I came across this shop while doing some local shopping. I did some research and decided to give it a try. My first visit was fantastic! I was greeted as soon as I entered the store, and they helped me choose my earring. The piercer made me comfortable, and it was painless. I was in and out within 25 minutes. While I was there, the piercer spoke about the high quality of tattoo artists they had in the shop and to come back next time for a tattoo.
Now, I do have 10+ tattoos, by 2 different artists not at this shop/company.
I am very selective when it comes to artists, and I typically stick with who I know well. However, due to the high praise they got from their peers I again, did some research and went back for a tattoo.
I was greeted, everyone was friendly. A few things from the start made me a little uncomfortable: There was only 2 people that day when I got there. The person at the front desk told me about their minimum for tattoo pricing. They didn't go much into detail about size, color etc. and then walked away.
I met with the person who would be doing the tattoo and they stated for what I wanted it wouldn't take that much time. I sat and waited for about 45 minutes, very little communication. I do understand stencils, sizing etc. takes time so I was patient. They get everything together, get the stencil on and then says "Oh, the tattoo is going to be $$" My initial thought is wow, ok a little more than what I had expected for a small tattoo, but with the detail, line work, black color only...fine.
It took the artist over 2 hours to do this small tattoo. The time it took for this, another artist in the shop had an entire forearm tattoo outlined, colored. I do understand everyone has a pace, but this was slow.
Once they were finished with the tattoo, they wrapped it up, I paid and they said, "Oh we also charge for touchups, these tattoos can fade quickly."
What? that's a bit odd. I haven't had anyone ever say that to me. I also didn't think much of it because I have never had to get a touchup.
Fast forward to 2 weeks after healing, the ink basically disappeared on some parts of the tattoo. Again, this hasn't happened to any of my tattoos. So, due to the nature of the ink pretty much being nonexistent I contacted the artist, and I was like hey, the ink disappeared, can you please get me an appointment so we can get it fixed? They say yep, here is a day/time we can book it. Right before the appointment I get "Oh and it will be $$ more, and you can put down $$ to hold your spot" What? I'm sorry so you want me to spend more $$ on a tattoo I'm not satisfied with? A tattoo I thought was overpriced to begin with but was hoping the quality would be worth it? And the Ink disappeared?
Needless to say, I am very unhappy. This is unprofessional. I am happy to pay for an artist's work. I am not cheap; I understand that's how they make their living. I also understand if I asked for something additional, something to be added or I just wanted something done out of personal preference there would be a charge. But to charge for the original tattoo I paid for not being done correctly? For the Ink to not stay? Thats not a ME issue. Thats clearly something that wasn't done correctly (Pressure, Etc.) in the first place. I will not be going back. I am pretty disappointed that the artist didn't stand by their work. read more