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I went to Til Death originally when they had Cooper as the artist. I had planned for two matching tattoos copying my uncle's old navy tattoo on me and getting it "revitalized" and finished for my uncle. We were initially quoted $50 for the draw up and $500 for both.
Understanding that the price may vary after the draw up I waited till I had some funds saved up. I then called in late August to set up the draw up. I was informed that Cooper was fired. After checking reviews, I was glad to hear it as I heard about the staph issues.
I was introduced to Mike, (now running From Hell n Back Tattoos). Told him about the situation and he quoted me $400 which was before the draw up. Again, understanding that the price was going to change I scheduled a time to come in for the draw up. When I arrived for the draw up Mike was not there due to illness or something. Instead of calling me to inform me of this they waited until my uncle, and I arrived and then handed us over to Cainen, a different artist.
Now working with Cainen, we had the draw up done and I mentioned, since he was the one here and helping with the draw up that I was going to have him do the tattoos. I said I wanted a quote for both tattoos fully done with color several times to make sure they heard me. I was worried i would come off as irritating but didn't want any more mix ups. After the Draw up was finished he Quoted me $500 for both tattoos fully done with color. I set the appointment for 8-29-2024 and placed my $50 deposit.
Day of the appointment Mike was back, and I was handed back to Mike. I was told that he was told the quote was for $650 for both including color. I corrected him and said I was Quoted $500 for both finished with color. After getting to see the draw up as the apprentice never sent it to him to see prior to the appointment he mentioned that he would work with me but there was no way the boss would let him do the work for the two tattoos for under $1000. I was about to walk out but this is something I wanted to get done before my uncle passed away, so I went ahead with it.
Cainen offered to fix one tattoo I had done from Cooper at till death for free by just adding some stippling while I waited.
My uncle and I finished the first day of the process each getting the first half of the tattoo done. I called the next day to schedule the second half and found that they fired mike. After talking with the owners that day both on the phone and in person I was informed that Til Death would not honor the work as the tattoo artists are independent contractors and they would not either A.) have another artist work for free or B.) eat the cost to pay their artist, since they had half my $1000, to finish the tattoo. At most they would pay be $50 to go to Fon Du Lac if Mike was willing to finish the work.
I contacted Mike. He said he honors his work and as soon as he got his shop up, he would finish the work no problem. His Gran opening is 09-29-2024 and he has already been in contact with me to get it finished.
I cannot recommend Til death due to a lack of professionalism and unwillingness to make right a situation that was out of a customer's hands. The influx of ever-changing artists seems to be an issue.
TLDR: I found Til Death Tattoos to be unprofessional and unreliable. I found that the Artist Cainen does good work however, the consistent changing of artists may lead you to being left with a tattoo half-finished even though you paid the full price to Til Death for a full tattoo. The form you are required to sign makes it very difficult if not impossible to get your money back and so they will keep your money and not finish your tattoo. The refuse to take responsibility and leave the customer holding the bag. I recommend ANY other tattoo parlor than Til Death. read more
