I posted about this when I moved from Galveston to the DFW area. I was paying $10 in Galveston at a barber. Up here, I finally found a good hair stylist at $14 close to my apt. Before that, I couldn't find even a barber shop for less than $16. All of these prices are before tip.
I get my cut at VIP Hair and Nails on Fry Road in Kroger Shopping Center for 6 bucks. The guy Tom used to work for Toni and Guy. He now owns his own shop and does a great job. I've been getting my hair cut there for two years. Same quality just cheaper. Got to save a buck during this economic times.
$18 plus tip at Sport Clips. I used to go to TGF, then tried Sport Clips once because I had a coupon and have been there since...the quality of the haircut is so much better no matter who the stylist. I probably shouldn't admit this but I get the wash too...it feels pretty amazing, and I don't have to go home and shower to get all of the loose hair out afterward.
I cut my hair myself, about every 3 weeks. I have been using that cheap Walmart clipper for 3+ years now, so that's under $20 for 3+ years, and I think I do as good a job as most barber shops, except the back where I can only gauge it by touching,
I pay $15 at the moment, and I think that's too much. I'd like to pay $12, but this barber is more convenient to get to. My father did a lot of work for a fancy french hair stylist when I was a teenager, so he comped me one of his $50 haircuts. I didn't see the difference, so I've never been tempted to pay more. A $25 haircut several years ago confirmed it. One time, I did err in the opposite direction. I went to a black barber in my neighborhood. He ran a fine little shop, but it became apparent he never got any white customers. He did the whole thing with clippers. My wife forbade me to go back. Though, in a week, that haircut was fine too. Are you thinking of the barber shop on 57th Street near the Metra? I went there when I went to college; I loved that shop. I can't find that kind of atmosphere in Houston.
I pay $4 at a Vietnamese haircut place on 1960. I used to go to place that cost around $20 and they started jacking up their rates. So, after the last time they cut my hair I took pictures of myself. I show those pictures to the Vietnamese people and they cut it the same way.
Yeah, I hold off on the neck massage at the end, though. A little too weird for me. I usually get my hair cut by the black fella, nice guy and he loves to talk sports. Plus, they've always got a good movie on that big flat screen in there.
I don't like going anywhere other than the old style barber shop. Currently paying about 12 bucks a trip. wow... Some of you guys generate a lot of emotion over some dude on the radio.
Sorry, his little comments about the Rockets after the 22 game winning streak come to mind whenever his name pops up. We're not asking for much, just at least try to be informed sometimes.
I pay just around $18 after tip. I'd prefer to pay less, but the barber I go to jacked up their rates ~$3 around a year ago. I have a haircut that is relatively simple to cut. I can't tell the difference between a $10 and $40 cut, and I've never been unhappy with a haircut in my life. I always thought that was the status quo with most men's haircuts.
