After Courtney's tattoo horror story went viral, another TikToker named Ri McCue came forward detailing her experience with the same tattoo artist and it was just as mind-blowing.
In her video, Ri detailed how she reached out to the tattoo artist, who is based in Ontario, Canada, and asked for a shoulder tattoo that would extend to her collarbone to cover up an older tattoo of birds.
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After paying the $180 for the phone consultation, she was quoted $1,700 for the tattoo, with a 50 percent deposit due for the appointment. Ri made the payment but had to postpone her appointment until after her pregnancy.
When it's finally time to get the tattoo, Ri is informed by the artist that she would not be covering her old tattoo.
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"She said if I don't like the new plan, I can cancel, and I would lose my $850 deposit," Ri explained in her series of videos. "She was quite rude, but I felt completely obligated to go to this appointment."
And that's where things went from bad to worse.
Ri showed up for her 9 a.m. appointment, and the artist did not start tattooing until close to 1 p.m. After working for just two hours, she then informed Ri that she had to go pick up her kids and was done for the day — and that she would need to make a second appointment.
However, the artist then informs Ri that she charges a daily rate, and she would have to pay an additional $1,900 for the two hours she worked on her that day. So, at this point, Ri has paid almost $3,000 for an outline of a tattoo.
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Ri pays what she "owes," goes back for the second appointment to finish her work, and tells the artist she is not going to pay for another $1,000, at which time the artist calls the cops on her.
Unfortunately, despite multiple complaints about the artist, the cop tells her that legally she does have to pay the tattoo artist. In total, Ri paid the artist $4,000 for her tattoo which took less than six hours to complete.
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"I tried to share my story about her on Facebook, my experience and she threatened to sue me for defamation," Ri explained. "I had shared my review and people were doing reviews on her shop, bringing the shop down to one star as well. She went and had all of those reviews deleted. I backed down about sharing my story because I was scared but I am sharing my story now so that hopefully no more people get scammed like I did."