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The price of a haircut

  • 26-05-2014 09:41PM
    #1
    4zn76tysfajdxp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,944 ✭✭✭✭


    I haven't paid for a haircut in almost two years. "Why not, you smelly ugly bastard?" you may ask. Alright, calm down. Well, where I live (Northern Europe) the price of a regular men's haircut can be anywhere between €20 and €25 or even €30 and I'll be bollocksed if I'll pay that. So I bought a €14 hair clipper two years ago and used that ever since. And now you know the rest of the story.


    Bit enough about me, how much do you pay for a haircut? How much are you willing to spend? Do you cut your own hair? Have you ever? Dish.


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  • #2
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    I think we had a thread on this recently but anyway....12 Max, usually 10 midweek.


  • #3
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    I cut my own.

    €0


  • #4
    Supernintento Chalmers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 570 ✭✭✭Supernintento Chalmers


    Alessandra Gigantic Fruit wrote: »
    I haven't paid for a haircut in almost two years. "Why not, you smelly ugly bastard?" you may ask. Alright, calm down. Well, where I live (Northern Europe) the price of a regular men's haircut can be anywhere between €20 and €25 or even €30 and I'll be bollocksed if I'll pay that. So I bought a €14 hair clipper two years ago and used that ever since. And now you know the rest of the story.


    Bit enough about me, how much do you pay for a haircut? How much are you willing to spend? Do you cut your own hair? Have you ever? Dish.

    Slippery slope.
    Start cutting your own hair today, tomorrow you'll be reduced to wiping your own arse.


  • #5
    Tail Docker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,954 ✭✭✭Tail Docker


    Anywhere between €20 and €25 or even €30.


  • #6
    Peregrine
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 26,424 Mod ✭✭✭✭Peregrine


    Usually €10.

    I get it cut every 6-8 weeks. I cut it a little bit myself in between. Have to get a trimmer and a pair of thinning scissors soon.


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  • #7
    holystungun9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,933 ✭✭✭holystungun9


    €6 here in Spain. For years I used to get my hair cut for $2 in South America.


  • #8
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,685 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    €40 i think


  • #9
    Alf. A. Male
    Closed Accounts Posts: 740 ✭✭✭Alf. A. Male


    Pics and we'll see if that was 14 quid well spent or if we have a sympathetic whipround to take the burst sofa look off your head.


  • #10
    endacl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,443 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    I have one enormous dreadlock, so free.

    If I ever decide to cut it, it'll cost whatever kango hammers cost to rent for half an hour.


  • #11
    Lenin Skynard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,970 ✭✭✭Lenin Skynard


    Buzzed by myself for €0.


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  • #12
    4zn76tysfajdxp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,944 ✭✭✭✭4zn76tysfajdxp


    Tail Docker wrote: »
    Anywhere between €20 and €25 or even €30.

    Good heavens, you sound like a real impressive high roller.


  • #13
    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,610 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    holystungun9 wrote: »
    €6 here in Spain. For years I used to get my hair cut for $2 in South America.

    Hell of a journey for a haircut.


  • #14
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 56,584 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    28 I think.


  • #15
    Tail Docker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,954 ✭✭✭Tail Docker


    Alessandra Gigantic Fruit wrote: »
    Good heavens, you sound like a real impressive high roller.

    Naah, I just know how shyte selfie haircuts with a €14 clippers look. I'd pay €50 a pop to avoid that.


  • #16
    FearDark
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,425 ✭✭✭FearDark


    It's a tennar here in the country side! ...great value, you only truly appreciate it when you go abroad and you get your hair clipped and you're expected to pay 50+ bucks for it!


  • #17
    weldoninhio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,311 ✭✭✭✭weldoninhio


    Free. Done it myself for the past 10/12 years or so. Haven't seen the inside of a barbers since then.


  • #18
    fermanagh_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 810 ✭✭✭fermanagh_man


    The girlfriends is €120 monthly


    Fecking mental money


  • #19
    4zn76tysfajdxp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,944 ✭✭✭✭4zn76tysfajdxp


    Tail Docker wrote: »
    Naah, I just know how shyte selfie haircuts with a €14 clippers look. I'd pay €50 a pop to avoid that.

    Obviously not very good with your hands or operating basic machinery.


  • #20
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 56,584 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    FearDark wrote: »
    It's a tennar here in the country side! ...great value, you only truly appreciate it when you go abroad and you get your hair clipped and you're expected to pay 50+ bucks for it!

