I flew into JFK just two months ago and fuckin cheeseburger meal at McDonalds in the airport was $10 dollars.

 

[jack walsh13]

Cost of living here in Texas is not like NY/NJ so $30 is understandable.
If haircuts are $25 up North, they should at least $15 here.
Hell I flew into JFK just two months ago and fuckin cheeseburger meal at McDonalds in the airport was $10 dollars.

Yeah the cost of living out here is ridiculous your right about that

 

[BLACKLOOP]

15 bucks uptown Bronx. U guys are getting hosed

 

[bgbtylvr]

That’s Atlanta all day. Especially the good spots. Now you can find a low key spot for around $20, and there’s a spot with old men cuttin for $15. Lmao! I can’t cut my own but when I have to travel for work I wanna be fresh so I’ll hit the $20 spot.