# Do you think $1040 is too much for haircuts for guys? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 24, 2012, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-1040-is-too-much-for-haircuts-for-guys/638771 "2012-10-24T22:36:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Michael63129](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@Michael63129](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael63129)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-1040-is-too-much-for-haircuts-for-guys/638771/21 "2012-10-24T23:39:07Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > I haven’t spent $1040 on haircuts over the last 10 years of my life. I have you beat; I haven’t even spent ONE dollar\* on haircuts in my entire life, I’ve always had it cut at home with clippers, not that I’d spend much anyway even if I did go to a barber since I only get it cut 4 times a year. \*Not including the cost of the clipper or electricity, the latter which is negligible, or when my mother used to do it; in any case, less than the cost of two $20 haircuts. Also, why the hate about head hair but not beards/mustaches (if I go more than 2-3 days without shaving, it starts to ITCH and I get a rash)? Of course, men have a common problem where their hair disappears so I assume that is the reason. ---
**Author:** ![CEOofPolar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@CEOofPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CEOofPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-1040-is-too-much-for-haircuts-for-guys/638771/22 "2012-10-24T23:53:43Z")
get it done professionally you could be screwy with it. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-1040-is-too-much-for-haircuts-for-guys/638771/23 "2012-10-25T00:01:33Z")
> [@CEOofPolar](#): > > i like to every Friday to my barber its 20$ and i was wondering if you think $1040 is too much for haircuts for a guy in a year? Do _you_ think it’s too much? I mean, you must really be thinking a lot about haircuts; what with two different threads in a few days asking basically the same question. If _you_ don’t think it’s too much, then it’s not too much. Duh. I certainly would never spend that much on haircuts but then my opinion isn’t worth squat anyway, seeing as how I shave my head. And why do you hate guys with shaved heads? Did you get an Atomic Wedgie by one before? If it makes you feel better, _I’d_ never give you an Atomic Wedgie. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-1040-is-too-much-for-haircuts-for-guys/638771/24 "2012-10-25T00:04:56Z")
> [@CEOofPolar](#): > > i like to every Friday to my barber its 20$ and i was wondering if you think $1040 is too much for haircuts for a guy in a year? Your hair grows fast enough to need a cut every week? ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-1040-is-too-much-for-haircuts-for-guys/638771/25 "2012-10-25T00:05:00Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > My system is to wait until my wife tells me I \*really \*need a haircut, and then put it off for another month or so. That means about 3 or 4 haircuts per year, give or take. > > It seems to work. Hear, hear! Ten dollars, three or four times a year. Nothing fancy, just a downtown barber shop, the kind that still have Field and Stream magazine in the waiting area. Basic hatchet-job cut. Who the hell cares? The finest sculpture possible is gone in two weeks ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-1040-is-too-much-for-haircuts-for-guys/638771/26 "2012-10-25T00:05:58Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > I hate guys who still have hair.😉 > > I probably have spent less than $500 on haircuts in the last 10 years. I’ve spent more than that in razorblades over the last 10 years. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-1040-is-too-much-for-haircuts-for-guys/638771/27 "2012-10-25T00:06:19Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > Hell, I keep my hair shaved down to about half an inch and I still have to wait 2-3 weeks before there’s enough to shave off. My DH shaves his head (he says it’s more comfortable under a hard hat), and usually goes over his head every day or two while he’s shaving his face anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-1040-is-too-much-for-haircuts-for-guys/638771/28 "2012-10-25T00:07:31Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > My system is to wait until my wife tells me I \*really \*need a haircut, and then put it off for another month or so. That means about 3 or 4 haircuts per year, give or take. > > It seems to work. Sounds like how my husband functioned before the hard hat became an issue. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-1040-is-too-much-for-haircuts-for-guys/638771/29 "2012-10-25T00:08:23Z")