    You can get it for a tenner anywhere. It all depends on what you want and what sort of place you go to.

    Someone just looking a buzzcut is obviously going to pay a lot less than someone who has a particular style.


  • #21
    Gongoozler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,263 ✭✭✭Gongoozler


    fermanagh_man wrote: »
    The girlfriends is €120 monthly


    Fecking mental money

    She's getting more than a hair cut for that. Or did you think she was a natural blonde?


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  • #22
    Davarus Walrus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,280 ✭✭✭Davarus Walrus


    Most of the good barbers around Stephen's Green/Baggot Street etc tend to charge around €22 for a haircut. It's a fair price to pay I think, especially considering the professionalism that is involved.

    Went to the Waldorf Barbers last month. It was €32 for the cut, but I rounded it up to €40. Just an extraordinary level of service. Talked about the style I wanted, and I left 40 minutes later feeling a million dollars.


  • #23
    Tail Docker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,954 ✭✭✭Tail Docker


    Alessandra Gigantic Fruit wrote: »
    Obviously not very good with your hands or operating basic machinery.

    Brutal tbh, but then I have a heavy head of hair and a onesie all over makes me look like a thug. I guess you have less to trim and don't mind looking a bit dodgy.


  • #24
    Chucken
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,459 ✭✭✭Chucken


    Alessandra Gigantic Fruit wrote: »
    Obviously not very good with your hands or operating basic machinery.

    Maybe he's better with big machinery? ;)

    My daughter took my grandson for his 1st haircut a few weeks ago.
    22euro!! He's 18 months old ffs.


  • #25
    FearDark
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,425 ✭✭✭FearDark


    awec wrote: »
    You can get it for a tenner anywhere. It all depends on what you want and what sort of place you go to.

    Someone just looking a buzzcut is obviously going to pay a lot less than someone who has a particular style.

    Cheapest I found in New Zealand was about 40 dollars... I went down the DIY route for a while and that looked like crap, ended up just paying lady with big boobs to do it better.


  • #26
    keith16
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,061 ✭✭✭keith16


    It used to be €18 in Grafton Barber but down to €15 now. They usually do a good job. I probably get my hair cut every 12 weeks.

    Once I grew a massive beard. Grafton Barber shaved it off for me.

    I went to another hairdresser once. They asked me what I would like. I told them that I didn't know and what would they recommend. The girl shrugged her shoulders and said "two back and sides?"

    I used to go to another place. There were two stunning Romanian girls that used to work there. I would get them to wash my hair, even though it was completely unnecessary. I found it almost therapeutic. I would chat away to them too.

    I have loads more crap hair-cut related anecdotes like these.


  • #27
    Tail Docker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,954 ✭✭✭Tail Docker


    Chucken wrote: »
    Maybe he's better with big machinery? ;)

    My daughter took my grandson for his 1st haircut a few weeks ago.
    22euro!! He's 18 months old ffs.

    I always get caught with having to get it cut on a sunday in one of the city-center places - but it takes about 30 mins to cut my wire-rope hair, so that's about €30 an hour, which is alright I suppose. Mechanics charge more, and noones staring at their work for a few months..- I thinks it's €15 a pop - I just cut and pasted the OP's whinge about hairdressing for my original pricelist. He does sound pretty stingy though.


  • #28
    Uriel.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,059 ✭✭✭Uriel.


    I had been a regular customer of knights for many years - 26euro in the boom but in recent years to be fair they brought the price down to 20.

    In the past 8 months I've been growing my hair a bit though and I as a result I decided to go to the grooming rooms. 35 there. Amazing service though and worth the extra if you are trying to achieve particular styles


  • #29
    Jagdtiger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 167 ✭✭Jagdtiger


    Alessandra Gigantic Fruit wrote: »
    Obviously not very good with your hands or operating basic machinery.

    Out of curiosity, which picture are we judging, your Avatar or your Signature?


  • #30
    Tail Docker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,954 ✭✭✭Tail Docker


    Jagdtiger wrote: »
    Out of curiosity, which picture are we judging, your Avatar or your Signature?

    Picture Jon Kenny from the d'unbelievables with a home-made haircut and you're half-way there. :)


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  • #31
    keith16
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,061 ✭✭✭keith16


    sugarman wrote: »
    €6, excellent polish barber shop.

    Is that in Dublin? Where abouts?


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