Virginia Beach Ink

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Awesome all the way around!!!

I'm not sure what everyone on here is complaining about because I had a completely different experience. Maybe under new management?

Anyway, I'm so ecstatic over my new beautiful tatt! It's absolutely gorgeous!!! Olivia drew it out for me and made any changes that i requested- and in a timely manner. I also paid much less than 2 other quotes I received from other places.

The place was super clean and everyone was nothing but professional. I'll never go anywhere else!

This review is not to bash any one individual, just to simply alert people of what they could expect when they intend to spend their money at Virginia Beach Ink. In a word, UNPROFESSIONAL. My wife and I have many tattoos from outside of the tidewater area, although we are both born and raised VB. We have been on the lookout for a good artist since we moved back here. My wifes client had some work done in a similar style to what she has, and we were referred to VB ink. In october for her bday, I contacted the artist. Never heard back from artist or shop. It's february and we tried contacting the artist again. After numerous attempts, we finally made contact. We were given an appointment date, then instructed to email the artist the image we wanted done. That was the first and last correspondence we would have w the artist. On the way to our appointment, my wife called the shop to let them know we were running less than 5 minutes behind. Thats when we were told the artist called in sick. Unbelievable. They tell her that another artist can take care of us so as she hangs up we're pulling into their parking lot. Open the door and the girl workinig the front is slamming a sub and chips, then disappears into the back for 10 minutes. At this point im asking my wife if we can get the hell out of there. While im sitting there dreaming of the sweet tattoo im about to get, i had time to take in my surroundings. Thats when I notice the hideous flashing plastered everywhere. Now Im tripping. Finally the girl comes back up front and we all finally agree that the sick artist can get us done in an hour. We leave and come back. As we're filling out our personal info, the girl working the front approaches my wife w a stencil and asked her where the tattoo was going. First of all, we hadnt even approved the stencil. Second of all, I want the artist working with me, not the girl sucking down sandwiches. My wife thought the same and asked to speak to the artist since it wasnt exactly what she was looking for. When she was taken back to speak to the artist, the artist didnt apologize for never returning emails, never drawing anything up or consulting what-so-ever, or for the fact that she nor the shop called to reschedule since she wasnt planning on showing up. Actually, my wife wasnt acknowledged at all. She told the artist what she wanted and where she wanted it, the artist told the girl at the front to shrink it then turned her back to my wife, then she was instructed to go sit in the waiting area. We had finally had enough of the mickey mouse operation and left. Five minutes later, my wife gets a phone call from the girl at the front desk telling her how rude WE were! Again, unbelievable. From the start, this place seemed lost. How can you expect someone to give you a good tattoo if they dont know what you want? Beware folks, I wouldnt send my enemies to VB Ink.

I didn't even have to go into this shop to never want a tattoo here. My best friend and I both wanted to go get tattoos together before I left for college, so we called VB Ink since I knew a few people who got tattooed there. When we called we got "What" instead of a professional greeting, I explained what I wanted to get and what what friend wanted to get, she told us that we could come in if we wanted, but we more than likely would not be getting tattooed that day. She said there were no appointments for a while, yet we still weren't going to be tattooed. Mind you this was noon on a Thursday so it wasn't busy and so we took our business elsewhere. On top of that comparing the work we got from the shop we went to vs the work my other friends got at VB Ink was drastic. The quality isn't nearly as good as other places in Virginia Beach, and the pricing is horrible. If you are planning to go here, you might want to to some more researching before you go here, because tattoos are forever.

Customers are not too priority. The artists will see you at their time. I had an appointment at a certain time, arrived early and they made me wait 2 Hours for my tattoo, even though the artist wasn't even doing anything. And I was still waiting. So I took my money and left. What a waste of my time and day.