It’s your money to throw away as you want. It is yours, isn’t it? Personally, I get my hair cut 3-4 times a year and I pay $8. So, $24 to $32 a year for me is about normal. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-1040-is-too-much-for-haircuts-for-guys/638771/30 "2012-10-25T00:08:50Z")
> [@Seanette](#): > > My DH shaves his head (he says it’s more comfortable under a hard hat), and usually goes over his head every day or two while he’s shaving his face anyway. Well, there’s mostly short like I have where half an inch or 3/4 of an inch looks about the same, and totally shaved, where a day can make the difference between shiny smooth and stubbular. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-1040-is-too-much-for-haircuts-for-guys/638771/31 "2012-10-25T00:15:21Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > My system is to wait until my wife tells me I \*really \*need a haircut, and then put it off for another month or so. That means about 3 or 4 haircuts per year, give or take. > > It seems to work. That’s practically my schedule as well. I let my hair grow until I can’t stand “it” anymore. “It” can either be my hair bothering me or my wife telling me I need to get a haircut. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-1040-is-too-much-for-haircuts-for-guys/638771/32 "2012-10-25T00:17:30Z")
Me? 4 X $25 = $100 per year. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-1040-is-too-much-for-haircuts-for-guys/638771/33 "2012-10-25T00:26:26Z")
$30 for a pair (why are they referred to as a “pair”??) of clippers, hopefully that lasts about a year= $30/year. Although I probably replace the clippers at least once during that year, seeing as how I shave my head everyday (my hair grows _insanely_ fast and I like to keep it short and clean), so I’ll put that figure at $50-60/year. ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-1040-is-too-much-for-haircuts-for-guys/638771/34 "2012-10-25T00:27:40Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > My system is to wait until my wife tells me I \*really \*need a haircut, and then put it off for another month or so. That means about 3 or 4 haircuts per year, give or take. > > It seems to work. Honey? When did you move to Tel Aviv? ---
**Author:** ![highrollinwooded](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/71c47a/32.png) [@highrollinwooded](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/highrollinwooded)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-1040-is-too-much-for-haircuts-for-guys/638771/35 "2012-10-25T00:33:52Z")
I’m callin borderline OCD on this one… ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-1040-is-too-much-for-haircuts-for-guys/638771/36 "2012-10-25T00:39:54Z")
Many years ago, I bought a clipper for $30. Two or three times a year, I stick on the 1/4 inch attachment, and just go all over. It works for me: Even if I went to a barber, that’s about the only thing that can be done with my hair, anyway. If I let it grow out, I get a Caucaso. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-1040-is-too-much-for-haircuts-for-guys/638771/37 "2012-10-25T00:43:41Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Many years ago, I bought a clipper for $30. Two or three times a year, I stick on the 1/4 inch attachment, and just go all over. It works for me: Even if I went to a barber, that’s about the only thing that can be done with my hair, anyway. If I let it grow out, I get a Caucaso. Caucaso? ---
**Author:** ![sugaree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@sugaree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sugaree)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-1040-is-too-much-for-haircuts-for-guys/638771/38 "2012-10-25T00:45:38Z")
Ah, I’ve never heard the term Caucaso, but I like it. Is there an Asio option as well? ---
**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-1040-is-too-much-for-haircuts-for-guys/638771/39 "2012-10-25T00:49:42Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Caucaso? I assume he has curly hair and he’s thought up a much less offensive term for what I only know (in private) as a “Jew 'fro”: an afro on a white person with curly hair. I spend about $60 on haircuts, $15 every 3 months. It’s such a minor expense I realise now that I didn’t even consider it in my budgeting on Mint! ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-1040-is-too-much-for-haircuts-for-guys/638771/40 "2012-10-25T00:56:52Z")
It is too much for _me_ to spend - because haircuts don’t mean that much to me. But since they do to you, and it is your money - then I say no. (Hopefully you can afford it) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-1040-is-too-much-for-haircuts-for-guys/638771.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-1040-is-too-much-for-haircuts-for-guys/638771.md?page=3)