$250 for a haircut/highlight...did i get ripped off? (hairstylist, neighborhood)
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Yikes!!! That's why I always ask the prices before I sit down. Also, most salons have their prices posted.... I wonder why this one didn't? Strange. I would call them and record the call. Ask the price for a partial highlight and a trim. If it's much lower (which I'm sure it will be), I would go back there with my receipt and the recorded call and demand the difference back.
Yikes!!! That's why I always ask the prices before I sit down. Also, most salons have their prices posted.... I wonder why this one didn't? Strange. I would call them and record the call. Ask the price for a partial highlight and a trim. If it's much lower (which I'm sure it will be), I would go back there with my receipt and the recorded call and demand the difference back.
Nah, Im just going to chalk it up to my stupidity. In the end I can only blame myself for not asking. But now that I know there are salons here that are ok with exorbitantly overcharging, I'll be sure to ask "how much?" the next time I sit down to get my hair done. They have my phone number and email address so if they call or email me to schedule a 2nd appointment i'll definitely tell them no, and explain exactly why.
I go to a guy who works out of his home and pay him $120 including tip for the services you got. I believe if I went to the salon where he works in Manhattan, his prices are about double that--around what you paid. It works well for both of us for me to go to him at home because he makes more (no percentage goes to the salon) and I pay less than I would at the salon. Also I was his client before he started with this salon so it is not like he is doing anything to undercut the place where he works.
He does a great job, always knows the latest techniques from London, Las Vegas, etc (wherever the hairdressers go for their training/workshops every year) and I always get compliments on the color.
I don't think $250 is unusual for salon price in Manhattan for what you got. I would imagine the prices should be less in the Bronx.
I go to a guy who works out of his home and pay him $120 including tip for the services you got. I believe if I went to the salon where he works in Manhattan, his prices are about double that--around what you paid. It works well for both of us for me to go to him at home because he makes more (no percentage goes to the salon) and I pay less than I would at the salon. Also I was his client before he started with this salon so it is not like he is doing anything to undercut the place where he works.
He does a great job, always knows the latest techniques from London, Las Vegas, etc (wherever the hairdressers go for their training/workshops every year) and I always get compliments on the color.
I don't think $250 is unusual for salon price in Manhattan for what you got. I would imagine the prices should be less in the Bronx.
At least did they do a good job?
The guy did a great job on the highlights...but it wasnt even a full head highlight, it was a partial. The cut is so so....ive had better.
Well, yeah. It's pretty basic common sense to get prices beforehand.
It's impossible to say whether you were ripped off. It's certainly more than I would ever pay, but if you went blindly to a top salon, it may be perfectly reasonable. There's a salon here that's known for charging $200 for a haircut.
Look, if you were ripped off, it was an expensive lesson, but not a painful one, and maybe it's a good wake-up call if you're planning to stay here a while.
You only got ripped off if you think you did - if the haircut and dye job were good, chalk it up to a lesson learned. $200 is not that uncommon for a haircut and dye job in Manhattan...a lot of higher-end places charge different prices depending on the experience of the hairdresser....look up Aveda or something and you will see that the prices vary greatly for upper-end salons. They still get fully booked for the experienced $200+ hairdressers. What you think is a rip-off, other people are perfectly fine paying. Next time, ask some friends or co-workers or go on Yelp to find a good salon with decent prices. This way, you will know what you are getting into. Also, a lot of hairdressers give discount cards to clients to give out to their friends. I've accumulated a few of these just by asking around about where to get my haircut. If you are on a budget, it certainly helps!
You all are cheap as hell. I have been doing hair for 26 yrs. 250 for cut highlights and color is cheap for nyc and the normal rate. You all must think our job is easy /fun all the time. We constantly have to defend our prices and put up with people trying to get a deal all the time
You all don’t know how much it cost a hairdresser for advanced education,tools supplies, booth rent , insurance etc.
For women:
Depends on the length of your hair........Low $100's....upto.......$250 is plausible.
For men:
Mine is short.
$15 bucks for a #2 all around including warm
lather /single razor shave and a little powder behind the neck and ears.
In and out in about 20 minutes.
A $5 dollar tip.
$20 out the door.
I'll spend the $100 plus saved for not being a woman on a good bottle of whiskey. L.O.L.
Yes, you were ripped off.
I have a beautiful friend who had her hair done "across from Carnegie Hall" who paid that kind of money. I thought she was NUTS. Her proud retort "Cher gets her hair cut there."
My response "Cher can afford it, you cannot."
She now lives in Lancaster, PA, unable to afford New York and does her own hair.
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