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    I don't know were you are from but, in California there is a place
    called "Supercuts" that bosts a $7.00 haircut.
    
    _da

>    How much do you pay for a haircut?

	$10 including tip. Seems like a lot but I do get a good haircut.

>(granted, I don't have that much to cut, I should get a low-volume
>    discount).

	I tried that once but was told it costs extra when they have to go
	looking for the hair. :-)

			Alfred

    My coiffure is delicate and demanding.  Only the most discriminating of
    stylist can handle such a delicate affair.  What I pay must remain
    confidential - only my hairdresser knows.
    
    Now, all I fear is that there are those readers who have met me and
    they will probably tell a different story.

    Bubba

 Sevigny, you must have money to burn. They musta seen you coming.

 "Here comes a live one..."

    Welll there are many of us who have nothing to mow.... So the sounds of
    a snipping sizors or a shaver passing over the top of our glowing
    scalps are more than a welcome thought. Aaaah! Yes, when we were
    younger......Sigh....

    The place I go charges $12 for men, $16 and up for women.  This
    disparity seems to be rather common.  The guy who cuts my hair
    will usually spend upwards of 40 minutes on it (not that I do anything
    fancy with it, but my hair is thick and is difficult to cut), and
    I think the money is well spent.  I've been to the $8 places a number
    of times, and though sometimes I can get a good cut, often I don't,
    and I'd rather pay a bit more for consistency.
    
    				Steve

    I did go into a barber shop at the SF Airport once.  Paid $6 for a
    shower.  :-)
    
    I currently pay $5 for a cut and $1-2-3 for a tip depending on quality
    and effort.  Folks who know me will probably believe this.  :-)
    
    BTW, I used to go to more upscale places (real barber shops?) but I
    got tired of being told the same old lines, "You'll never go bald"
    "Wow, your hair's as thick as a horses tail" "You really should get
    your hair cut more often" "You should treat your hair with this stuff"
    etc., etc.
    
    ed
    

    re .-1
    
    where do you get your hair cut?

    Continental Academy of Hair Design.  Yes, I admit it, a school.
    The students are polite and always do a good job.  If you're
    fussy, it might not be good enough but I have no problem with it.
    The one I go to is on Derry St., rt 3A in Hudson, NH.  If they
    really do a good job I tip $3.
    
    ed

    $35 at a fancy place in Harvard Square where they wash your hair and
    massage in unguents, then cut and blow dry and send you out the door
    looking like a model.

    I consider myself to be quite fornunate in that I'm able to cut my own
    hair. I can't understand why my friends won't allow me to cut theirs.
    
    After all, it took a *few* times and a few mistakes to get to the 
    proficiency level I now enjoy (without benefit of classical-barber
    training) and some folks even compliment my hair.
    
    just don't understand......

    	I pay $6 at a barber in Southbridge, Ma.  any person who's just
    getting a cut and pays more than $10 is nuts!
    
    Joe

    Don't know what the exchange rate is these days UK Sterling/Dollars,
    but my husband pays 12 pounds for a cut a blow dry in a Unisex
    hairdressers, which I don't think is excessive.  Certainly, London
    rates would be more (we work in Basingstoke). Where we live, further
    into the country, he would pay about 9/10 pounds.  Still sounds a lot
    compared to the States.
    
    I would pay about 16 pounds for a cut and blow dry.
    
    Brenda

    
    I pay 8 skins every 3 months or so for a typical male whitewalls
    haircut.
    
    No blowing, no drying, no fancy conndiments...
    

>    My coiffure is delicate and demanding.  Only the most discriminating of
>    stylist can handle such a delicate affair.  What I pay must remain
>    confidential - only my hairdresser knows.

    You pay for that hair cut??? I don't believe you. I suspect that
    Charlotte does it to you (not for you) when you fall asleep at your
    desk. :-)

>    Now, all I fear is that there are those readers who have met me and
>    they will probably tell a different story.

    Your fears have come true. :-)

    			Alfred

    A bubbacut??? Is that some sort of bubble memory??? :)

    Alfred,
    
    I always thought Jerry did his hair with hedge clippers. ;-)
    
    Bonnie

    Bonnie,

    	No, hedge clippers are rather course instruments and would
    not be efficient enough. Sheep shearers might work though. :-)

    		Alfred

    For the last 16 years I've been going to a female (sometimes nude)
    hairstylist.  She's so much in love with me she's never charged me
    a cent.  Anyway, when you have a little hair as I do it would be 
    silly to spend money for a haircut.
    
    						- Vick
    
    P.S.  Sorry, I'm her only customer.  That goes for you too Ray.

