Vote away gentlemen (or lady if you know how much your man pays)
Was spending $20 a year or two ago, now $35 in Sydney.
Free feel to recommend affordable + quality hairdressers you know of in your city.
*Graph of current distribution after 1.6k votes: https://imgur.com/aPxae3G
Since the covid lockdown my missus has been cutting my hair. Love it as I can dictate her what to do.
During lockdowns mine cut mine twice on separate occasions. Turned out.. Pretty well actually - she just watched a youtube vid for basic cuts. Took 2hours but she was being careful I guess.
you get what you pay for…
if you're not fussy about your appearance, go cheap.. simples
$30 but I got to a hairdresser who I've been going to since 2006 lol. More of a friendship at this point, and she has animals roaming around.. (well, did, unfortunately 3 of her dogs passed recently, still a couple cats roaming). It's her own salon shed at her house. She does the hair wash + scalp massage too though her massage chair has been borked for years XD.
Used to pay $15 back then, now it's $30. Happy to pay for familiarity I guess. Go every ~3months.
$10 every time at the chinky dinks!
The cheap chinese barbers at Hurstville. Used to go there pre-covid and it cost $8 per cut. Just dont expect to customise your hair cut too much. It is a high volume, quick service type of place. Some guy posted their price list on google reviews recently and seems like only ladies cut has gone up. Men's still cheap.
$0 - since covid/taught me how to buzz myself
Skin fade haircut and shaping/trimming/fading beard between $65-$85. It usually takes them about 45min-1h to get it done though.
$40 - this is in a proper salon
It was $30 in mid 2017 and went up to $35 in 2018 then $40 in 2019. Should I be expecting another rise soon?
$200 to be a competitive entrant to mulletchamp.com
Very happy with Wahl Lithium. I use the T Blade to cut my whole head in around 10 mins. Great for a bald cut.
$17.50 for a haircut with fade in Melbourne.
Wouldn't pay anything over $20, seems like a scam.
where?
hurstville $8 or self trim/cut $0
What shop is that
888 Hair Salon
Ill give them a go on monday
If you're not using clippers, you're not a true ozbargainer. I last paid for a haircut the day before my wedding day… In 1996. True story.
My haircut is dead simple. So I wouldn’t pay more than $20-25 for it. I used to go to a salon that did a hair wash and head massage for + $5 which was so good (i dont have to go home and shower and head massage was so relaxing and all for additional $5 was no brainer).
$20÷ 5 years.
Barbers have priced themselves out. I used to pay $25 and it used to hurt everytime.
Got used to cutting my own hair using cordless clippers during Covid. Now it’s $0 and I am never going back unless it’s $15.
I just cut my own hair once every 3~4 months or if there's a formal occasion.
I tell you what this post desperately needs- Photos.
If you’re DIY or paying less than $10 for a haircut, let OZB decide if it’s good value or not.
I suspect it’s a case of good from far, far from good.
Then again, if you have a buzz cut, I don’t see the need to pay a barber.
I bet anyone paying 40+ for a haircut doesn’t look as good as they think…
please elaborate?
there is truth to this, but it really isn't the price, it is the skill of the barber. i find the cheapest place, and try out all the barbers until i find one that i am satisfied with. if i can't, then i have to go to another barbershop that cost slightly more. glad i found a good barber at $15. the price doesn't determine a good cut, its the skill of the barber.
Whats the location of this barbershop
I remember in my teens, my younger brother had bought a trimmer and had asked me to help him "clean up", I accidentally gave him a step, he got so mad, he refused to let me touch his hair ever again. I had always received haircut money from my parents so I decided to give it a try, a buzz cut, and what do you know, it looked alright, but I didn't shave the entire head, I left the front spiky. I've been cutting my own hair for over 25 years now and proud of it. I used to live with my BIL and when he noticed I cut my own hair, he started copying, but unlike me, he just shaved the entire head.
my salon increase their price today, from $40 to $45 :(
I'm in Thailand..$8 yesterday $6 3 weeks ago
Almost worth the flight cost 🙂
In all seriousness I cut my own these days I have expensive Wahl clippers and trimmers and have perfected the skill enough to be able to do mine and the kids for free
Thailand has the best service
I found a new barber 5 years ago, and i visit him every 2 weeks. i pay $15. new customers pay about $20-$25 though.
i think he locks in my rate since i visit him so frequently. i get a size 1 on the sides and medium length on top. he also straight razor my edges.
20 to 35? that's almost a doubling of the prices. I suggest you call ACCC and let all hairdessers reflect on their billing policies.
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Can't complain; wife spent $310 on a hair cut this week. I almost died! At least my spending of that amount process me with something material!
Was in 2017, on Macquarie st behind centenary square in Parramatta, used to pay $10 for express cut. It would go down to $8 in the evening and in the quiet hours.
a lot of middle aged men are balding so it’s $0.. but i have mine so it’s $40 every 6 weeks
It all depends … I Voted $20 - as that is cost of usual place I go to (a standard short back&sides + trim on top) … here in WA.
Saying that, there is a men's barber located in same shops as my IGA … they only charge $15 for standard men's haircuts.
You then have other end of spectrum … several "specialist men's stylists" - targeting the $45 range … but they will also include in that price … beard trim + exfoliating facial scrub + moisturising lotion on cheeks.
My barber shop charged $20, and refused to go to them again now because the guy electric razored my back neck and I bled, he didn't say sorry or anything.
Last barber charged me $25 in a shopping centre in Bankstown when I was casually shopping with a friend and thought I pop in.
Personally, I wouldn't pay more than $25, cause all I get is an undercut, no fade.
Some trendy barber in west Syd charged me $45 as I was feeling trendy and out of my bubble. It was your trendy barber instagram aesthetics, I showed him what hair cut I want from their instagram and replicate it as I knew it wasn't too far from my hair now, it was a slight change. My hair ended up looking the same as any other barber would cut it…… I was disappointed as I looked the same. I even grew out my hair for it.
Anyways, $20 - $25 is my range.
$10 at the shopping centre kiosk barber
Spotted $17 in riverwood , belmore road shops
Well well… this has been the most participated poll in 2022.
Wonder what the poll and comment would look like for Women's Haircut Price in 2023.
Started off at $5……then $10 for a flat top then $14…….then I met my old school barber whom charged me $17 for a flat top or fade, he kept the same price for 16 years until he retired. I was forced to look for a new barber, I found one I liked and still go there (until lockdown), $60 for a fade and beard trim.
In lockdown I got myself a top end Wahl clipper and now just do a buzz cut……..