World Famous Monkey House Customs — Attraction in Stowe

Did not have a great experience at this shop. I got a tattoo over the summer, in July, and it needed touch ups by October. I have a lot of tattoos all over my body and usually they never need touched up so soon. At any rate, I made an appointment for early November in the beginning of August. They gave me the appointment date and time. They called me a week before the appointment to confirm the date and time, which I confirmed. The artist texted me the morning of to confirm the touch up appointment. So, I show up at the appointment time, and sign the paperwork they asked me to sign. Then the girl at the front desk tells me my appointment is in a half hour, and I said no I made this appointment months ago and they called to confirm it last week, its at this time. At any rate, she says I am just going to have to wait, so I leave the shop for 30 minutes to make some calls for work in my car, rather than sitting in the shop to wait and stare at the wall for 30 minutes, which by the way, you are not required to do. You are required to show up on time. So, I go back in at the 30-minute mark. I am in there for 2 minutes and I ask to use the bathroom, and I know the artist seen me walk through to the bathroom. At 50 minutes after the hour, I go up and ask her if she is still going to do the touch ups. At this point, they gave me the wrong appointment time, I came back at the “correct appointment time,” on time, and sat waiting for 20 minutes. When I ask, the owner/artist, says “oh well they said you stormed out and now you’re late.” I laughed and said I was here at the 3:30, I used the bathroom when I walked in. Okay, so it takes her 15 minutes to set up, which should have been done at the original appointment time. I had to laugh when she said I was late, because I was on time and early, and she was literally an hour late to the appointment. Also, I am not going to sit there and do nothing when I could spend 30 minutes doing something for work in the time that I would have spent waiting. At the original appointment, she was an hour late as well. So that really made me laugh, that she made that comment. It was rude and unprofessional. Then, she proceeded to dig so hard into my skin with the needle (tattoo on my belly, too) and kept wiping it with a dry cloth, which I perceived as passive aggressive considering her attitude. I had one too, rightfully so considering both times I came in at my scheduled appointment time, made 2 months in advance, and confirmed a week before, and still got me in an hour late. I kept my mouth shut though, but they can’t expect good reviews doing stuff like that. Any good artist does not tattoo like that because they are annoyed. Then, when she was done, she wiped it once, but since she went so hard with the needle, it was bleeding excessively, which again, fine, just wipe it and tape it with a bandage. When I got up, she asked if I was allergic to anything and before I even responded, after asking her to tape the bandage on it like she did originally, she just went ahead and sprayed liquid bandage on me and it didn’t even get sprayed on evenly and told me to wash it off in four hours. I had to go back in before leaving to get a paper towel to line my pants wit before I left so blood didn’t get all over everything while I was driving home. I had to wipe it off too and clean it with dial soap when I got home because it was burning and irritating my skin so much and it kept bleeding and bleeding and I did not want it to crust over and turn into dried blood on the ink. *if there’s a lot of ink in the tattoo, its normal for it to bleed a little, but the black bandage that usually gets taped over a new tattoo (or plastic wrap that gets wrapped around it) will soak up the blood, that way it’s not still excessively bleeding after you remove the bandage. At any rate, would not recommend. Owner is rude and unprofessional and is frankly just inconsiderate. They also cannot seem to keep their schedules matched up with...

I would actually put O if I could! Our experience started out fine. I made a phone call a few days before we were planning on going to Stowe and spoke with Ann. I made appts for my son and nephew both minors (almost 17 and almost 18) which I let her know on the phone. She made the appts, took a deposit and asked that I send details of what they would like by email. So far so good! The boys were both having a memorial tattoo done to honor a significant loss in their lives and had put so much time and effort in to the planning and design (as well as their parents). I sent the email the following day complete with design details, sizing and where on their bodies they would like the tattoo. Upon arrival we were greeted, checked in, and then we waited for 45 minutes. Finally, Ann came to tell us that she wouldn’t put a tattoo where the boys wanted them (upper arm/shoulder and forearm) bc they were minors. She said they had to go where they wouldn’t be seen, ankle or shoulder blade. We were so confused. How is your ankle less visible then your upper arm? She said, “I hope you didn’t drive to far”. Only 3+ hours but that wasn’t the problem. We had followed all the rules and sent the details which she either never bothered to read or she could have let us know beforehand of this “rule” or she and her co-worker decided they didn’t want to stay any later so they came up with this “rule”. We didn’t think this was an actual law and when we mentioned some of the places that we knew did work for others, the owner (I think) comes out to say’ “well if you want a tattoo from XXXXXXX, you can get it with a side of meth”. She was so unprofessional and rude. I have 2 teenage boys with me that were much more mature and respectful. Needless to say, we went elsewhere that was professional and organized. Update:The day after I wrote this, 1/20, they posted a reminder on their instagram that they would work on 18+. Clearly they new this on 1/18 the day of our appt and 1/15 the day that we booked. Seriously, I would have rather they have been honest and said they...

I just left the shop. I did not actually get a tattoo. I booked my appointment the 10th of May for today, the 13th of July. When I spoke to Ryann on the phone she asked what I was looking for and said to send her pictures of my likes. She stated she would come up with a design off from my picture examples but would not email the design, which I totally get. She would not want to put the work into the design for me to take it to another artist. I get there today and was told she was running 30 minutes late. She was right in front of us but could not stand up and say 2 words to me about running late. The lady behind the desk had to. (The lady behind the desk had an attitude). After waiting said 30 minutes I was getting irritated. Finally after waiting 45 minutes I asked for a refund of my $40 deposit since she could not hold up to her end of the contract of holding my reservation. I asked if I could at least see the design before cancelling so I could see if I liked it. She and the lady behind the desk said that she creates the design with me when the appointment starts, and asked if I have ever been to a tattoo parlor before. I have 6 tattoos, so yes, I have been to one before. Never to such an unorganized and unprofessional shop like this. Don’t waste your time going here because they don’t care about your time. And I did not get my deposit back even though she didn’t hold up to her end of...