    Alfred,
    
    What about a weed wacker? ;-)
    
    Bonnie

    Bonnie,

    	Might work. Especially with the hard surface handy to bop it on
    to get extra cutting string. :-)

    		Alfred

    giggle snarfle guffaw!

    I pay 4 pounds sterling for a haircut at a barbers. If I went to
    a unisex place they would charge 15-20 pounds for exactly the same
    cut. What a rip off.
    
    
    Jerome.

    How about a Texas chain saw for bubbas hair cut? :)

I pay $9.00, at one of those mini-mall places.

Over the weekend I heard that there is a place in Manhatten that charge $200.
It starts with a consultation.

Rich

    I'm disappointed that Jerry hasn't caught up with this file yet! :-)

    Oh ... I've "caught up" ... it's getting close to Christmas and I'm
    making my Christmas list ... just thought I'd give everyone a chance to
    respond - that way my Christmas list will be shorter.

    I can tell ya' right now that CVG::THOMPSON can forget the Mercedes ...
    WMOIS::REINKE_B can forget the fur coat ... 

    :-)
    Bubba

    Bubba,
    
    	Am I still on your list for that Texas chain saw?? I got my hocky
    mask! And have watching all those good blood and gore flicks!

>    I can tell ya' right now that CVG::THOMPSON can forget the Mercedes ...

    	Darn, eleven months of good behavior down the drain. :-)

    		Alfred

    The barber I go to in Maynard charges $6.00 for a haircut, and an extra
    $3.00 to trim my beard.  
    
    t.

    
    
    I pay $25.00, and don't mind that amount because my stylist does a good
    job.  What I mind is that the person sitting in the chair next too me
    with considerably more hair than me pays the same amount!!!! 8-)
    
             GJD -- who can now, pretty much, wash his hair with a wash
    		    cloth

    Bubba
    
    My mom already gave me her old fur coat, so thanks anyway...
    
    BJ ;-)

    
    RE: .0 
    >> I paid $19 ...
    >> I want to make sure that I'm not getting ripped off
    
    IMHO, anything under $50. is a rip off
    
    The best place in Boston to treat your pelt kindly is Mario Russo,
    call first, you'll need an appointment and a couple Ben Franklin's
    and remember to RELAX
    
    common guys...take the plunge
    
    chris

    Mechanics and Barbers are two things I *hate* to look for after moving
    to a new area.  And I move alot.....
    
    so--
    
    I pay $16 for a reliable cut and all the coffee I can drink!
    
    ..Ed

>    IMHO, anything under $50. is a rip off
    
    What do you get for $50 that I don't get for $10? My hair looks
    just the way I want it. And my wife is pleased with it as well. 
    What more can a guy ask for from a hair cut.
    
    And if and when it goes it goes. It's no great loss. Hair is
    generally more trouble than it's worth. Yes it was nice when it
    was thick enough to keep off the sun and in the heat but it's
    thining out has everything to do with genetics and nothing worth
    speaking about to do with who and how it was cut.
    
    		Alfred

    RE:.30

   > The barber I go to in Maynard charges $6.00 for a haircut, and an extra
   > $3.00 to trim my beard.  


    	Over the years I've let a few barbers trim my beard, and without
    fail every one of them have messed it up.  They cut it so short that 
    it looks like I'm just starting to grow it again.  Only I trim it now.

    Joe

    
      Worse haircut i ever had was when i went to one of those highpay
    places. Shortly after my haircut...there were spottings of Elvis :)
    
    -joe-

    You guys ever try to get a haircut and a shave?
    
    I was going to treat myself once but they didn't do shaving anymore.  I
    don't think they are even trained for this skill anymore.

    
    well my main man manuel does a fine shave, though i doubt he
    makes any money on it since its a time consuming process
    (time better spent knocking off a couple of regular ear-lowerings
    at the regular price). but a professional shave is a treat..

    	I went to a technical school that also had a barber college,
    Milwaukee Area Technical College.  Needless to say, being a
    poverty-stricken student, I got all my haircuts there.  At that time
    (1968-1970), they also taught shaving and after the student barber
    talked me into trying my first barbershop shave, I was hooked!  Pure
    unadulterated self-indulgence (sigh)!
    
    	I asked my barber (who, incidentally, gets $7 for a haircut) why he
    doesn't offer shaves and he said that there is (1) a lack of demand,
    (2) extra overhead in the way of a steam cabinet and towels.  The main
    issue, I expect, is a lack of demand.  If only all men knew what they
    were missing, I expect demand would skyrocket.

    
    
    Teh last time that I had a shave from a barber was in Bolivia just
    before I was coming home.  I hadn't shaved in about three weeks, and
    the experienced had me shreiking in pain.  The barber got a kick out of
    it.  No blood, just lots of tears.