• Clav64@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Lol, find me a tattoo artist that takes credit card and they can have my skin, twice.

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      1 year ago

      All 3 of mine have taken a credit card without batting an eye.

      I find it hard to believe anyone at a proper studio is going to balk at taking card payment. They’re a business.

      Cash only tattoo is a giant red flag you’re dealing with a fly-by-night scratcher. Run.

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          And you would than need to prove what fraud happened.

          Chargebacks aren’t these magical things, they get investigated.

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            1 year ago

            How closely do you think they investigate? Because they sure as shit won’t be visiting your home to check for fresh tattoos.

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              1 year ago

              Tattoo artists take pictures of their work no? Investigation asks the vendor for proof too, they send the picture of their receipt, ink job and waiver….

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                1 year ago

                I’ve been to multiple tattoo parlors. None took pictures, likely because none of my tattoos were especially unique. The only reason I could think of for it to be worth a picture is because my tattoos have a lot of line work. This is also a complete hypothetical, because all of my tattoos were cash only.

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                  1 year ago

                  Get cash and no evidence of work to skip the IRS/CRA get hit elsewhere, that’s the risk you take.

                  Legit shops won’t get scammed since it’s cut and dry work was done.

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      1 year ago

      The artist I just got a tattoo from was fine with taking a credit card. I thought it was weird too, but they are out there

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          From my experience they prefer payment that isn’t easily disputed / claimed as fraud. Don’t get me wrong I was more than happy to get the points, it’s just unusual, since they do typically prefer cash / cash adjacent

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            They prefer cash to avoid the IRS, it’s so THEY can do the fraud.

            Legit businesses don’t need to worry about being scammed since any chargebacks get investigated. A receipt, a picture of the tattoo and a signed waiver, zero chance of the fraud working out in the scammers favour.

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        I’m betting that a tattoo artist isn’t going to be as civil or forgiving as a graphic designer about getting stiffed.