I am not sure who I spoke to but it was not Vincent. I went in looking for a piece done that day, and the guy at the counter told me they were full for the day. When I went to leave, he said wait and asked me what it was I wanted. I showed him a sketch and he said he could do it between 6:00pm to 7:00pm, so he took my #. Around 6 o'clock I receive a call that they're ready for me. Great! So I head over, and the store's sign says they are closed. I walk in anyway because they called, and it's the same guy I spoke to at the counter. He is the only one there and I ask him if he will be the one doing my tattoo - he answers yes. Immediately I am a little uncomfortable for I have not seen this guy's work, and doesn't offer any examples. So my friend and I go into the back room, and he is the only one there. He say's "we can play whatever music we want on our phones" while he draws up my design ( it was a dagger piercing a bunch of roses). I understand creative license and have no problem with the artist re-doing the work I was requesting in their style, but he pulls out a generic stencil for a rose and tells me he's going to use that for my tattoo. Another feeling of discomfort waves over me, because this was supposed to be a custom piece. He looks at my design and is clearly unhappy with it, and suggests several alterations. Don't get me wrong, I am all for a professional opinion, but he kept insisting I go bigger on the roses, add less, remove the leaves, etc. Then he pulls up several dagger examples off Pinterest and coaxes me into getting a different one. I find one dagger in the photos he is showing me where I like a few parts, and tell them what I do and do not like for him to get an idea of what I am looking for. He then proceeds to print out the image of the tattoo entirely, and trace over it. He blows up the piece far more than I wanted, and when I tell him I am not looking for a piece that large, he tells me anything smaller would look disportionate to my body ( I'm tall, so I try to understand where he is coming from) . I explain to him I do not want this piece that large, but he ignores my concern and continues to sketch up the generic and traced over design. At this point I am completely uncomfortable and second guessing even having him do this tattoo. He has me sit down on a long foam bed, but doesn't even attempt to clean or disinfect the area first. While I fill out paperwork, I notice a line for "Discussed price quote" - he did not even tell me the estimate. I ask him how much he thinks this would be, and he asks me "can I charge you by the hour?". I am thrown off at him asking, because most shops I've been to have a flat rate OR charge by the hour, but there is no wiggle room on price. So I'm thinking, is he trying to haggle with me, and what kind of tattoo parlor even does haggle on price? I ask him if the shop normally charges per hour, and he pauses for a moment and then says yes, as if he has to think about the answer. I'm thinking "how do you not know the store policy on pricing?" So I ask him how much he charges per hour, and he answers $125. I ask him how much he would think the piece would take, he says 2 - 3 1/2 hours. I do the math and it ends up to be about $400. My piece is medium size, no bigger than my hand, with no color or shading, just black line work, so I'm thrown off at the price. I have had tattoos done in the past, and I have a piece a bit smaller than what I wanted and was charged $200. Again, I understand the variation in price range per shop, and am completely willing to pay a lot for great work, but I wasn't shown any of his work. He notices I am concerned with the price, and tells me if I wanted it a little smaller ( which still is larger than I wanted ) he could do it for $300. At that point, with every other red flag, I decide this is not the place I trust to be doing business with. I tell him I would like to think about the price and discuss it further another time, and offer to pay him for his time and his sketch. He denies and passively insists I do the piece today. Read Less

Have gotten every single tattoo on my body by mark at the shop. Absolutley phenomenal, everytime I walk in I am comfortable and feel like family with Vincent and his staff. You truly get more than a tattoo when you come here! Read Less

Great shop & Great Owner! I had a hoop nose ring that I was struggling to insert for a while. The only person in the shop was Vincent. The other piercer would not be in until later in the day. Unfortunately, I could not come back later. Vincent stopped what he was doing and took to the time to help me out! He was gentle and VERY VERY CLEAN with my piercing. You can tell he knows what he's doing! Read Less