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| - As a precursor for my below review I would like to say it is mostly based on an individual artist that calls himself Joe Luck, however the overall experience was not a pleasant one.
My boyfriend's friend was in town and wanted a shitty tattoo so I recommended what I knew to be a less established tattoo shop thus the reason we ended up here. A funny side note, when I was 15 they illegally pierced my belly button. The apprentice who's name I still remember being Zach couldn't finish so another guy had to come finish it. It wasn't good. My mom had to come pick me up quickly ending my rebellion.
Anyway... The tattoo. It was a quick outline tattoo about 5 inches long and 3 inches wide with zero shading or detail matching a stick n poke his cousin has. Took about 10 minutes, however, when we first walked in it was about 10:30pm and a guy said they were closing. The hours say until 1 am. So he refused service. That's fine we weren't mad. He gave us another guy who said he would do it but charge us for an hour of work- $120 according to him. What?? Lololol. Anyone with tattoos knows shop minimums and what an outline should cost. 50-60 tops. This particular shop has a minimum of $60 I found out. Then he said he would do it for 80 which is still ridiculous but the friend was only in town for the night and you want what you want. This artist was very aggressive and while I feel for him dealing with our antics it was all over very quickly. When it came time to pay he took my boyfriends card and said are you running the tip on here and my boyfriend said "no, run the card for $80." The tattoo "artist" that goes by Joey Luck said "hey, I'm not delivering you Pizza, tip me $20 bucks!" Wow face. To be clear, this didn't mean we were not going to tip the man. It meant my boyfriend wasn't putting his friends tattoo and the tip on the card. I almost didn't want to stick around to see what was going to happen. My boyfriend held his ground and made the man run his card for 80. They went back and forth. I walked outside because it was uncomfortable. My boyfriend came out and showed me the receipt that did indeed read $80. Who wants to give anyone a tip after that let alone what they're demanding? Looking at the account after the weekend you can see Joey Luck played his cards and gave himself a little extra. There was a $100 charge on the account. I was furious. My boyfriend called but I also insisted on showing up in person. Who does this ass hat think he is? To my dismay he wasn't working. I requested the manager and got what I was told was the closest thing to it. She was very nice and informed me that the artists are independent contractors meaning this guy doesn't necessarily stand for the entire company name BUT my opinion still stands that they are choosing to employ and back a thief, a liar and a man that will try to overcharge you, play games with you, and ultimately manipulate their register and your bank account. Pretty scary. Also he didn't even tell our friend anything about aftercare or put any care on the tattoo or wrap it when he was done. He was very unprofessional even before demanding his preference in tip and stealing money.
I informed them I wouldn't personally get tattooed here and have a preferred shop I go to downtown. All the while I'm being interrogated by another artist about whether we signed or used the pad and am being told there is 0 way Mr Luck could have changed the amt after we left but anyone in retail knows you can void transactions, re run transactions, etc and that's what he did folks so beware of Joe Luck. Their fix? Offer $25 off my next tattoo. In the polite female's defense, she recognized how dumb the guy sounded offering me this after I said I would never let someone here tattoo me. I really appreciated your listening skills, blonde vixen.
We are waiting to hear back from the manager about them showing a signed $100 receipt and I'll update on how they handle the situation. As a financial crimes investigator I will give you your tip: this isn't a good way to get some money on the side, Joe.
Update:we never got a call back. We will be following through with pressing charges
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