Japanese express barber chain opens 1st shop in New York

We have Vietnamese-Australian Barber shops in Melbourne and they only charge AU$ 8 for cut only and no tip required. I usually went to my local Barber shop and the old man charged 2,500 Yen for cut and shampoo when I was in Japan. It looks like QB House $ 20 plus tip was cheaper than American barber price.

How much does a haircut cost in America?

$20 plus tip???!!! Christ, I thought Japan was expensive.

As a teenager I paid a fair amount to get a good haircut because at that age,

you care about your looks. Perms, dye-jobs, you name it, I've had it.

Now, I just don't care. I can't be bothered - just a simple haircut, no thrills. I can wash my own hair too. Frugal is the new black.

Stranger, the article says: "At the new shop in midtown Manhattan, QB House offers a haircut in only 10 minutes for a flat $20 plus tips."

Ahh I missed that.

I don't miss tipping though!

I am frugal mind you, but just a regular no frills hair cut, especially if you are just getting it military basic training style with clippers, should be no more than $10 and should take less than 10 minutes. I never understood why people would pay $20 or more for something so basic as getting a hair cut. Perhaps for the experience or maybe more complicated styles, but not for the most basic.

Stranger, the article says: "At the new shop in midtown Manhattan, QB House offers a haircut in only 10 minutes for a flat $20 plus tips."

I don't want some old fart taking 40 mins. of my time, massaging my head or whipping out the straight edge either.

Really? I absolutely love that. I love my biweekly trip to the barber.

20$ + a tip

Do you mean the barber here in Japan, or back home? Here you don't have to tip.

I use QB. You get what you pay for. I don't want some old fart taking 40 mins. of my time, massaging my head or whipping out the straight edge either. But 20$ + a tip vs. 1080 yen here? Butcher shop Supercuts is only 16$.

My all-time favorite barbershop was a Vietnamese American family run place in San Diego--5$/cut. In the mid '90s, mind you.

I've been going to the same barber for years. He's awesome. I just let him do what he wants, and he does it. He changes it up a little here and there, so that I'm not always looking exactly the same, keeping me current.

A good barber is hard to find.

Used to go to QB, local ones had a low turnover.

By now 3 local barbers dropped their pricings to 970-1.100 for a cut and blow,cut, shampoo 1.800-2.000. Many women staff, staff is usually older and more experienced, hence more consistant.

Expensive hairdressers still charge insurance for nicks, burns,etc hence the 3.500-4.000 for a simple cut.

One of the hardest things to to in America is find a good barber. And once you find that barber, you always go back. The thing I don't like about QB house is that your hair is cut by whoever is available, and the staff turnover is often high, meaning that even if you do find a good one who can cut your hair regularly, they will likely transfer to another branch in time. The quality at QB house is not consistent, 4 different barbers will give you 4 different hair cuts. Some are amazing, others are awful. I'm curious to see if QB House's business model will work in New York.