Haircut Prices

[Shagnasty]

@kayaker

They draw you in with a low quote for a haircut.

Then, they explain that if you want them all cut it’s more.

I don’t think it is that hard to trim your own pubes. Saves lots of time and money.

[Lucas_Jackson]

The posted price for haircuts at my place is $9.

[hogarth]

The standard rock-bottom price in Toronto seems to be $8 for a men’s haircut (in Chinatown or Koreatown, say). Above that level, you can probably pay any amount up to the hundreds of dollars, depending on how frou-frou you want to get.

My wife told me she heard a story about a Chinese woman who would give you a quick buzz cut for $2 and she had customers lined up around the block. Apparently she was a sheep shearer back in the old country.

[Crafter_Man]

@Turble

My barber recently turned 83 years old. He charges $13 (won’t accept a tip) and always mentions that a haircut is not worth $13 but that is what he has to charge to cover the expenses to keep the shop open. He rambles about very few young people getting a barber license these days; everybody gets a cosmetology license.

The barber in the little village near us (Saint Paris, OH) is also 83 years old. He’s a Korean War veteran and has operated the shop for 59 years. I don’t recall what he charges.

[barbitu8]

@kunilou

Around here it’s $16. Several decades ago there was an actual barber’s union, which was the reason why all barber shops were closed on Monday. Now it’s hard enough to find someone under the age of 60 who actually calls himself a “barber.”

I thought I remembered that there was a union and all barber shops were closed on Mondays (at least those belonging to the union). Now they close on Sundays only around here. Thanks for the post. What’s the reason there is no union any more?

[Omar_Little]

@anomalous1

I too, don’t pay for haircuts, but…

15$ seems to be the norm, plus tip. I cut my hair about 10 times a year. So I learned how to cut it myself and for it to be even, and look really good. Only ever had compliments. Saves me a ton of money.

$15 x 10 = $150, hardly a ton of money, YMMV.

[WhyNot]

Men’s haircuts in my city range from $5 to well over $100. Just depends on where you go.

[Musicat]

Two local haircutting places nearby:

1. Franchise “hair salon”, charges $20, no razor used, you must give your name and address or they can’t open the register or appointment computer, appointments preferred. Usually a wait.

2. Old-style barber, $14, uses razor and shaving lotion to finish, no appointments accepted, no computer in sight, first-come-first-serve (a neon “U R Next” used to be in the window). Rarely any waiting. Plus you get raunchy barber jokes, fake barber news and conspiracies.

Which would you choose?

[Siam_Sam]

Everything costs more in Hawaii of course, and since returning I’ve seen some horrendous pricings. I finally settled on a Vietnamese lady who with another Vietnamese partner has her own shop. She charges $15, the lowest by far that I’ve seen here. I just give her $20 and call it even, and that’s still cheaper than anyplace else I’ve looked at. She does a decent job too.

[Weisshund]

Wow, times have changed.

Last hair cut i paid for was $2.00, and it wasnt even one i wanted, it was in basic training.

[doreen]

@barbitu8

I thought I remembered that there was a union and all barber shops were closed on Mondays (at least those belonging to the union). Now they close on Sundays only around here. Thanks for the post. What’s the reason there is no union any more?

I’m not sure that there was a barber union in my area ( there was a strike in 1913, but as far as I can tell, no union). But when I was a kid, back when there were barber shops and beauty parlors, they closed on Mondays. And so did bakeries and butchers and even some restaurants. Didn’t have to do with unions, really. It was just a custom that certain small businesses* would close on Monday after being open on Saturday. - and if all the barbers are closed on Mondays, nobody loses any business

• And all the barber shops /beauty parlors in that time and place were smail. No chains , no “25 chairs, no waiting” places

[AppallingGael]

$4 for a “man haircut” in my Chinatown place, down some steps from street level. It’s interesting to think about what sort of action may have gone down there in the old days, but there is not a lot of English spoken, and it would seem indelicate to ask. A woman cut is more, but maybe by only a dollar. There are other cheap places around, but none as. It is probably the only place I tip more than I pay for the basic service.

[Crane]

In rural New Mexico it’s twenty bucks and I haven’t seen a razor finish in many, many years.

While travelling in 1957 I stopped at a shop in East Texas and got the works for fifteen cents.

Crane

[Musicat]

@doreen

I’m not sure that there was a barber union in my area ( there was a strike in 1913, but as far as I can tell, no union). But when I was a kid, back when there were barber shops and beauty parlors, they closed on Mondays. And so did bakeries and butchers and even some restaurants. Didn’t have to do with unions, really. It was just a custom that certain small businesses* would close on Monday after being open on Saturday. - and if all the barbers are closed on Mondays, nobody loses any business.

Thanks for confirming what I seem to remember (1950s-60s+). Saturday at the barber shop was busy, and I think the prices were a little higher. Everyone was getting ready for Saturday night, and many couldn’t come during the week, so they got a haircut at the last minute. Then the barbers were closed on Mondays to compensate.

I don’t think that schedule has been in effect for a long time. Right now, the shop I go to is open on Mondays, closed on Saturdays (and there is no union in sight). Most restaurants (excepting fast-food) are closed on Mondays, but I can’t say much about bakeries or beauty parlors now or then.

[Chronos]

For the haircut I get, I can do it myself nearly as well as a barber can, and the trimmer only costs about as much as two barber visits.

I’m not yet at the point where haircuts are completely moot, but I’m getting there.

[Doubticus]

Since I get my hair cut pretty short anyways, I just bought my own hair clipper and do it myself. I use a number 3 on the sides and the big one on top. It’s basically what the hair dressers do to me.

[barbitu8]

I just got a cut this morning from “Great Clips,” a place I discovered through a “Nextdoor”" website, where people in my neighborhood post matters of interest. It is only 4 miles from me and cheaper $11/13 as opposed to $15/17. It’s a good cut, and better than the ones I was getting from a place much further away. It is a chain, and the store is a franchisee. Very clean and modern looking, and they accept credit cards. The lady asked me if I preferred scissors or clippers. Huh? Never was asked that before. Anyway, she had a set of combs with different sizes, and depending upon how short you want the cut, she would use the appropriate number. Never saw that before. Got a great cut.

[jz78817]

@Musicat

Two local haircutting places nearby:

1. Franchise “hair salon”, charges $20, no razor used, you must give your name and address or they can’t open the register or appointment computer, appointments preferred. Usually a wait.

2. Old-style barber, $14, uses razor and shaving lotion to finish, no appointments accepted, no computer in sight, first-come-first-serve (a neon “U R Next” used to be in the window). Rarely any waiting. Plus you get raunchy barber jokes, fake barber news and conspiracies.

Which would you choose?

#2 describes my barber shop almost to a T. except for the “no computer” part.

[Eyebrows_0f_Doom]

In NYC prices are generally $15-20 (and obviously can go *much *higher.)