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    Merced Tattoo and Piercing

    3.6 (29 reviews)
    ModerateTattoo, Piercing
    Closed 12:00 pm - 8:00 PM

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    Michael H.

    Genuine service on a slow Sunday. Can't ask for more! Nice new tattoo for a first timer.

    Maggie N.

    I have never gotten my ears pierced, and coming here was the right choice. For a total of 4 piercings (2 on each side) was $100 dollars. When I came in there were a lot of people, so they gave me a paper to fill out and asked me to come an hour later. I did and when I came I was the first one to be helped. They were extremely nice and helped me feel comfortable. I'm not going to lie, I was scared and the guy ( I'm assuming his name is Daniel, since he gave me his card) who helped me was extremely careful with how he pierced my ears. Giving me words of comfort and allowing me to check if the piercings were where I wanted them to be. They attended me and it was more than I can ask for. The two mini diamond earrings are what they put in my new piercings. I highly recommend this place, I'm pretty sure you won't regret it.

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    Cassandra G.

    I visited Cali back in Oct 2020 ,got my double helix. As always great job done. Good customer service. I've always gotten pierced by Thoree, even when he was at a different location, so I recommend him. (:

    Second Nostril piercing by Shiomi

    Highly recommend Shiomi ("ShowMe") for all your piercing needs and desires! I don't understand nor agree with the negative reviews. I received amazing customer service and (emotional) support from Shiomi. She walked me through getting my second nostril piercing. She is professional, clean, and efficiently skilled (chef's kiss touch ; nothing heavy about them!) . She let me check before getting the job done and I was not pressured or rushed at all even with a line behind me(Which is important for my anxiety ). It was at my pace and peace. If you're new to piercings or interested in getting more, I highly recommend seeing Shiomi at Merced Tattoo and Piercing.

    Let me preface this by stating that I hate writing bad reviews. The main purpose of this review is to shed light on the unprofessional customer experience I had with Thor so that he can improve the way he treats his customers and conducts his business. The moment I walked into this shop there was something off-putting about Thor. But, the shop looked nice and clean so, after comparing other artists in the area I decided to go with him anyway. This is my first tattoo and I wanted what I thought was the best possible person to do it. I call the shop later and he says a deposit is required to make an appointment for the tattoo. Ok fine. Next day I stopped by the shop to drop off my deposit. Instead of taking it, he tells me to contact his assistant. Ok fine. I contact the assistant, pay the deposit, and literally 2 min after paying says that appointment is unavailable. But, after getting a little upset, magically somebody "canceled" and I took their spot. Day of my tattoo, 10am appointment, he doesn't get there until 11am and instead of apologizing blames me for not checking my DM's(which btw is not a legitimate line of communication for a storefront business perhaps acceptable for an online business). There was also another customer with me that morning waiting for him. This other guy scheduled his touch up months in advance and waited outside in the cold and rain for an hour just like me for Thor to arrive. I was willing to delay my own tattoo for this guy to get his touch up. But, instead of taking care of his touch up that would've taken less than 30 min, blames the customer for scheduling his touch up with his assistant and not through his DM. What's the point of an assistant then? This other guy is an extremely kind person and couldn't stand up for himself. I was really angry about this and wanted to say something at that moment but didn't because I didn't want to mess up my own tattoo session so I bit my tongue. Now, for the tattoo session. The tattoo itself took less than 4 hours to complete but I ended up being there for 8+ hours because he was walking away from me every 20 minutes, and must've walked away at least 10 times. When you're paying someone $250/hr, the assumption should be that all their attention will be on you. Also, when you're experiencing excruciating pain your brain has the ability to numb the pain after a few minutes. Every time my mind would begin to numb the pain he would say nothing and walk away to make a little extra money doing walk-in piercings. Your money maker is tattooing and when your customer pays a premium at $250/hr for your services, you shouldn't be giving priority to walk in customers. After about 6 weeks, I DM him to schedule my touch up. It is my understanding that the whole point of a touch up is to "touch up" any imperfections of the work after the skin has healed. But, he makes it clear he doesn't like doing touch ups probably because it's "free"(not really because you paid for the original work). This is evidenced through the other customer's and my interactions with him. Why offer it then? Oh yea probably because it is an industry standard. Take a look at my DM and email exchanges with him and you can see how he talks to his customers. If you're ok with being on his time and not on your time, definitely go with him. His work is pretty good. My tattoo is an 8 out of 10. I was trying to get the touch up to make it a 10(uploaded pic and messages of what I'm talking about). This guy accepts zero accountability for his mistakes and blames others instead. Thor thinks he's projecting confidence and strength by treating his customers this way but you're actually projecting weakness and arrogance. Try learning some modesty and humbleness, it could go a long way. If you're the owner or Thor reading this, I hope my review can motivate you to improve the customer experience. And if you're a potential customer that took the time to read this long review, I hope it provided you some good insight, and I hope you receive a better customer experience than I did.

