tattoos.

[Evil Goat]

i guess our opinons differ, like i said there are exceptions, but theyre few and far between, you wanna shop by prices? go ahead, but when your shit fades and looks like balls in a matter of a couple years its your own fault, maybe your stuff isnt that intriquite that it takes someone w/ some decent skill to do it? i donno, i dont care, but im saying you dont advise someone whos looking for a tattoo shop to go somewhere just b/c theyre cheaper than everyone else....thats just stupid

lets equate it to cars.....(and lets pretend like we dont all, or atleast id like to think all, of us work on our own shit)

you can take your car to xxx shop on terd st to have struts installed rather than letting say one of the IA sponsors do it b/c of price difference.....thats probably ok b/c its something minor

but lets say you want a custom turbo kit made, would you take it to the well known shop w/ experience or the not so well known shop w/ little experience just to save a buck?

i personally dont trust the books the guys have, i like to see it on skin in person, all the guys who have tattooed me i have seen them tattoo others in person beforehand, its just a matter of if its going to be here forever i dont want it to look like shit 10 years down the road and look like i got it in prison

[quickdodge®]

but im saying you dont advise someone whos looking for a tattoo shop to go somewhere just b/c theyre cheaper than everyone else....thats just stupid

No. What's stupid is advising to go somewhere to get a tat just because they charge 50% more than the guy down the street so you think that means they're better. Also, what's stupid is just because I paid less doesn't necessarily mean that mean will fade in a couple of years. I have one on my arm that I got 22 years ago and it has yet to fade. I paid $40 for it. At a shop. I never said to go somewhere just for cheapness. I said shop around for the best work at the best price. I'm not knocking yours or anyone's personal preference of shop, but goddamn, be wise with your money. I'm not saying not to do research on something like this, but shit, you don't have to pay $300 for the same tat you could pay $100 for somewhere else and get the same kind of work. Later, QD.

[Evil Goat]

No. What's stupid is advising to go somewhere to get a tat just because they charge 50% more than the guy down the street so you think that means they're better.

misquouting me i believe....

and thats not to say that you have to find the most expensive shop around to find quality

all i said was i shop by experience/quality, not price, and its stupid to advise someone to do any different


again, all im saying is dont shop b/c of what they charge, shop b/c of their experience and quality of work, and materials used, just like everything else in the world there are different qualities to the materials, you can get cheap crappy inks that dont take well or you can get the good stuff like magik-flow ink for the colors and horimono sumi black ink made by ink factories for the outlines, those are the best period, when you combine superior experience and superior materials you get superior work, which i dont mind paying a little extra for

[quickdodge®]

misquouting me i believe....

Believe not.

all i said was i shop by experience/quality, not price, and its stupid to advise someone to do any different

And I said not to leave out the price. It's more stupid to advise NOT to.

again, all im saying is dont shop b/c of what they charge, shop b/c of their experience and quality of work, and materials used,

I'm saying the same thing except that cost should be a factor. Again, if one shop charges $100+ less and they are just as good, why go to the other? Only reason why you disagree is to have something to argue with me about. Later, QD.