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post 1634064753 03-18-2021, 12:48 PM
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How much do I tip my Barber? 1st real cut in 8 years.

Going to get a haircut/beard trim at a reputable Barber Shop in about 2 hours. I've been cutting my hair myself for the last 8 years, but figured since I'm getting married in 2 weeks, I should let a professional do it.

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Total should be about 40-50 bucks, how much do I tip?
post 1634064853 03-18-2021, 12:50 PM
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$50 for a haircut and beard trim? god damn i pay $25 for that and tip $5

i'd say $7-10 tip would be sufficient
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post 1634064923 03-18-2021, 12:50 PM
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Originally Posted By bsmit107⏩
Going to get a haircut/beard trim at a reputable Barber Shop in about 2 hours. I've been cutting my hair myself for the last 8 years, but figured since I'm getting married in 2 weeks, I should let a professional do it.

Strong Norwood II, approaching III.....don't even know what to tell them I want.

Total should be about 40-50 bucks, how much do I tip?
ive been going to the same barber for 10 years. He recently raised his price to $25 a cut. I tip him anywhere from 7-10$ each time.
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post 1634064973 03-18-2021, 12:51 PM
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Originally Posted By bsmit107⏩
Going to get a haircut/beard trim at a reputable Barber Shop in about 2 hours. I've been cutting my hair myself for the last 8 years, but figured since I'm getting married in 2 weeks, I should let a professional do it.

Strong Norwood II, approaching III.....don't even know what to tell them I want.

Total should be about 40-50 bucks, how much do I tip?
40-50 bucks?! WTF



15 dollars and I tip 10 dollars on top

25 total.
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10 bucks

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post 1634065743 03-18-2021, 12:58 PM
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Yea, I figured it was kind of expensive, but it's the whole "men's barbershop" experience thing.....not like a Great Clips or other run of the mill hair cut place.

$25 for the cut & $15 for the beard sculpt....I've purposely been letting both go for like 6 months. lol

I figured $5-10 if I like it.
post 1634065893 03-18-2021, 01:00 PM
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I give my Barber 40

I think he charges 30 for cuts though
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post 1634065953 03-18-2021, 01:01 PM
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I tip like $5 usually
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Don't know what's more bizarre..the prices you guys are paying for haircuts or the tips you're giving to your barbers for just doing their job. I tip 2 bucks. Cost for cut is 13. so 15 total.
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post 1634066433 03-18-2021, 01:06 PM
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mind blown that US brahs tip their barbers
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Originally Posted By Fitnessguy24⏩
Don't know what's more bizarre..the prices you guys are paying for haircuts or the tips you're giving to your barbers for just doing their job. I tip 2 bucks. Cost for cut is 13. so 15 total.
Same here, why would you pay $40 for a haircut that’s gonna last 3 days
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Usually pay $25 and tip $5
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Originally Posted By PBoutoftheJar⏩
mind blown that US brahs tip their barbers
post 1634066943 03-18-2021, 01:13 PM
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Barbers don't need to get tipped. Most are not wage slaves and actually are self employed. Therefore tip isn't necessary but you'll probably still feel social pressure to tip them. Just give the minimum necessary. On a $40-50 bill you can get away with $5.. but again you don't actually need to tip anyone who is self-employed if you are paying an appropriate price for their services.
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Originally Posted By DrugsToGetBig⏩
$50 for a haircut and beard trim? god damn i pay $25 for that and tip $5

i'd say $7-10 tip would be sufficient
Agree on everything.
I usually tip 5, but my brother in law has been cutting my hair the last year so everything is free.
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Originally Posted By jn677⏩
Barbers don't need to get tipped. Most are not wage slaves and actually are self employed. Therefore tip isn't necessary but you'll probably still feel social pressure to tip them. Just give the minimum necessary. On a $40-50 bill you can get away with $5.. but again you don't actually need to tip anyone who is self-employed if you are paying an appropriate price for their services.
I tip mine well because she doesn't rush me out of there, if some bitch is in front of me that will take 30+ min, she'll tell her that shoes gonna do my cut first, washes my hair before and after the cut etc.
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Originally Posted By Fitnessguy24⏩
Don't know what's more bizarre..the prices you guys are paying for haircuts or the tips you're giving to your barbers for just doing their job. I tip 2 bucks. Cost for cut is 13. so 15 total.
Explains your haircut tbh
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35+20. Everyone else that cuts it looks great when I leave, nightmare 2 weeks later. She’s a pro, fully booked months in advance - just waiting for her to get poached by the big fancy salon and then it will be $75+tip. I can push her cuts 8 weeks w/ a cleanup trim.

Used to go to an old Chinese woman who owned her own 1 seat salon. $10 cash would not accept tip. She needed some specialty razors for neck trimming that her supplier stopped selling - found the manufacturer and had a 1/2 pallet shipped to her shop - free cuts & jumped the line after that. She retired a few years back and it was hard asf to find a suitable replacement.
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Originally Posted By BigRangs⏩
I tip mine well because she doesn't rush me out of there, if some bitch is in front of me that will take 30+ min, she'll tell her that shoes gonna do my cut first, washes my hair before and after the cut etc.
I tip mine too, but I tip mine because they cost $13 when everyone else in my area is 20+ and also they do so much better job than the 20+ ones. So I always just give $20.

But if I was paying 50 I wouldn't tip lol.
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Dude only charged me $30 for the whole thing. Tipped him $10. Took his time, was talkative, ex-navy dude. Ill go back to him

Beard trim is perfect. Haircut....well, it's shorter on the top than I was wanting but that's my fault for not being more detailed when I told him what I wanted and even at 35 I'm not taking the receding hairline well and this cut does nothing for it. lol

Fiancé likes it......like, walked in the door and she told me to take off my pants likes it, so I'm good with it.
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