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

Pack fan wrote:

35, married, Milwaukee, $8 at a Thai beauty salon. Tip $2 (25%).

Exact same price here in SF Bay Area 'cept it's the Vietnamese that run all the beauty and nail places here.

55, LA, 14, tip 7. Neighborhood barbershop. The place I used to go was much more expensive with all the attendant attitude and pretentiousness. This place is much cheaper and they do a much better job

Don't get haircuts.

Wish I needed a haircut

$138 including tip at Bumble & Bumble, Manhattan.

Nothing. I just shave my head.

There shouldn't be a culture of expecting people to tip. If I can afford to tip I will do so out of kindness of heart and gratitude for a good experience/service, however if I can't afford to do so I won't. I maintain the right not to tip if I can't or if I'm not satisfied with the service or if I'm unsure the tip money will go to the person who served me (not put into the takings). If I can afford $20 for something but no more then I'll pay that price. I've been in situations when I couldn't afford to tip much at all, as well as being able to tip more when I could do so. If a place wants more they should've set the price at $25, then I would've known that it was outside my budget and I'd have found a place within my budget.Not everyone has enough money to bloody give it away even when you would like to give a tip. I believe the earlier poster made a great point when they said that staff should be paid an appropriate wage in the first place. It seems to me that people will tip in general if they're happy with the service. Most people are or have been in a situation to relate and empathise with staff and the running of a small business to give a tip and show their gratitude. Call me ideological, but I think it's better to uphold the principle of having having faith in your fellow human beings than conforming to capitalist stigma.

High Plains Haircut wrote:

Chuckle. True.

cheap is still cheap wrote:

love how cheap ass people explain why they are cheap asses

Bald is beautiful wrote:

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?

Are you serious? You think tipping an extra $12 dollar is a sign of a high roller? It's not, it's just a nice gesture.

I am not leaving 100 dollar tips.

If this breaks the bank for you you need to improve your financial situation/your life.

I go to supercuts, hair cuttery or those other chain places. It costs around $15 or so, I usually tip 2-3 bucks. I consider this cheap. I rotate through the haircutting places I go to so they won't remember me as some cheap ass. I get my hair cut around every 4 months, so by the time I go to the same place again, its been over a year.

Haircuts can cut into the budget. The waiting can be annoying, too. I pay $16, and will tip $2 ($3 at Christmas). I am in my mid-forties.

outsiderunner wrote:

Haircuts can cut into the budget. The waiting can be annoying, too. I pay $16, and will tip $2 ($3 at Christmas). I am in my mid-forties.

The waiting? You stand in line at a crappy chain hair cuttery that employs the lowest common denominator 15 minutes out of beauty school. It's as painful as waiting in line at the DMV. If you go somewhere that takes appointments then there is little to no waiting. You will realized this when you grow up and start having pride in your appearance or value your time.

Usually $10.

I live in the Kansas City Metro area but I usually get a haircut when I visit home, which is an hour and a half away in southeast Kansas. I have yet to get a haircut in the KC area. I am 23 and single. I have tipped a dollar or two most times.

` wrote:

Include the city you live in, your age, whether or not you're single, and how much you tip (if any).

I forgot to mention I live in Oakland.

Real men cut their own hair.

0$, I cut my own.

dude really? wrote:

The waiting? You stand in line at a crappy chain hair cuttery that employs the lowest common denominator 15 minutes out of beauty school. It's as painful as waiting in line at the DMV. If you go somewhere that takes appointments then there is little to no waiting. You will realized this when you grow up and start having pride in your appearance or value your time.

At those chain hair cuttery places (super cuts, etc) they hire people, make them watch a 2 to 3 hour training video on how to cut hair then send them to the floor to cut hair.

I know this this because I used to go to those cheap places and was told this by the person cutting my hair.

DO NOT go to a budget hair cuttery.

10.00, take it all off

$20 Jacobus