QuoteReplyTopic: tips! Posted: September 19 2007 at 2:01pm
Im just trying to work out how much altogether the extensions are going to cost, when working out the tip, do you just work it out on the amount for what they charge you for putting them in? and not the entire cost ie with the the hair and products.....sorry for being a bit thick but Im just getting use to the tiping thing!!! and is 15% about the norm?
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Hi Sasha, tip what you want to tip if you chose to tip at all. I never tip stylists by percentage. Services under $200 my tips usually ended up being more than 20% anyway.
And I never felt compelled to tip for a service over $200. I feel that they are already charging me for their labor, why would I pay more on top of that.
I went to a salon when I got hairlocs installed and the lady doing it told me no tipping there. It was not allowed. Ive never heard of that before. it was just odd to me because I have always felt compelled to tip and like i was being a "bad customer" if I didnt lol.
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I never tipped, I was going to once, for the lady I went to, she was having a $100.00 off sale, then quoted me the price w/o the sale. Guess she got the money either way. I really think it depends on how much you paid to get them put in, AND if they stay in, it would suck to tip then have them fall out 2 weeks later!
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I think that 15% average range is standard tipping etiquette for STANDARD services. Once you get above and beyond what the price of standard services are, then I dont think its expected to tip 15%. I do think a tip is always appropriate, but when you are paying over a couple hundred dollars for a service I dont think you need to follow the 15% guideline.
I think that 15% average range is standard tipping etiquette for STANDARD services. Once you get above and beyond what the price of standard services are, then I dont think its expected to tip 15%. I do think a tip is always appropriate, but when you are paying over a couple hundred dollars for a service I dont think you need to follow the 15% guideline.
Hi Sherrie,
I have found that tipping for hair services is like anything else. If I know that I am going to want special service for an extended period of time I will tip extra so that the person is more willing to work with me. I do this with my hair colorist. I always tips her 20% (or more if she does special things) even though she rents a booth because I have a very hard time scheduling with her.
She is usually booked for weeks on end and trying to get in used to be horrible. However, after I saw her a few times, she started telling me she would work with me to "fit me in" whenever possible.
Which usually means she comes to the salon before her regular scheduled times to do my hair. I believe the tipping has paid off because she knows I am always on time, ready to go and show my appreciation for her consideration of my crazy schedule.
She also always trims my bangs for "free" as a special service when she highlights my hair but I always give her an tip on the free service and she has been known to fit me in with one hour's notice if my hair is acting crazy and needs an emergency trim. I try to be considerate and make my appointments as far in advance as possible but with my schedule and the fact that I have to travel at times, it is hard to do.
If I don't think I will be need special consideration from someone, and they do a good job, I will tend to tip 15% unless they do something extra special.
Of course if they do a horrible job, like my former haircolorist that turned my hair orange and burnt my scalp, I didn't tip her anything. I was pretty upset but she still gave me an odd look when I didn't tip. Sheesh. My scalp was on fire and my hair looked strange (little did I know it was about to become neon orange) so I would have really been mad at myself if I had tipped her. Not to mention she was 40 minutes late for our appointment and didn't have the right hair color (which she lied to me about).
Of course when I called and left her a phone message that my scalp was beet red and peeling and my hair orange, she didn't return my calls to help me deal with the trauma. Was it because I didn't tip her or because she didn't want to deal with my orange hair and peeling scalp?
Hard to know. But since I had already decided I was never going back to her anyway, I guess it is all a moot point.
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I was recently reading a 'tipping etiquette' article. Some are still tipping 10%, but the article said 20% is becoming more common as a standard tip. I agree its good etiquitte to ALWAYS tip those who perform a service, and when they do extra's, special services and go above and beyond, then I usually tip even more. The benefits of a generous tip go a long way.
But following that 10-20% rule for services that cost $500-$600 and even higher (lots of people pay $1000+ for hair extension services) I dont think is necessarily expected. I dont think its expected that if you spend $1000 on hair extension service that you give a 20% tip ($200). I dont think the same % rules apply to services in this price range. I think a tip is still good etiquette and you shoud still tip (generously if you can), but I wouldnt worry about %.
Edited by sherrie215 - September 22 2007 at 6:50am
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