Just an update on Frank Fini's Men's Hair Center that I went to today in Tamarc, Florida.

I only wanted a de/re-bond and asked how much it was on the phone. He said $50 so I went (for some reason I still think that is too much considering that the effort is so, so small. Like, seriously. Some of them could make really good business by just charging $20 each time and I would be there on a weekly basis because some of these salons don't have that many customers).

Anyway, Frank is a nice guy. I told him Toplace recommended him but he didn't know Toplace. I have a custom TL 700 on my head and he had a hard time de-attaching it (he didn't use any product to make it come off- ouch!) and he told me later that he accidentally ripped a bit of my base and needed to sow it (because it is oh-so fragile. Seriously, with enough patience the TL 700 is very easy to handle).

UPDATE ON THE RIPPING: Now that I took it off, the ripping is quiet big. I don't know why he did that. I am devastated!

He did a little bit more than tweaking so he charged an extra $15 (which is fine). I think it is a little bit too short now but I may change my mind tomorrow. He didn't even ask me how much short I wanted it and which parts. You know hot it goes with the systems.

He gave me some good advice. He was surprised by the prices of the custom and stock pieces of Toplace. Well, better than his $800-900 pieces, probably not any better.

So, overall I paid $65 dollars (I wouldn't call it a cut-in, though..).

DON'T GO THERE IF YOU WANT YOUR BASE RIPPED!!