General O/T Chit Chat Thead II

I appreciate the attempt at transparent pricing but I feel almost incapable of reading that entire thing.

I have been charged $45 for a child’s haircut at just cuts and I have paid stupid prices for my own hair, like $400+. Hard no to both these days.
 
timmy said:
I feel they could simplify it a lot tbh. Five different prices for blow dry?
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Biggest issue I have with that is who determines what’s short, med, long, extra long ect. Otherwise I do recognize that pricing in that industry should reflect the amount of work that goes in to the service.
 
Kingston said:
Biggest issue I have with that is who determines what’s short, med, long, extra long ect. Otherwise I do recognize that pricing in that industry should reflect the amount of work that goes in to the service.
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Point is the blow dry prices could be reduced to short/med/long instead of five. And other treatment prices could also be streamlined. Group some together, etc.
 
timmy said:
Point is the blow dry prices could be reduced to short/med/long instead of five. And other treatment prices could also be streamlined. Group some together, etc.
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Yeah, they could lose the mediums!
Some long are extra long and thick, so that definitely warrants an extra charge. Long and fine, can't be put in that category. I judge it on time spent doing it, in the drying sector. Some short ones can be done in 5 minuets, some short thicker hair can take half an hour.
 
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timmy said:
Just going to post this here. Ignore the green outlines, it's from FB, someone commenting about the rage of "women's" treatments compared to boys'/men's. Anyway some comments were like "As a stylist who's owned and/or managed several salons.. what the f is this menu. This is insane, they need a better pricing system." Pic taken in Western Sydney.

What do you think, @February?

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What if you are gender non conforming - what pricing do you go with? What if you are a male with really long hair - is it still the standard male price? Pricing this complicated and inconsistent is one of the many reasons I now cut my own hair - I got so sick of never knowing how much I was going to be charged on the day to get the same thing done.
 
Isee said:
What if you are gender non conforming - what pricing do you go with? What if you are a male with really long hair - is it still the standard male price? Pricing this complicated and inconsistent is one of the many reasons I now cut my own hair - I got so sick of never knowing how much I was going to be charged on the day to get the same thing done.
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I had a client years ago who was transitioning from male to female, and wanted to be treated and charged as a female even when s/he was still very much male.
Prices in the hair industry are crazy. As a "seat renter" I set my own prices, and when I see what the rest of the salon is charging, it's unbelievable.
When I was off a couple of years ago when I had my eye surgery, a couple of my clients asked me to recommend who to go to in the salon. I told them to look on the salon website as the girls all had their profiles on it, and choose who you like the sound of. They are all younger than me, and don't work like me, so I had no idea who they should go to.
They all called me and said, I'm not paying that!
A couple who "chanced it" without checking the prices where shocked when it came to the bill. They paid $100 more than what I charge them for, for their Colour, cut and blow-dry.
That is why my clients can afford to come every 3, 4, 5 or 6 weeks. Their clients come every three months!
 
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