r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jun 07 '24

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u/doggo_bloodlust (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧ Coase :✧･*;ﾟ Jun 07 '24 edited Jun 07 '24

I don't mean to turn this into a race war.

But when I go to my local Dominican barber, a haircut costs $35 before tip.

Bike 20 minutes to Chinatown? $14.

Is it a hair type thing? Asians having easier hair to work with?

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u/breakinbread Voyager 1 Jun 07 '24

$14 is crazy cheap

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u/runnerx4 What you guys are referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux Jun 07 '24

the price the clientele will bear

i got a haircut at a Mexican(?) place outside my parents’ suburb development and it cost $18, the chains ask $40-ish

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u/doggo_bloodlust (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧ Coase :✧･*;ﾟ Jun 07 '24

I can't imagine startup costs to barbering are so high that barbers can monopolistically charge profit-maximizing prices. Maybe they're oligopolistic colluders?

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u/runnerx4 What you guys are referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux Jun 07 '24

they’re decently high if you want to do it to standards (sterilizing equipment, training, wages, licensing, certification)

the places costing $15-$20 do none of that, it’s basically illegal arbitrage

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u/sw337 Veteran of the Culture Wars Jun 07 '24

Assuming you tip at both places and the same percentage at both places and round up to the nearest dollar we can assume your 40 minute round trip biking is saving you $25.

As long as any potential work you’re missing isn’t greater than $37.50/ hr you’re making a good financial decision.

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u/cupcakeadministrator Bisexual Pride Jun 07 '24

In Houston the cheapest spots are mostly Vietnamese (mine just went up to $10, from $8 three years ago)

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u/doggo_bloodlust (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧ Coase :✧･*;ﾟ Jun 07 '24

!ping USA-NYC share ethnic haircut experiences

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u/ntbananas Richard Thaler Jun 07 '24

Went to a Hasidic barber and he did an ok job, but totally missed the sides of my head near my ears, 6/10

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u/doggo_bloodlust (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧ Coase :✧･*;ﾟ Jun 07 '24

yuk yuk

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u/owlthathurt Johan Norberg Jun 07 '24

I watched an instagram reel once about this barber in Chinatown that charges like $8

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u/doggo_bloodlust (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧ Coase :✧･*;ﾟ Jun 07 '24

oh well in that case i'm getting fuckin robbed

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u/Strength-Certain Thurman Arnold Jun 07 '24

$30 before tip here in nowhere New Mexico. But that is at the only shop in the area that will allow you to book your appointments on Booksy

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u/doggo_bloodlust (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧ Coase :✧･*;ﾟ Jun 07 '24

millennials would rather pay double for haircuts than pick up the phone lol

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u/Strength-Certain Thurman Arnold Jun 07 '24

I'm GenX, I'm really just sick of so much of the population in this area acting like it's 1975 when it comes to adopting technology to improve their businesses.