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Geronimo Tattoo
Categories: Beauty and Spas Tattoo Beauty and Spas Piercing Tattoo, Piercing [Edit]
4641 KingswayBurnaby, BC V5H 2B3
Neighbourhood: Metrotown
(778) 371-7149
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2 reviews for Geronimo Tattoo
2 reviews in English
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Review from Joyce D.
Burnaby, BC
12/28/2009
So now that the whole Christmas thing is over and just before New Years thought it would be good to check out Geronimo Tattoo, conveniently located directly across from Metrotown. Booked a 4.30 appointment for my boyfriend to cash in on his XMAS gift a sports tattoo on his forearm. Place appeared to be clean and the office manager and the tattoo artist were down-to-earth. The only real problem was when we arrived the station hadn't been set-up so that took about 20 minutes and they were having printing problems so it took another 20 minutes to free-hand draw out the stencil.
They charge by the hour...$150 per hour but the hour is 40 minutes, not 60 so if it's over the 40 you are looking at another 150$. Because it took so long to get going they nixed the charge for the additional 15 minutes it took. Tattoo was well done, lots of colour and my boyfriend definitely loves the idea of having his favourite hockey team plastered all over his forearm and No it is not the Canucks!
I got my navel re-pierced as I had last had it done 3 years ago and suffered a severe infection so hopefully that doesn't happen again. Store manager did it and it was about a 4 on the pain level meter but very well done and the price was certainly right. I had payed 100+ at Adrenaline but here it was only 50$, excellent.
Overall, great place but needs to be a little more organized when it comes to time! I would go back. -
Review from Vannessa S.
Burnaby, BC
2/6/2011
I got my nostril done there October '09 by a friendly, maternal rockabilly chick. I had a great selection of jewelry to choose from and she explained the aftercare thoroughly. I came back a few times to follow up and each time she remembered me and was just as friendly. Boy, has it gone downhill since then.
September '10 my boyfriend decides to get his ears done there. The sweet rockabilly chick had been replaced by a n unfriendly, stand-offish bald guy. I dismissed it as that's the sort you expect at a tattoo shop. However, throughout the process the guy seemed unsure and even at times incompetent and barely spoke to us. There was very little selection in jewelry. Despite this the piercing was successful. My boyfriend's only aftercare instructions came from a small sheet of paper urging him to buy piercing solutions etc.
I went there out of desperation a couple months later when I experienced intense pain from my piercing. I described the pain and he unsympathetically dismissed it as a keloid without looking at it or offering any advice. I asked if I could at least get my piece replaced and he said I'd have to buy the jewelry from the mall. I was a little annoyed, but I bought a nose screw and brought it to him.He disinfected it and attempted.... and attempted... and attempted to get the nose screw in. He had the same incompetent demeanor as before and looked at the jewelry a few times as if it were a foreign object. He did not give me any indication of what was going on and acted annoyed when I asked. After being stabbed with the jewelry one too many times and dealing with way too much of his attitude I asked if I should go somewhere else. He accused me of being rude and stated that, "It [wasn't] easy." I asked if he thought he could get it in and he avoided my question. I let him take one more shot and once again he was unsuccessful. He gave me an insincere apology and I left with more than just my nose irritated.
I finally went to "Next" downtown where I got my navel done. They got the screw in so fast I didn't have time to complain about the guy at Geronimo.
I can't say anything for their tattoos, but I wouldn't want to get inked anywhere that would employ that guy.
