My boyfriend and I had plans to stay in Kelowna and get small and simple tattoos, although mine was more intricate. We went to this place because of the high ratings, with the intention to get them 9 ... Read More
My boyfriend and I had plans to stay in Kelowna and get small and simple tattoos, although mine was more intricate. We went to this place because of the high ratings, with the intention to get them 9 days later. Lefty (the tattoo artist) took pictures and notes of what we wanted, and had over a week to look through them. Instead, he waited a couple of hours before our appointment to cancel due to illness. I tried to find alternatives such as referring us to another artist at his shop, or give us our deposit back ... But he answered them with an "I don't know", and instead promised to do our tattoos the next morning.
This move cut off our plans for our last evening, and postponed our travel time the following day. When we got to the shop the next morning, it was clear Lefty had lost his notes, because he was asking the same questions again. When he started sketching my tattoo, he had sketched it much bigger than the size we originally agreed upon. I politely voiced my opinion, and he immediately said he was too sick to do the tattoos, and gave us our deposit back.
When he began feeling sick he should've looked at his workload and judged his capabilities before the day of our original appointment. He should've listened to my alternatives the first time so we didn't waste our vacation time waiting on him, and found another artist. I'm rating this experience as a 1, because cancelling twice is not professional, and was completely avoidable. Read Less