As many other reviews state, the initial estimates are very high compared to other tattoo shops in the area, and then they charge even higher than the estimates.My wife and I came in for matching blac... Read More
As many other reviews state, the initial estimates are very high compared to other tattoo shops in the area, and then they charge even higher than the estimates.My wife and I came in for matching black tattoos, with the designs taken from the web. The artist looked at the design, talked about what we wanted, and quoted $250 per tattoo. We said it sounded a little high, and the artist said it might not cost that much, since we would both get identical tattoos.The artist took the online image, and modified it slightly. We then both got our ~3 inch tattoos on our shoulders. Total time was a little under 3 hours. We were charged almost $900, or around $300 per hour. The tattoos were "fine", but not something to be proud of. The line work was a bit light, and not consistent. We plan to get it touched up when we get our next tattoos.When we brought up that the total charge was significantly higher than quoted, we were told that tattoos aren't done per hour, they're based on complexity, and "many other factors". I pointed out that our tattoos were simple, copied from the web, and were duplicates of each other. Complexity if anything should have reduced the price. We essentially received a "too bad" response back.We'll obviously be going somewhere else for our future tattoos, but as I noticed so many other customers ran into the same problems, I thought it was worth writing up our experience as well. Read Less