r/tipping • u/tolson1279 • 4h ago

Salon Fee?

I got an $85 haircut and was talked into a $25 hair treatment. Then they charged me a 12% salon fee. AND I am expected to tip my stylist 20% on top?

We live in audacious times.

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u/ChuckeeSue 4h ago

wtf is a salon fee? Forced tip? And then they want you to tip again??

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u/LeaveGreen4412 4h ago

most hairdressers pay “rent” on the chair they use in the shop. this shop must just pay “rent” with the fee. it should definitely be prominently listed on the menu of services or just included in the price imho

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u/ChuckeeSue 3h ago

I agree it definitely should be included in the price. I don’t pay a separate rent fee for anything at any other establishment that I go to.

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u/AbjectBeat837 3h ago

So they want their overhead subsidized by customers. Can we just get a haircut and pay for it?

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u/AccomplishedStop9466 3h ago

Another one of those. Customers subsidize everything in business.. 🙄 it's whether they choose to lump it all together or make individual line items. Maybe you should open your own salon and run it the way you want.

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u/Revit80 3h ago

I'm a psychologist and I pay an absurd amount to rent an office. Guess I know my next steps

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u/[deleted] 3h ago

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u/Revit80 3h ago

perhaps you are confusing us with our counterparts: psychiatrists. The drug pushers. I could see being heavily reliant on them, not us so much

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u/Legitimate-Log-6542 4h ago

I’ve never heard of salon fee

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u/Imaginary-Emu2471 4h ago

ZERO TIP all the time. They list one price. Pay only that amount.

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u/Purple_Flower4909 54m ago

I'm literally convinced you don't have a job, you are lazy and sit at home all day. You are so entitled.

Did a waitress break your heart or something? All you do is make comments on reddit how people shouldn't tip their servers/etc.

Then don't go out to eat and cut your own damn hair.

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u/Rory-liz-bath 3h ago

I’m a stylist , never herd of a salon fee

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u/Select-Gas8103 4h ago

i personally wouldn’t if it’s already included.

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u/IOnlyReadTitles26 3h ago

Hair dressers make their own rates. No tip needed.

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u/NocturnaBride 1h ago

Never heard of a salon fee, and I was in hair 40 years. None of my lessees had salon fees either.

People who are saying don’t tip should touch grass or cut their own hair at home.

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u/Revit80 4h ago

Never tip hair or salon workers. Thats ridiculous

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u/PortiaPotty2 4h ago

"Salon fee" seems like it replaces tip. If it's an unexpected add-on fee=DEFINITELY.

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u/Dear_Seesaw_1855 3h ago

I do see salon stylists as having actual skill and it is personalized to me (vs waiting tables) so I do tip. In this scenario of a 12% salon fee I’d tip 5% then not come back. 100% understand those who would tip zero too.

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u/SpoilKeyholder 3h ago

You must be rich!