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Barber increases prices due to "inflation." Do you take the difference out of the tip?

Posted on 6/1/23 at 10:08 am
Posted by PropofolPapi
Louisiana
Member since Nov 2012
1467 posts
Posted on 6/1/23 at 10:08 am
Barber recently told me he was upping his price due to "inflation bro." I was already paying the guy more than the base price with a tip. Would you continue to add the tip on top of this more expensive base price or just not tip anymore?

Just not a huge fan of the playing into service industry folks giving themselves a raise and crying "inflation" as their reasoning and then never decreasing their prices when "inflation" is over.

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This post was edited on 6/1/23 at 10:19 am
Posted by fightin tigers
Downtown Prairieville
Member since Mar 2008
74450 posts
Posted on 6/1/23 at 10:09 am to
Do you think inflation isn't real?

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never decreasing their prices when "inflation" is over.


This post was edited on 6/1/23 at 10:11 am
Posted by JohnnyKilroy
Cajun Navy Vice Admiral
Member since Oct 2012
38472 posts
Posted on 6/1/23 at 10:10 am to
quote:

and then never decreasing their prices when "inflation" is over.


When has inflation ever been “over” in your lifetime?
Posted by geauxfortwo
Livin the dream
Member since Jan 2018
1981 posts
Posted on 6/1/23 at 10:10 am to
How much are you paying for a cut?

Are you happy with the service?
Posted by Nono
Member since Nov 2017
4820 posts
Posted on 6/1/23 at 10:10 am to
get a woman to cut your hair

offer to give her just the tip

show her what kind of man you really are.
Posted by BBONDS25
Member since Mar 2008
53137 posts
Posted on 6/1/23 at 10:11 am to
Barbers shouldn’t get COLA?
Posted by GetCocky11
Calgary, AB
Member since Oct 2012
53227 posts
Posted on 6/1/23 at 10:12 am to
Barbers have supplies and utilities and rent and etc. to pay for also.
Posted by DeathValley85
Member since May 2011
17997 posts
Posted on 6/1/23 at 10:12 am to
quote:

when "inflation" is over.




Posted by BluegrassBelle
RIP Hefty Lefty - 1981-2019
Member since Nov 2010
103952 posts
Posted on 6/1/23 at 10:13 am to
quote:

Just not a huge fan of the playing into service industry folks giving themselves a raise and crying "inflation" as their reasoning and then never decreasing their prices when "inflation" is over.


I'm sure the tools and products that he uses has gone up like everything else.

IMO this is no different then the lawn guy charging more because of the increase of gas prices. He can't control those prices but he still has to work. We pay the increased price and still tip the same as usual because he does a great job.
Posted by Loup
Ferriday
Member since Apr 2019
14210 posts
Posted on 6/1/23 at 10:13 am to
you serious, bro? Do you not think that inflation is real? Everything is getting more expensive, why wouldn't your haircut get more expensive as well?

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as their reasoning and then never decreasing their prices when "inflation" is over.


ah, so you're retarded.
This post was edited on 6/1/23 at 10:14 am
Posted by YOURADHERE
Member since Dec 2006
8250 posts
Posted on 6/1/23 at 10:13 am to
I was just telling my wife a few days ago how the guy who trims my beard is cheap, $12, so I'd always give him a $20. I went for a trim yesterday and he had a sign up that prices had increased, and a beard trim is now $20, so I still gave him a $20 since it was all I had. I guess I'll start bringing $25 with me when I go.

It's still cheaper than the previous place I went, they were charging me $28 and that was 3 years ago.
Posted by Smoke7024
Member since Jun 2010
23491 posts
Posted on 6/1/23 at 10:13 am to
quote:

then never decreasing their prices when "inflation" is over.



Go ahead and never post again.
Posted by TheDeathValley
New Orleans, LA
Member since Sep 2010
18920 posts
Posted on 6/1/23 at 10:15 am to
If you can't afford his services go somewhere else.
Posted by BluegrassBelle
RIP Hefty Lefty - 1981-2019
Member since Nov 2010
103952 posts
Posted on 6/1/23 at 10:16 am to
quote:

I was just telling my wife a few days ago how the guy who trims my beard is cheap, $12, so I'd always give him a $20. I went for a trim yesterday and he had a sign up that prices had increased, and a beard trim is now $20, so I still gave him a $20 since it was all I had. I guess I'll start bringing $25 with me when I go.

It's still cheaper than the previous place I went, they were charging me $28 and that was 3 years ago.


*laughs in salon prices*
Posted by member12
Bob's Country Bunker
Member since May 2008
32613 posts
Posted on 6/1/23 at 10:16 am to
Taking inflation into account, my barber is charging less than they did 20 years ago.
Posted by PrecedentedTimes
Member since Dec 2020
3128 posts
Posted on 6/1/23 at 10:16 am to
quote:

Do you take the difference out of the tip?


I keep the tip well tucked around those scissors
Posted by Weekend Warrior79
Member since Aug 2014
19062 posts
Posted on 6/1/23 at 10:17 am to
quote:

giving themselves a raise and crying "inflation" as their reasoning and then never decreasing their prices when "inflation" is over

Posted by CHEDBALLZ
South Central LA
Member since Dec 2009
22748 posts
Posted on 6/1/23 at 10:17 am to
My Barber use to charge $15, I gave her a $20 and told her to keep the change. Then she went to $18 and I gave her a $20 and told her to keep the change. Now she's at $20 and and I give $20 and she has no change to keep.
Posted by Macfly
BR & DS
Member since Jan 2016
9498 posts
Posted on 6/1/23 at 10:17 am to
No way - just tip independent of cost increase.
Posted by PropofolPapi
Louisiana
Member since Nov 2012
1467 posts
Posted on 6/1/23 at 10:17 am to
The price went up $5. So if you cut an average of 15 people's hair per day for 250 working days out of the year you give yourself roughly a $15,000-19,000 raise for that year. Inflation is real but it doesn't call for that shite.
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