Edit 10/21/2021: I have been able to go into the shop and get my deposit back.
I don't recommend this shop. Paul is the only artist at this shop now. He does great work and his art is beautiful, but as far as the business goes...
He doesn't communicate--When I booked my appointment in middle of May (The original appointment was for August 7th), he said he would give me concept sketches in a few weeks. A few weeks came and went, with no concept sketches or communication from Paul at all.
I dropped by in the middle of July to pay my deposit. He said he'd get me sketches by the end of the month. The end of the month came and went with no sketches of communication--again.
The week of the appointment, I messaged him on facebook messenger AND emailed him on August 4th if he had sketches or if we were still good to go for the 7th. No response, until August 6th (the night before the appointment), at 10:00pm at night saying that he would need to reschedule.
I emailed him back and asked what time we could reschedule. For the same time next week is what I assumed. I walked in at what I assumed would be my appointment time (August 14th), and he was seating another client down for work, and looked at me wide-eyed like he was shocked to see me at the shop.
He apologized for his unprofessionalism, gave me a business card with a $100 discount off of the tattoo (or any tattoo) and gave me his phone number. We re-scheduled for Sunday, August 22nd.
I texted him at his phone number on August 19th and asked him if we are still on track for Sunday. I didn't get a response until Sunday morning at 8:36am (1hr 30minutes before my appointment time) that he would be cancelling my appointment, and that I can get my deposit on Monday afternoon.
I asked him what time on Monday, with no response. I dropped by his shop multiple times on Monday, at 12:00, 1:00, 5:00, and all times the doors were closed.
For the next 2 weeks I checked in every day at his shop at 1:00 and 5:00. All of the times the doors were locked.
I have been unable to get my deposit back from the lack of communication and this facebook page has blocked me on messenger so I cannot communicate with Paul to schedule a time to get my deposit back. I have been scammed out of $100 worth of deposit (that he said I could have back, since he canceled!). It's not worth suing him over but this is a customer beware for anyone considering getting art here. You are risking being stolen from and ghosted by Paul. read more