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| - I'd like to share my experience with this tattoo shop. It started out in July, I emailed and requested an appointment with Dub. A few days later I got a call back and set up a consultation. I went in, we met and went over my plan. I wanted an entire back piece done. He told me it would take at least 10 sessions to get the whole thing finished and we went over the details. Towards the end, he told me he charges $175 an hour. I thought it was a bit steep, but then again, I really wanted the best and expected the best. So, I agreed to the price and then went to the person up front to schedule appointments. I was then told I couldn't get a session until November. So, 5 months from now. Again, I probably should have just went to someone else at that point, but I figured if he's really that good, maybe he's worth the wait. I agreed, paid $100 deposit and we scheduled appts every 2 weeks starting November and ending in April.
Well, after 5 months of waiting, I finally came in for my first session. We agreed before that we would do 2 hour sessions. But, as soon as I showed up, before he started, he asked me how much money I had on me. I don't think it's okay to ask people that, but I told him that I had taken out $500 earlier that day. He said "good, that will last us like 3 hours". I probably should have said that I wasn't prepared to spend that much, but I felt uncomfortable and figured for the first session, it should be fine. I had to call my boyfriend to bring an extra $60 so I could tip him. I am a really good tipper and I think it's important. So, I paid him $560 total and waited another 2 weeks. Same thing happened the next time. And I paid him another $500. Well, I didn't expect to be spending that much and it was now December. So, holidays were coming. I figured, I'd skip the third appointment, since we were ahead of schedule and I called 24 hours in advance to let them know. Of course, Dub never gave me a number or way to contact him, except through email, so I talked to the front girl instead. I was told it was fine and that she'd just let him know.
But wait! Apparently, he had a problem with it. I got a call back 2 hours later saying that it was NOT fine, and that the $100 deposit will now be theirs and that it will not be used to finish my tattoo and I now would have to make ANOTHER $100 deposit before I could come back to my next appointment. I was really shocked they'd do that after I've litterally spent over $1000 on my tattoo already in just 2 sessions. I should have just told her no, but I said I would pay that with my next pay check, but I had absolutely no money at the moment, which is obviously why I had to cancel my appointment in the first place. But! That I would pay it before my next session, they'd just have to wait a week. Well, apparently that was not okay either. She told me I would have to pay it that moment, or I would lose all of my appointments and would have to wait to see if he had availability later.
I was in shock. This was after I had to wait 5 months in the first place AND after spending so much money.
I told her I would scrape up some money and just do a 1 hour session with him then. She said it was too late and that the paperwork has already been filed. What the ****?? What is this the FBI? A lawyer?? Where is she filing this paperwork? Is she sending it off to the cops? It makes no sense to me.
I emailed my artist and told him that I thought that it was ridiculous and I was not interested in continuing our sessions. He never even bothered to reply.
I think that the way they do business is ridiculous and that Dub should not be so greedy and care more about his customers then the $100 deposit. He would have gotten thousands of dollars more from me, instead, I'll give that to a tattoo artist that actually cares.
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