Barbershop Prices are Outpacing Inflation: $70 dollar cuts??

[Ezekiel 25:17]

If we're being honest, you should be making double your salary from 2005

 

[Supa]

I’ve been going to my barber for 10+ years, and his proces have tripled.

I pay 65 + tip… and that’s with the “long time customer” discount. Other people are paying 100 for a cut.

it’s kind if crazy tho because the nikka kind of provides bad service from a time management standpoint. . . But every time I try to go somewhere cheaper, my cut is fukked up.

What kind of cut are you getting?

All anyone has to do is get a set of clippers, trimmers, a hand mirror and cut their hair with a #2-3 guard all around. Line it up and you're done. It may not be as stylized like a fade or taper but it's a simple and clean look especially with waves.

 

[Amo Husserl]

Bank probably tappin' the barber's pockets on the loan interest.
Utilities probably goin' up, everything gettin' expensive. Barbers is a cash business.
Gotta stay ahead someway. Support Black-owned businesses.

 

[Shadow]

Yeah and if a cut gon cost $70, it should at least come with a facial

 

[CashmereThoughts]

Barbers charging more than landscapers

Then there’s the goofies who’ve fallen into being shamed into being happily ripped off

A bad haircut isn’t going to be like my house falling apart or my car not working and barbers shouldn’t be charging like skilled mechanics

You Wildin. A bad haircut is not worth the risk.

As a photographer I understand. It’s photographers shooting 3 hours for $400 and it’s photographers who don’t come outside for under 10k.

Who you are as a barber determines how much you can charge.

 

[Atlrocafella]

To make it worse, I have to get a cut or line up every week because of my side gig. So I’m paying $150/month at the barbershop.

 

[Atlrocafella]

Double.

 

[XannyWarbucks]

I pay whatever I have. 30, 50, 60, 80. However I feel. I think average for cuts is like $27+ these days.

 

[desjardins]

I started going to the barbershop before covid and even then prices were rising
I'm curious though how did yall barbers articulate price increases to yall. I actually never had a barber up the price on me before. I usually either moved or switched barbers for non price related issues and had increases that way
Like it has to be some level of push back the way prices have increased the last 5 yrs, all yall consumers just sitting in the waiting area together knowing the price of the brick going up. Can't the loyal clients effectively "unionize" and argue for some price stability? Like nikkas be in black barbershops all weekend, the high ass prices never come up in between arguments about Ja or gender warz?
Then I wonder if barbers give different prices to different people on the low. Whether the barber just scared of certain dudes or like them more/have personal relationship outside the shop, etc

 

[Strapped]

Tell that to the electric company and the leasing company about their prices . I stopped going to the barber over 10 plus years ago

 

[Soundbwoy]

Best thing I’ve done during the pandemic was learning to cut my hair, I might go to the barber twice a year when I feel really lazy

 

[KillerPups]

mine 35. but my barber just moved out to Philly

so i back on these barber streets. i went by Brooklyn barber shop all Spanish ppl, brothers barber shop all Spanish. vip Spanish is like i can't even find a black spot no more is crazy or in these streets. not going to no papi for no cut under any circumstances

 

[Vodun]

shyt thai women in Thailand cut my hair for 5 bucks plus a massage

 

[kevin arnold]

 

[EndDomination]

I get a cut for $30 - tip my barber $5