"At Sport Clips, guys win"
June 10, 2008 8:27 PM Subscribe
Sport Clips Just got my free haircut coupon in the mail. A franchise that offers, among other things, "classic hot towels. massaging shampoo. Guy smart stylists. Sports on TV all the time." "The ultimate just-for-guys haircut experience awaits!"
.."No longer would a guy have to enter a woman’s salon with its smelly perms and hair colors. With over 140,000,000 men nationwide looking for an alternative to typical women salons, Gordon was right on track."
This post was deleted for the following reason: the sites being linked should be pretty interesting for a metafilter post. This site is pretty boring and not that interesting. -- mathowie
Is this ... is this what I think it is? What, indeed, I am feverishly praying it is?
posted by penduluum at 8:34 PM on June 10, 2008
posted by penduluum at 8:34 PM on June 10, 2008
Amazing. They've invented the concept of a 'barber shop.'
I hate smelly hair colors
posted by theclaw at 8:34 PM on June 10, 2008
I hate smelly hair colors
posted by theclaw at 8:34 PM on June 10, 2008
Pepsi 'do
posted by Pater Aletheias at 8:35 PM on June 10, 2008 [2 favorites]
posted by Pater Aletheias at 8:35 PM on June 10, 2008 [2 favorites]
I get my hair cut at a place run by a WWII vet and his daughter. They don't take credit cards and their cash register maxes out at $2.50 so they have to ring up a haircut as several transactions for a total. They sell styptic sticks for $1.90, have straight-edge razors and lather, and a TV set tuned to network news. They've always got the day's local paper to read while waiting. Tell me again what I'm missing?
posted by Creosote at 8:36 PM on June 10, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by Creosote at 8:36 PM on June 10, 2008 [1 favorite]
When I was managing a sporting goods store in South Carolina, the local Sports Clips guy used to come in and buy all the clearance baseball caps for $5.00, then mark them up in his barber shop to $15-20, just two doors down from us in the strip mall.
posted by netbros at 8:41 PM on June 10, 2008
posted by netbros at 8:41 PM on June 10, 2008
Is this really anything new? We've had these where I live for a couple of years now. And this is in a city that just finally got T.G.I. Fridays. They just seem to compete with the other low cost hair cut franchises around town. I keep meaning to try the local barber shop that sells beer and does hair cuts. Now that is a concept that would do well as a franchise.
posted by PhillC at 8:42 PM on June 10, 2008
posted by PhillC at 8:42 PM on June 10, 2008
Really? You broke out the heterosexuality tag?
posted by almostmanda at 8:44 PM on June 10, 2008
posted by almostmanda at 8:44 PM on June 10, 2008
Thanks, but no, really, I couldn't possibly. It sounds positively ass.
posted by mumkin at 8:44 PM on June 10, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by mumkin at 8:44 PM on June 10, 2008 [1 favorite]
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posted by piratebowling at 8:46 PM on June 10, 2008
haircuts
men
barbers
guys
espn
zone
heterosexuality
classy
posted by piratebowling at 8:46 PM on June 10, 2008
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What is the purpose of this part of the link?
posted by netbros at 8:46 PM on June 10, 2008
What is the purpose of this part of the link?
posted by netbros at 8:46 PM on June 10, 2008
10% off "Hooters" discount coupon available with every haircut!
posted by ericb at 8:48 PM on June 10, 2008
posted by ericb at 8:48 PM on June 10, 2008
looks like a referral ID...
Yes, but what are we referring to, for ...
posted by netbros at 8:49 PM on June 10, 2008
Yes, but what are we referring to, for ...
posted by netbros at 8:49 PM on June 10, 2008
There's a place a bit like this in Vancouver, and the stylists are all women. Well, no. They're chicks. Hot chicks.
I'm not really sure about buying in to that approach, although it's sure to be a million times more enjoyable to receive a good scalp massage from a fresh-smelling babe in a tank top bending over you instead of an old barber with B.O. from a day of hard work.
posted by illiad at 8:53 PM on June 10, 2008
I'm not really sure about buying in to that approach, although it's sure to be a million times more enjoyable to receive a good scalp massage from a fresh-smelling babe in a tank top bending over you instead of an old barber with B.O. from a day of hard work.
posted by illiad at 8:53 PM on June 10, 2008
Does this mean I won't have to go to Nailissimo for my cuts any more?
Oh, but wait, I only go where my stylist works.
posted by Fuzzy Skinner at 8:53 PM on June 10, 2008
Oh, but wait, I only go where my stylist works.
posted by Fuzzy Skinner at 8:53 PM on June 10, 2008
I don't get it. What is even remotely interesting enough about any of these links to justify a metafilter post, or even a second thought?
posted by dersins at 8:56 PM on June 10, 2008
posted by dersins at 8:56 PM on June 10, 2008
No... no I don't think so. Not only is this NOT a barber shop. But, one of the greatest redeeming qualities of the salon I go to is that IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY FUCKING TELEVISIONS.
I like my indulgences to be fully appreciated without distraction.... mmmm... scalp massage.
posted by Sam.Burdick at 8:56 PM on June 10, 2008
I like my indulgences to be fully appreciated without distraction.... mmmm... scalp massage.
posted by Sam.Burdick at 8:56 PM on June 10, 2008
You mean this is a hair salon with no ass-fucking?
FAIL.
posted by turgid dahlia at 8:59 PM on June 10, 2008 [1 favorite]
FAIL.
posted by turgid dahlia at 8:59 PM on June 10, 2008 [1 favorite]
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