Prime Time Money – Cheap Haircut Roundup

by PT

in Personal Finance Links

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Today I’m headed off to get my $6.99 haircut.  The place I go to is normally $15, plus I tip two or three dollars (which I guess is the norm) but today they are running this special.  So, I guess today’s cut with tip will cost me $10.  Not bad.  How much do you spend on getting your haircut?  How often? And how much do you normally tip?

Carnivals that I participated in this week: (Thanks to the hosts!)

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Have a great weekend!

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{ 5 comments }

Early Retirement Extreme February 2, 2008 at 12:29 pm

I get my hair cut about once every other month from my wife. I spend about $0 (depreciation cost of the clippers) and tip with a kiss.

Patrick February 2, 2008 at 12:30 pm

I get my haircut on a military installation where I work as a civilian. It costs $7, but I pay $9 w/ a tip. I get my hair cut about every 4 weeks.

Thanks for the mention! :)

Glblguy From Gather Little by Little February 2, 2008 at 3:10 pm

Thats for including my article and for the kind comments. I get mine cut once a month. I use Sports Clips but always use one or more coupons to keep the cost down. I LOVE their hot towel treatment.

I usually tip about 20%, depends on who’s cutting it and how well they did.

PT February 3, 2008 at 12:41 am

@ ERE – I wish I could do the cut at home thing. Just doesn’t work for my hair type. Thanks for sharing.

@ Patrick – That’s a nice perk. I bet you get to show at the commissary too?

@Glblguy – I used to do sports clips too. they have the shoulder massage as well, right? very nice. can’t beat watching tv during the cut.

BillyOceansEleven February 3, 2008 at 9:25 pm

I used to do SportsClips as well. They would have the coupons on their ads in Minute Maid Park for half off, so if I used those I would usually get my haircut with the shampoo for about $10. Unfortunately I haven’t seen any of these coupons for a while, so I stopped going there.

When I don’t have SportClips coupons, I will go to TGF on Tuesdays for their $10 special. Either way, I usually tip $5 unless the stylist is particularly annoying or unpleasant.

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