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Still I get people that are late, rude and poor! They haggle me to death, get their tattoo down to a freaking donation... Remember, if you give me a really hard time then I really want to hurt you.
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Get this, too often I have some fool that haggles the price down to a mere tip then when they pay me they peel of a couple of bills from this huge wad of cash in their pocket! At least do that out of sight! Don't let me know that you had all that money damn it!
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When it comes to the price of your Masterpiece...think of it this way, dig into your wallet, as deeply as I am going to dig into you!
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Every now and then I will cut my losses and toss someone out that is real pain in my ass! Remember, I don't have to tattoo you. And if you try to make me...well then you really wouldn't want the tattoo that I WOULD give you!
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That happened once you know. This guy wanted some work, played with me and played with me until even my poor ass said, "Enough!" and told him not to return. Later that day he sent a bunch of his gang members to the shop, I had already tattooed all of them and they wanted me to tattoo this last one of their crew. I told them that if we were going to fight, that would be fine. If they killed me that would be fine too...but NOT one of them would ever get a tattoo from me ever again! I never had any more problems with the guy. And the rest of them came back many times.
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Another time a young kid of 18 wanted some work. Of course he was late for his appointment which made me late for my family and dinner. (Not a good idea to mess with DG's dinner.) So I put an end to his haggling and told him that his tattoo was too detailed to do that night. I was late so we could do the piece first thing the next day. Then to make sure my time was not lost and that he would return for the work I asked for him to pay up front. This kid actually looked me in the eye and said, "If you want me to pay up front, how about we take an extra $50 off?" This kid was already getting a tattoo at a 75% discount! So I told him no and that he should wait for me to call him.
He called me sometimes 3 times a day for the next month. He acted like other people, gave false names and voices! Finally he snuck in with his friends and demanded that I do his tattoo. So I did. His arm swelled up like Popeyes'! But at least he was happy with the work!
I always win!
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Customer: "Is this going to hurt?"
DG : "I don't know, let's find out!"
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WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BE DG WILSON A TATTOO ARTIST+:
by DG Wislon 2008
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July 2008, I CAN'T AFFORD TO WORK LIKE THIS!~
R got a tattoo by me years ago, in fact I fixed and enhanced a tattoo that he received from another artist, a cross. I enhanced it by adding gears and steam inside the cross. He loved it. Then over the years he forgets about the internet and loses me. Out with friends he goes and gets a "Fast Food Tattoo" and was dissappointed. What would you expect for only $20 bucks? Quality? So he comes to me.
Now get this, he got his mother's signature on his arm. The artist treats it like any other name and R was upset. He comes to me the day after and begs me to fix it. I ask him the same old line, "What can you spend?"
"$60." I thought he was joking and did the tattoo. I mean come on if you were that upset then why spend a tip? I honestly believed that he would tip me more because he only had the 60 on him right then.
The tattoo has taken 3 sessions so far because I have to replace the skin tone and then go in and replace the lines and inflections in the lines after healing. To do it right takes time.
I guess I was just treating him better than he deserved because he needed some ointment for the healing. When I told him it was just .75 each he pulls out a $5. This was the third session to fix his most sentimental tattoo mind you, then says that he only wants 2 packs so he will go to his car and get the correct change. HE KEPT THAT MEASLY $5!!!!
I would have thought that he would have treated me like most customers do and say "Keep the change!" But no.
So I realized that he was NOT going to tip me when done and the cost on my end to fix his tattoo for HIM was going to be $100 after the forth session. So I called him and expressed my need for more money. He had an issue. "I should have told him before we got started the actual price."
THEN he actually told me that he had sent me in a "big" client.
I wonder, and I ask you dear patron, did he send me the customer? Did he tell the customer to come to me and to get a tattoo, what he wanted and where it should be? OR did the customer see a tattoo that he really liked on R? Did the customer ask for my number or name, where R got the tattoo? IF he did, it seems to me that my work got me more work. R should not be given a free tattoo because someone liked his work, I mean if that were true then I just CAN'T WORK.
Here is my perspective, see if it works for you. Come in, be FAIR with your money because I am MORE than fair with your tattoos. Give me what you can honestly, (bear in mind if you have 2 cell phones like R, and tell me that is all you have for me, then I just may believe that you care to SPEND more money on MINUTES than a real high quality product that will last you decades!)
I will do the best work I possibly can for you, despite the money that you may give...just some tattoos will have less detail, less shading, size or color in them...but that is fair because you will still only be paying about HALF PRICE for a tattoo that is better than something off the wall!
That work I do for you is because I care about how you look. I care about what people say about your work. I do it also so that I can entice more customers to come in for their own work.
So for people like R, don't try to take my good deed and gift to you and throw it back in my face. Besides, I usually lose money and do a hook up for them as well. Turning my gift back and using it as a weapon to try to make me give you free tattoos WON'T get you invited back.
Good going R!
2007 DOG WALKING REALLY SUCKS! But at the same time at least he gets me up and out!
People stare at you when the dog is going, doing his thing. The outside is the proper place for him to go but everyone watches! I wonder if he ever wants privacy?
Also kids, they are really rude and embarrass ME when they watch: "Ewwww! Look the dog is going to the bathroom! Ewwwwwwwwwww!" I'm like, in my head, "Shut up kid! What would you say if I did that to you!" Or, "Just come a little closer so he will bark at you to back up!"
One time this kid shouted out a class room window when I was walking the dog across the street, he shouted "Oh look at that dog, he's taking a SHIT!" And then I heard a bunch of kids run to the window and start shouting at ME! "Hey pick that SHIT UP!" It was bad, so bad that it made me feel like I was squatting on the sidewalk!
And the adults are not much better. I always have a bag on me, ALWAYS. Even if I don't have my dog I still find a bag somewhere in a pocket! But when the adults see me walking my dog they stare at me with an accusatory look, you know? Like they are just waiting for me to TRY and walk away from my dog's crap! If I pull out a bag they usually relax...but there are some that stiffen up even more! They actually tell me... "Don't throw that away in here!" I'm like, you want me to clean it up but not to throw it away? What am I supposed to do tuck it into my pocket and bring it home? Please, be thankful I am taking care of it! Go back inside and pounce on some little kid!