Men of LetsRun: how much do you spend when you get a haircut?

Boston

38

Married

$35 + $15 tip

Every 4-5 months

$17 + $5 tip for a cut every three weeks. I tried cutting my own hair to save money but I couldn't get the hang of it. Because I know that I'm not skilled enough to cut my own hair I have no complaints spending the money.

Guppy wrote:

I cut my own hair, so that cost me $20 I believe for the clippers the first time and $0 after that. So I guess I've paid $0 for every haircut I've gotten the last 3.5 years. It took me about a year to learn how to do it well, but I am now very good at it and am able to cut it exactly how I like it.

Haha, me too. I'm 21 and in 3rd year of varsity by the way. Staying in Bloemfontein, South African. It cost me R500 and some couple to by the clipper set, and I maintain my own hair.

I get my hair cut in Manhattan (East Village) for only $17 (not including tip), and they do a great job every time. The place also does straight razor shaving and stuff like that if you want, but I'm not going to pay for that. Just look around on Yelp -- that's what I did, and the place was quite well reviewed so I took a chance.

$30 plus a $20 dollar tip for an even $50 every 2 months.

$30 plus $5 tip, monthly

SoCal

I could spend more but I'm 50 and married

$25

20% tip

$15 plus tip for just a cut, or I go to another place where you get a shampoo and a neck/cranial massage for $25 + tip.

The neck/cranial massage is GREAT at the end of a workday.

$5-8. I always find the local beauty school and just go there. They take their time and if they get stumped there's someone more experienced there to help.

26, I live in So Cal, in a relationship, I'll usually tip anywhere from 75-100% if they do a decent job.

Haven't had a bad haircut yet.

32, Cleveland, $0--I shave my head

Several years ago I lived in Cincinnati and had hair. I think the haircut was around $25. I only tipped about $2. The other posters seem to tip at least the amount you'd tip a server at a restaurant (and sometimes much more), which seems high to me, but I guess 15% might not be unreasonable.

Frankly, I think tipping is stupid, in part because it absolves employers of the responsibility to pay their employees a reasonable wage. People should just paid a higher wage/charge higher prices and be done with it. I was in Japan for a little while, and tipping there is virtually non-existent--and customer service is excellent.

53

Morristown, NJ

Getting divorced

Pay $17.50 plus ~$5.00 tip

30+10 Fort Worth

Bald is beautiful wrote:

32, Cleveland, $0--I shave my head

Several years ago I lived in Cincinnati and had hair. I think the haircut was around $25. I only tipped about $2. The other posters seem to tip at least the amount you'd tip a server at a restaurant (and sometimes much more), which seems high to me, but I guess 15% might not be unreasonable.

Frankly, I think tipping is stupid, in part because it absolves employers of the responsibility to pay their employees a reasonable wage. People should just paid a higher wage/charge higher prices and be done with it. I was in Japan for a little while, and tipping there is virtually non-existent--and customer service is excellent.

Love when a cheap SOB brags about being a cheap SOB. Move to Japan you fuking Nazi

I get my hair cut at the cuttin corral.

Bald is beautiful wrote:

32, Cleveland, $0--I shave my head

Several years ago I lived in Cincinnati and had hair. I think the haircut was around $25. I only tipped about $2. The other posters seem to tip at least the amount you'd tip a server at a restaurant (and sometimes much more), which seems high to me, but I guess 15% might not be unreasonable.

Frankly, I think tipping is stupid, in part because it absolves employers of the responsibility to pay their employees a reasonable wage. People should just paid a higher wage/charge higher prices and be done with it. I was in Japan for a little while, and tipping there is virtually non-existent--and customer service is excellent.

Part of why I tip big is because when I go back into this place, I am treated extremely, extremely well. The level of service improves.

The other reason is I enjoy being generous to others and this is a way I can do that.

1/10, because I'm responding. I love when high rollers brag about how much money they throw around to show what high rollers they are. I tip what I think is "customary." I believed at that just a couple of dollars was standard, and, let's face it, these standards aren't set it in stone. I liked the guy and would have happily given him more if that's what I thought was the popular consensus. But who sets these rules anyway?

Servers are tipped as much as they are because they're paid ridiculously below the minimum wage, whereas my barber was someone who's bringing in $50+ dollars an hour before tips, and I had the impression he was an independent contractor, not an hourly employee. Even if the salon took 50% of what he earned, his reality is nowhere near equivalent, so I didn't see the two situations as parallel.

And as I implied in my first post, I'd happily go places that charged 15-20% more if I knew that money went to the employees. It's employers' responsibility to pay their employees reasonably, so they shouldn't be let off the hook. And I stand by my assertion that tipping is a silly custom that gives customers the illusion that they're "in charge." Other cultures, not just Japan, consider it gauche.

love how cheap ass people explain why they are cheap asses

0/10. Adios!

Bald is beautiful wrote:

0/10. Adios!

ciao, go be a cheap ass and shave your own head while us with hair contribute to society