Justifying the price of hairdressers in Germany

Am I mistaking this for Sin's high school thread, but that profile picture is definately Ricky Martin as a child.

True Carm. When I first moved here I met girl who is half Canadian. She had moved here when she was 10 and ended up in Hauptschule. She became a stylist by studying at the local Berufschule and eventually went to work for Vidal Sassoon here in Munich. She always tried to put on airs around me for some reason. So when I was looking for a place to have my hair done when I first moved here, I asked her about Vidal Sassoon. She said, "oh, I don't know if it is in your price range." I just had to laugh, and laugh, and laugh.

edit: this is the same girl who when I told her that I had to wash my hair with bottled water because the level of chalk in the water was so high, said to me, "you're so American". But there was a tremendous amount of chalk in the water at the first house I lived in in Grunwald. I haven't needed to do that in 5 years but still...the chalk made my hair like straw at first.

edit: she was also eventually fired from Vidal Sassoon

Mine costs me less than 3 quid. I always give her a pound tip, which as a percentage is obscene but... 4 quid for a haircut?

If you're thinking of going, though, it will cost you 100EUR for the flight and about 50 quid for rail tickets to Wales.

Does it look a bit like that:
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You men have it so easy when it comes to your hair. I can't believe you're complaining. I have a friend who only buys her shampoo in France. She can't get it anywhere else and can't order it so she goes there and gets it. Now that is commitment to your hair!

But for men it is hair today, gone tomorrow.

first stop when I am home- hairdresser for a cut, colour and product stock up!

she has even come in for me on a sunday to touch my hair up before I fly back here,

A good friend of mine and his wife regulary travel from Lyon to Birmingham (England) for a haircut...I kid you not.

Maybe they should also visit a head doctor while they're there.

That's not commitment, that's idiocy. I'd like to think that she travels to France regularly and so picks up her favourite brand when she's over. That sounds a little more sane than the implication above of her travelling to France specially for shampoo.


They travel specifically for a haircut or they just travel regularly and get it done when there? Same as with the example above, if it's the former then they are nut jobs, if the latter then fine.

I remember a few years back when I used to frequent Wirtshaus Ligsalz. A friend of the owner used to work there parttime just for something to do. When he wasn't pulling pints he was travelling the world as the personal hairdresser to the German wife of the Aga Khan, Begum Inaara Aga Khan. Nice work if you can get it. I believe they are divorced now.

I'll believe that someone goes to France specially to buy shampoo sooner than I'd believe this load of shite!

Didn't think that was allowed in Germany, too American and all. Chris hasn't had a problem getting a good cut, only catch is you have to pay through the nose. Our current place, family run outfit, they do a great job but expect to pay, quite expensive. They also charge by every item, wash cut dry style etc, gets expensive fast. They get annoyed with her because its a "cut" only, no wash, no style no drying. Recently the son got in an argument with the mother because they did a half colour (tops only) and so he wanted to charge her half price.

What I find so odd is they've been in business for 30 years and no one, except us, complain about the prices.

On the positive they serve a fabulous coffee!