Opening a Tattoo Shop in ED

[rifleman harris]

How about opening a 'Taboo' shop? That would last a lot longer in ED.

[KidHardy]

Lordship could do with some livening up, i'm in favour of this and tats in general, should i feel the urge for another it'll save me a trip to Camden.

As for the haters, if you dont like them dont get one.

p.s. please retain the contact details of attractive girls that get them as tats are awesome on women.

[PhilPhilPhil]

As a few others have said it might be a bit expensive to open in Lordship Lane but somewhere nearby would be fine I think. Northcross Road would be ideal but anywhere visible should do the trick. It's a small area so word would get around quickly anyway, especially if you did plenty of leafletting. And maybe a few more tattoos in the area might stop some people thinking they are only for sailors and convicts.

[StraferJack]

A spot in ED Warehouse in Zenoria Rd perhaps?

[silverfox]

Wandsworth prison might be more your clientele - plenty of highly paid creative and artistic types in there - although you may have to be paid in snout.

[pedropowers]

Please try and steer away from associating tattoo's and artists with drugs/alcohol. Tattoo artists are very professional and drug/alcohol free who take their work and customers very seriously.

Thanks for all your feedback. Everyone has been very helpful and I have taken everything into considering.

Thanks again and hope to see you soon. Please feel free to message me.

Pete

[i*Rate]

Silverfox, you snob; get back to Dulwich Village!

Good luck pedropowers - yes it would suit the people of this area and fit in well. I'm too old for my first tattoo now, but I would'nt mind some more piercing if you did that too.

I'm a great fan of LA Ink on the Discovery Channel; if you are really successful maybe you could invite Kat over. I can hear her now "This is East Dulwich, Babe, where anything can happen; I'm Kat Von Dee and this is (insert name of your shop)".

Cheers!

[DulwichFox]

Before any new business opens anywhere, it's suitability and benifit to the local community needs to be considered.

Would a Tattoo Parlour be of benifit to the Majority of the Community. Threre are places withing a 10-15 minute

walk where one can get a tattoo.

In various passed Threads on what East Dulwich needs, I cannot remember anyone suggesting a Tattoo Parlour.

[maxxi]

Shouldn't Foxtons have been told?

[StraferJack]

Not true dulwichfox

http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5,284269,284556#msg-284556

[Frankito]

Thanks Jeremy, that makes us friends again... >:D

[DulwichFox]

StraferJack Wrote:

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> Not true dulwichfox

>

> http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5

> ,284269,284556#msg-284556

What I said was true..

I said, I cannot remember anyone suggesting a Tattoo Parlour.

Ok there was someone, but most of the suggestions were for M&S and Waitrose which I do remember..

Cannot read every line of every thread.

Not that sad...

[maxxi]

Does this mean we're getting a TK Maxx or not?

[showboat]

Alan Medic Wrote:

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> >

> And how exactly did I qualify for this honour?

>

I wouldn't call being an unapologetic and unpleasant snob an honour. But since you ask, describing tattoos as 'cheap and demeaning' is offensive, frankly. And you may not like David Beckham, but the man has put his money where his mouth is with his footballing academy and can put what he wants on his body. He's a good father and - a rarity in modern footballers - a decent role model for hard work.

You're saying that you are the arbiter of taste and decency, and that you're opinion of what is good and right should dictate whether or not a tattoo shop should open near us.

Nimbyism and arrogance of the highest order. Just because you don't like looking at it isn't a reason to tell others they can't look like that.

As for Silverfox...wow. Were you mugged by a tattood person in your youth or something? You bigoted freak. Get a sense of perspective and stop being a hater. Or get to the Village where your way of life isn't threatened.

Disgusting.

If a tattoo place isn't wanted here then it will fail within a few months. If it survives then it's because there;s business for it. How people think that it will lower the tone of the area is beyond me.

[showboat]

Ha! Yes. TK Maxx, and let's put a Matalan in there somewhere.

While we're at it, a Primark would do funny things to the blood pressure of some people round here...

[DulwichFox]

Don't know how much a tattoo costs. but cannot see the spoils of a Tattoo shop would

cover the cost of rent and rates in this area, yet along make a profit and pay a wage...

[Frankito]

Why do some people think that 'snobs' would stampede against a Primark....?

Tk Maxxi!!! I would shop there (all-in-one balaclava of course!)

[Alan Medic]

Showboat, when you stop putting words in my mouth I might respond properly. Suffice to say I am entitled to an opinion. I shop in Primark by the way.

[showboat]

Alan Medic Wrote:

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> Is it? I think it's cheap and demeaning. I realise

> in this country I'm probably in a minority. What

> happens though when they are not trendy? I think

> David Beckham is a disgrace and sets a terrible

> example.

So how exactly did I put words in your mouth?

[Alan Medic]

Like this.

[Otta]

Pedro, good work for not rising to silverfox's little attempt at trolling.

[showboat]

Alan - yes, fair enough. I did put words in your mouth there.

Let me rephrase.

I believe that anyone who describes tattoos as 'cheap and demeaning' is ignoring the fact that many others think differently, and is ignorant of the fact that it is a PERSONAL CHOICE.

I believe that to describe David Beckham in the way you did is wrong, and it GIVES ME THE IMPRESSION that you feel a tattoo place should not be opened round here, simply because you don't like how they look.

[Crystalpal]

I have a theory... that the fashion for tatoos is why there has been a massive drop in the number of under 40 year olds giving blood. I heard this on the radio last week but no one made the connection between tatoos and the decline in numbers

If I am right then no, I dont want a tattoo shop!

[Crystalpal]

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[ianr]

This is from the current advice for potential UK blood donors. It doesn't look drastically prohibitive.

"If you have had any body piercing including permanent and semi permanent makeup and tattooing, or acupuncture outside the NHS and not perfomed by a qualified Health Care Professional registered with a statutory body, please wait 4 months from your last piercing before donating. If your treatment was between 4 and 12 months ago, you must let us know as your donation will need an additional blood test."