To ask for non-refundable deposit back

Made me giggle. Serendipitous as I needed to hear that somebody loves me today. Even if it's anon.

Could you try and get hubby to book a hol from work when you can get an appointment? Maybe make a day of it so that after the tattoo you go for a walk and lunch or something? Also ask if opening hours have changed x

I don't understand why anyone is questioning the age of your baby or timeline of sickness haha

I would certainly ask: if they cannot offer a Saturday, could they refund your deposit. See what they say. I don't think asking is unreasonable, I don't think it's unreasonable to ask what the next Saturday they can do is either. If they can't offer the day you need I don't see how they can hold back your deposit.

Just wait till partner is on annual leave then go during the week

Nah man. Once you find your person, you tend to favour them. Like your hairdresser.

@BlondeAussie It's best to travel for the right tattooist for the job, than go to a local artist just because they're local. Different artists specialise in different styles, too.

I'd ask if you can have a refund, OP. Six weeks' notice and they haven't done the artwork yet? Otherwise, are you able to wait until 2025?

Do you live in the middle of nowhere that there are no other competent tattoo artists within a 2 hour radius?

By the time you factor in the travel, childcare and possibly accommodation you will have spent more than your 70 quid deposit...

Why not cut your losses and go elsewhere?

Teachers have regular school holidays. There surely are some in the next 6 months....

It's clear that you are more concerned about losing £70 than not being able to get this tattoo done in the near future. Just ask and tell them what you have told us. If they say no, you could arrange to rebook at a much later date, when your baby will be older or in nursery.

Or, get over it. When I get bothered about having to spend a sum I don't want to (e.g parking fine type of thing), I think about how much my loss would be across, say, a year. If you paid them one pound a week for 70 weeks, it would be the same amount, so if you lost one pound a week out of your purse for 70 weeks, would you care or even notice?

And maybe it is OK to lose it given you now have your baby and your health back, when things could have been very different. In other words, you could think differently and just let it go.

🤣🤣 love you too! ❤️

No sure I would want a tattoo so soon after sepsis....surprised its not a mandatory question that would stop going ahead.
Seems like a big risk to take. I would wait a year.

Why can't you take a day off and do it midweek?
If you work don't you normally have childcare?

I agree if they rebooked they could refund but if you have been waiting 7 months and paid 70 deposit I am guessing it was a fairly big job/appointment so have they managed to fill it all or just part of it?

I do really struggle to understand prioritising booking something like a tattoo so far away when childcare is apparently so difficult.
So many people expect everyone else to compromise because they don't have childcare.

If its that important then whoever would normally help on a Saturday could flex their schedules to help on other days?

, I would have thought that you are entitled to your deposit back in full (or mostly in full, if they want to deduct a quid for their admin time) because they didn't actually lose any money (or very minimal).

it is irrelevant as to whether the business lost money or not when it comes to non-refundable deposits

With 6 weeks to go they filled my cancelled appointment and hadn't done my artwork.

@Roundgreysoft Taking this from your OP, and the info from the above link from @Geebray , along with your very good reason and lengthy notice you gave them, I would have thought that you are entitled to your deposit back in full (or mostly in full, if they want to deduct a quid for their admin time) because they didn't actually lose any money (or very minimal).

I don’t know why I found this so funny but it’s made me almost wee myself laughing.

I think it’s something my mum would have managed to do without realising and I was really struggling with grieving for her after Mother’s Day.

I know it was just a mistake but thank you! It changed the feelings of sadness and grief to fond memories and made me giggle as well.

You never know what impact you have on someone’s day sometimes without realising, I just wanted you to know you made mine a lot easier.

Please don’t delete it (if you work out how!) 😂.

Read the thread again when you’re sober. You don’t even need to understand the timeline to answer the question!

Do you know anyone who lives in the area the tattooist is based who could help with baby? Then it would be a much shorter time you're asking for childcare

i think tattoos are vile and I’d recommend you don’t have it done ad it will look really awful in a few years.
however, if these are their t@cs then just send them an email to see that you can only make a Saturday and they need to refund you if it’s no longer suitable.
please call the CAB advise line if there is still Ian issue.

I know nothing about tattoos but I'm guessing this is a large tattoo.

Couldn't you go and take baby with you and just have a teeny tiny tattoo that takes five minutes whilst baby is asleep or in the pram next to you?

If I am reading it right, the deposit only becomes nonrefundable if you cancel at less than six weeks notice. You called to reschedule before this, but in the interim they are now unable to accommodate your only week day that you can attend, which you had notified them of from the very start.

The deposit is refundable. They should have no grief over giving the money back.

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