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    Got a septum piercing today very clean and professional .. will be coming back to this place

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    This place is beyond amazing. They do fundraisers. And they do amazing work. Love this place. Definitely my favorite shop.

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    How much for double helix piercings? And does that include the jewelry?

    Double helix is $60 including jewelry

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    Just got tattooed by Elise and she was great!! Very professional, sterile and friendly. Nice light…read morehand. I would get another tattoo from her without hesitation. Great price too!! Thank you Elise, you were great.

    Make sure you are checking out the artist you are trying to get a tattoo from. This shady artist…read moreflaked out on an appointment & refused to give the deposit back! As a tattoo artist if you don't have a specific deposit policy then it is YOUR job to make it clear to your client! My niece made an appointment a month in advance and the day OF Elise decided to cancel because she "didn't have the right size needle" GIRL you had a whole month to be prepared for that appointment Elise rescheduled but my niece decided she didn't want to continue with her & cancelled 6 days before. NOWHERE on her page did it say deposits were non-refundable. NOWHERE on her appointment form did it say deposits were non-refundable. NOWHERE in the messages that they exchanged did she SAY deposits were non-refundable. Did she go & change her policy AFTER my niece asked for her deposit back? Of course she did! Because she knows she's wrong! We've tried reaching out to her & she refuses. We've tried reaching out to the shop & can't get an answer. I went by the shop at 5:30pm on a Tuesday and they were closed, even though their hours are Tuesday-Saturday 12-8pm.

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    Emerald Tattoo And Piercing - Modesto - Tattoo by Casey
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    Emerald Tattoo And Piercing - Modesto

    4.2(292 reviews)
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    Have been a customer for years and always get excellent service. Have had Taylor do several of my…read moretattoos and always come away satisfied. She has always made sure that I got what I wanted. They are great for piercing also as I have a nose piercing and when I accidentally pulled it out just went in and they helped me out. Great place

    Got trolled so hard here…read more Called in to ask if they do walk ins and the price for ear piercings and gave the price $70 for piercings and studs and said walk ins are available so we agreed. Came in and I asked questions since I never got a piercing and didn't know the procedure but neither the receptionist nor piercer wasn't feeling it that day. Maybe I just caught them in a bad day but either way got my ears pierced quickly. However when I went to pay with my Apple Pay they said cash only AFTER I got my ears pierced and they never said anything on the phone. I asked if I can pay by credit card or Apple way and they pointed at an ATM that I couldn't withdraw money from (since I had no debit card). So since I only had a credit card and apply pay, I had to give up my drivers license and waste about an hour walking around to and back to a gas station that didn't do cash backs and Walgreens a mile away that I had to purchase twice and had a limit of $40 for cash. So after I walked all the way back in the Modesto summer in dress shoes (since I came from an interview) I asked them how should I pay the difference and showed me I can pay with... ...Venmo. ...and yeah, they just made me walk an hour in the blistering heat when I could've just venmoed them the whole time. It's a shame since the place was pretty cool and had a nice vibe to it. I debated on giving them like 2 or 3 stars cause they pierced my ears well but man walking in that Modesto heat for 1 hour in dress shoes to get cash I wasn't informed or needed was not the best experience. So yeah... TLDR: bring cash.

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