*This is for anyone looking to book an appointment with Mike Rodriguez, Owner of Unforgettable Ink* I have nothing bad to say about the rest of the resident artists at the shop. I booked an appointment with Mike, 2 months ahead. Sent him a down payment of $500, to secure the date. A day before our scheduled appointment, he had his shop manager text me to tell me that Mike is sick. The next day, he's posting on his Instagram on a boat vacationing. (Not sick at all) I was disappointed, but I can be understanding & patient. I asked him several times, for the next few days, when we would be rescheduling. He would not get back to me whatsoever, holding my down payment "hostage". I blew him up, through text, and Instagram DM, until he responded. He tells me that he's "going to Cali" and didn't know when he'd be able to do the tattoo.. so obviously, at this point, I asked for my down payment back, or to have another resident artist in the shop do the tattoo. He reads the message, then proceeds to tell me he can do the tattoo tomorrow at 3:30pm before his flight. The next day, I arrive at the shop around 3pm, Mike doesn't show up until 5pm. He then wanders around the shop, chatting with employees, smoking out back, (I could see everything clearly on his security cameras) doing anything but greeting me, HIS CLIENT. He finally comes in the room, with a smirk, says "sorry" then finally gets started on the stencil. He barely wanted to be there, did not want to take the proper time to find the best image with me for the tattoo, so I picked one and ran with it. He threw the stencil on, started tattooing me and the only thing he said was "I have a flight at 6pm" I said, "so what's good with the time crunch?" His response, "Oh I'm not worried about it, I'm not going to rush it". OF COURSE, he rushed it. Dude wailed on me with the tattoo gun, seemingly doing the tattoo as quickly as possible, trying to get it finished before he had to go. (I've been tattooed countless times and I've never seen someone go that hard.) The whole time he was tattooing, he was asking what time it was. Then, after only an hour of tattooing, he says "I have to go". We were only halfway through the tattoo and he should NOT have rushed any of it. I asked when we would be able to finish it, and he said "In two weeks" he made me give him the full amount for the tattoo, even though he did not complete it. I was annoyed with the entire situation, but I thought that paying him in full, would give him the incentive to show up and finish it properly. He left, went on vacation to Cali. Comes back, and our "final" appointment is in a day or two. I hadn't heard from him. I texted him to make sure he'd be there, and still got no response. The appointment was set for 10am on a Monday morning. I made sure to get there on time, waited in the parking lot for him, knocked on the shop door, rang the bell, and of course, he didn't show up! He texted me at 9:45am saying "I have you scheduled for 10am." I said, "yeah man, I'm out front in the parking lot" ..20 minutes later, he says, "I'm not going to make it, I'll be free around 3pm" I was done with the games, done with this guy wasting my time. It was the absolute worst business ethic I've ever experienced. I let him know, in full, how I was feeling, and how he can't be doing this to people. His response was, "sorry I'll make it up to you" THIS IS THE OWNER OF THE ESTABLISHMENT. He does not understand that people have lives. My time shouldn't be wasted when you're being paid for it. I gave him my hard earned money, for art. Which I did not receive. Instead, I got a scarred up, half done, tattoo. After I posted the situation on Instagram, he blocked me, and would not respond to my messages. Dude STILL has all of the money that I gave him, even though he only tattooed me for an hour. (I paid him over $1000) I haven't seen a single penny back, or any effort to resolve the situation. So much disrespect towards a client, that I've never seen before, from ANYONE in the industry. I put my trust in him, as a human & artist, and he destroyed that. Have some moral standards. Stop ripping people off. Do better. Karma is beautiful. read more