22 Caliber Tattoo Mega Studio — Attraction in Columbus

I would give this no stars! let me explain, this will be a long one.

I never REALLY wanted a tattoo, however, when my grandfather passed away, that changed. Before his passing, he wrote me a letter telling me that I could do anything I set my mind to. The letter made me very emotional and the last line of the letter was "the world stands open before you step out boldly." I decided to get that tattooed on my shoulder to dedicate to my grandfather's memory (my first tattoo!) . Austin (my artist) agreed to do this tattoo and wrote down what I wanted when I made my appointment. The day I went to get it, he typed it up for me and it was PERFECT. No spelling errors, it was an awesome font, I loved it. The experience was great at first. We chatted and Austin seemed cool. After it was finished I couldn't really read it, my skin was red and it looked backwards in a mirror but I assumed it was good because the sketch was spelled correctly (and believe me, I checked!) I paid and gave him an awesome tip. When I got outside, my friend looked at it and HE SPELLED BOLDLY WRONG! I immediately started bawling, my friend informed Austin he had made the mistake and Austin tried to correct it. Luckily, he just forgot the L so it was bodly. we told him exactly where to put the L we spelled it for him at least twice. What did he do? he spelled BLODLY!! By then, I was so upset I was shaking! he assured me that he could fix it, he wanted to cover it up with a flower?? I didn't want to do that so he put skin colored ink over it and my friend watched him spell it for the last time. I was so upset and angry my experience with tattoos is ruined and he took a meaningful quote from my grandfather and destroyed it. My friend insisted we have a refund but they refused. So, we asked for my tip amount back and they wouldn't even give that back! one of the other employees there said "what did you expect? none of us went to college?" EXCUSE ME IM PRETTY SURE MY 7 YEAR OLD NIECE CAN SPELL BOLDLY?? finally after a couple minutes of arguing, they gave us HALF the tip back. I went home and tried to put it behind me until I realized he also forgot to cross the T in step! I had had enough! my boyfriend's mom, God bless her, called Short North Tattoo in Columbus and they got me in right away to fix it. I am so grateful for Biz at Short North Tattoo. Don't waist your time. Go somewhere thats actually good where they can spell above a second grade level. First picture is the mistake (bodly and the T) , second is after Austin at 22 "fixed" it (still no cross on T) , third is almost a month after Biz (short north) fixed it.

UPDATE: Its been about 4 months now and the skin colored ink that was put over the mistake (by 22 caliber) failed to cover it up properly. It’s very noticeable and people comment on it. My boyfriend spelled it correctly for your “artist” multiple times before the first AND second fix. My boyfriend has almost completed a 4 year degree and If I remember correctly another one of your “artists” said to me they don’t know how to spell because they “didn’t go to college.” So I think you’re underestimating my boyfriend’s literary abilities. Austin has never tried to contact me so, you must have heard some misunderstandings about...

i’m never the kind of person to write a bad review, but sadly i am going to have to do it.

i’ve wanted my belly button pierced for a while. and i decided to get it. i had taken my boyfriend with me since we were already out adventuring for the day. i was told by a friend that this place was super good and very friendly. i do get nervous going to new places because i have a super good place i normally go to, but i figured that this place would be just as could and for half the price.

so when i do get there, i ask about the prices of piercings and if they have anyone available to do it.

the person at the desk (didn’t catch his name) was very friendly yes, more of a kept to himself person in my opinion. but, he was the one who had done my piercing.

during the process he was very nice and doing what any piercer should do. telling you to breathe in and out. and providing water if needed.

i was hoping i could pick out a different belly ring, but i had to go with the standard one. which is totally fine with me.

besides that, everything looked great, i even asked my boyfriend and he agreed.

i have also been wanting to get a tattoo but i wasn’t sure where to go. so i figured i would just ask about how their prices looked and which artists i could get with.

i was told it would be just a few minutes. but, i had waited about 30 minutes to talk to one of the artists, which i do understand he was with a client and i am a very patient person.

my boyfriend is not patient on the other end and wanted to leave. so as i went to get up and leave, the guy at the desk told me to hold on and he will get the artist again. so another 5 minutes goes by and the artist comes up to me.

i had asked about a tattoo that he could do for me and how much would it be. i think he said $150. to be honest, it was a smaller tattoo and i thought $150 was a lot. i know some places have a minimum of $100 a tattoo, so i wasn’t sure if that was their policy either.

besides that, i kept him in mind and went on with my day. a few weeks go by and my piercing started to look… crooked? i was very upset and i asked a few friends and they even noticed.

it ended up also getting extremely infected (even with daily cleaning). i had decided to just take the piercing out and let my skin heal. i will be getting it done some place else sadly…

again, i hate writing bad reviews, but i was just a little upset with how...

I have been going to 22 caliber for the past 3 years and I will not step foot in another tattoo studio. The owner and the staff there are very friendly all the tattoo studios are very sterile and clean. They have the best prices that you will find and they run specials all the time. So if you want quality work at affordable prices don't hesitate to go to 22 caliber for all your tattoo and piercing needs you will not be disappointed. I have never left their studio unsatisfied with any work I have had done. I have one arm sleeved and working on the other and the owner shawn jarvis is the one who has been tattooing me from the beginning he is a very talented artist and I commend him on fixing my tattoos that I had done buy someone at their home which I know a lot of us do because its cheaper but, cheaper does not always mean quality and with 22 caliber you will walk out of there with a quality tattoo that you are proud to show off. Keep up the good work guys!!! And to you Shawn thank you for all the work you have done on me I love it and I will never go anywhere else for my ink you have done exceptional work on me and I am proud to show it off and I hand out your cards to people all the time wanting to know where I have my work done. It makes me proud when people stop me and ask me who did my ink and how beautiful it is. I am glad to finally found an artist to do the quality work that u have done and time that has been...