tattoo

[burntcopper]

Right, tattoo is booked for the 11th, where I will be turning up at 10am and strapped to the chair/table all day with a break for lunch. Have been told to bring what CDs I want. Well, if he really wants to subjected to non-stop Cole Porter.... 200 quid. :whimper: well, considering it is going to be the bloke's entire day, it's reasonable.

Debating whether to go back to London that night or go the next morning - cost of train ticket vs. extra night in hotel.

Need to book hotel room and train tickets too....

Tattooists : one of the few services that relies so very heavily on personal recommendation. I know very few people who've ever walked in off the street without checking out the scuttlebutt - a lot of people go to one their mates rec or at least ask around. The tattooists themselves always recommend the best way to get a good one is to ask someone whose tattoo you admire who did theirs. Hmm. What other services/industries rely so heavily on personal recommendation?

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[bexone.livejournal.com]

What other services/industries rely so heavily on personal recommendation?

I found my hairdresser back in Boston that way -- and, now that I think about it, my hairdresser here was my mom's first, so that seems like a pattern. Also, randomly, caterers. At least the one I know gets most of his business through word-of-mouth.

[andromakie.livejournal.com]

you going to Cardiff? Check the bus, it's not much longer than the train, as comfortable, and usually much cheaper. Fun fairs are our friends! But go look today, as the price goes up the closer you get.

[sabremeister]

I know very few people who've ever walked in off the street without checking out the scuttlebutt

<Waves> That would be me, then. I used to live opposite the place where I got mine done, and it always seemed an alright place - didn't do much more checking except with the LHA, and it was cheaper than getting it done in London would have been.

[cynicalcylon.livejournal.com]

Both mine were done on random 'let's check them out' visits.
Admittedly, they're both very simple, but still.