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By I'm not even attractive tho? - 27/09/2016 22:31 - United States - Pottstown

Today, I visited a new tattoo parlor, as my previous artist made me uncomfortable with his drunken, perverted texts. I found an artist I like, and made an appointment with him. And came home to find pervy messages from him on my Instagram. My expensive downpayment is non-refundable. FML
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Does he own the tattoo parlor, or does he have a boss/manager you can talk to about this? Artists and parlors live by word of mouth, a manager might find a way to get you that refund if it will protect their reputation.

honestly you just have to accept the fact you won't get your deposit back and move on if it's something that is going to be a problem. Tattoos are a huge investment and you want to have a good experience tied to them in addition to having beautiful work.

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Does he own the tattoo parlor, or does he have a boss/manager you can talk to about this? Artists and parlors live by word of mouth, a manager might find a way to get you that refund if it will protect their reputation.

honestly you just have to accept the fact you won't get your deposit back and move on if it's something that is going to be a problem. Tattoos are a huge investment and you want to have a good experience tied to them in addition to having beautiful work.

Find a new artist and don't give him your Instagram account info or phone number. If they have to have a way to contact you because you're going to have a piece that will take several appointments, give them an email address, that way they're less likely to send a bunch of comments. Or find a female artist (assuming you're female and the others were male) and hopefully she won't try and hit on you. Also explain to the artist you have now (or preferably his boss) that you no longer want him doing the tattoo because you feel uncomfortable with his comments and no longer feel comfortable having him do any work on you, and you want a refund. Be sure to keep the texts/Instagram comments to show his boss. If they still won't give up the refund, find a new artist and only give a deposit on the grounds that there will be no contact on anything other than important tattoo info.

I'd bite the loss of money to be frank. What if you get into the appointment, he hits on you, and he deliberately ***** up the tattoo to spite you? It's happened, even though it can ruin the artists career. If he has a employer/manager, talk to them, try to get your refund. Regardless of whether you get it or not, you can make a negative review via social media stating that he thinks it is appropriate to send customers inappropriate messages.