Have you ever had an expensive haircut?

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And was it better than your £10 short back and sides

  • Yes, it was better
  • Yes, it wasn’t any better
  • Nope
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History of the price of my haircuts

12-16 - £8
17 - 31 - Free (sister is a hairdresser and did it for me)
31 - 37 - £24 (was £19 when I started going and has risen slowly to £24)

My barber is off on a long trip back to Turkey and I’m in pretty desperate need of a hair cut. Looked at a local one and they’re charging £40 for the same as I get with Hector (cut and hot towel). Might wait it out.

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Once went to a salon for a haircut and when I arrived they told me the person that was supposed to do it was off sick so the salon manager would be doing it. Then they charged me an extra £20 because that was the salon manager’s rate?!

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Went back to normal barber shops after that.

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Never really liked barbers so used to go to a more salon-y place in my 20s where it was like £30 a go (this was in the 2000s as well), pricey but he’d usually give me alcohol as well.

Was fine.

Phones make it easier now cos I can show pictures of what I want. My current usual is £15.

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Absolutely better.

Got a $10 back around 96-97, got home and realized one side of my hair was way longer than the other. Only time I’ve ever given myself a buzz cut.

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I keep dropping hints to various barbers that there’s nothing i can do with my hair in the hope they suggest something or try something different but no it looks like I’m stuck with this daft quiff for life.

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Really enjoy cutting my own hair. Crazy half an hour where I bring as many mirrors into the bathroom as possible. Inevitably doesn’t end up like intended because I’m trying to get it level. Even when it’s bad I can just tell myself I’m rejecting norms and feel fine about it

And in relation to the question, love not paying for it

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You and your mum

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Few things are as worthy of extra expense as a haircut.
Vast majority of barbers only know how to cut one style, don’t listen to instructions, and spend about 7 minutes on the cut

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But also in a week it grows and looks different anyway

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I have such shit hair/hairline/head that it doesn’t seem worth it. Like there’s very few options for me annoyingly.

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Used to share a flat with a Vidal Sassoon hairdresser who would get us free haircuts from their new hairdressers and they were almost always shit.

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yeah, go to an eco place that’s super inclusive. not cheap but worth it just from a sensory perspective tbh, not too bright or loud, can ask for a silent apt if I’m not up to chatting.

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Used to go to a Turkish place that was around £12, but the quality varied wildly depending on who you got (there was no booking - just lucky dip as to who was available when you rolled up). Tested out a few other places round town (including one where they didn’t know how to use scissors) and eventually found one that’s consistently ok but more like £25 now. They’re also super lgbtq+ inclusive, big flag in the window etc so no regressive chat which is nice.

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it’s shocking how common this is

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I’ve never had a haircut

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Fappable does mine :+1:

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Been cutting my own hair for 15 years plus. Always seems fine

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To complement being an expensive lad with expensive tunes?