Beginners, this is for you. My frustration when starting out inspired me to do hours upon hours of research. Nobody has an endless supply of money to spend on hobbies and hopeful careers. Why waste one cent on trash? You shouldn't. Here we go.
CAST - IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE
www.STARTERTATTOOKIT.com
They sell starter kits for $99. The kits include counterfeit Danny Fowler G-Series machines. Authentic Fowler machines sell for almost three times the cost of the entire kit, that's how you know they're fake. They include 15 1/2 oz bottles of counterfeit "Kuro Sumi" colors. At the LEAST Kuro Sumi Colors 1/2oz bottles cost $4.70 if you buy them in a set. $4.70 multiplied by 15 is $70.50. That's 71% of the cost of the kit. How can the company afford to give you four machines, a bunch of extra bullshit and a case if they're not selling fakes? They can't. Next.
www.ACCESSTATTOO.com
They sell "tattoo guns". Their kits include cheap stamped & bend machine frames from China and no-name ink. What's wrong with that? Well, nothing, if you don't mind pumping unregulated, untested, unsafe garbage into everyone you "tattoo". Guilty!
www.THELASHOP.com
They sell electronics, clothing, health and beauty supplies. Why the fuck shouldn't you trust them? Because your money is worth more than anything they can offer you. Move on.
www.SAFERWHOLESALE.com
Safer than what? Licking the floor of a brothel in Liberia? Maybe. They sell more of the same garbage as the other sites including counterfeit machines and counterfeit inks and they overcharge you for all of it. How do you know you're being overcharged? Because you're paying money for things that are worth NOTHING. Next.
www.BUY.com
While you're buying no-brand golf course GPS computers, camera cases and fake leather belts, why not throw a tattoo kit in your cart? You get 2 guns for only $99! Have you noticed a pattern yet? I'm pro-second amendment but I am ANTI-GUN. Pass this offer up. You'll never regret not buying from them.
www.ONLINETATTOOWHOLESALE.com
Another one. More Chinese machines. More counterfeit ink from the Philippines. More knock-off machines. More of your money wasted.
www.MONSTERSTEEL.com
They offer "hand made" machines. The machines aren't hand made. They're stamped and bent or cast out of the lowest quality magnetic metal available. Assembled by hand doesn't mean handmade. With prices around $50 per machine getting ripped off was never so cheap.
www.TMART.com
Don't do it. Don't you dare do it. Counterfeit Kuro-Sumi says it all.
www.ULTIMATETATTOOKITS.com
More Danny Fowler ripoffs and fucked off generic ink. How is this shit legal? Maybe if these companies didn't have your dollars to pay for lawyers or to buy their merchandise from overseas it wouldn't be.
At this point I need to dispense with the descriptions and assume that two or more of the following is true for the remainder of the websites listed. 1.) They sell fake ink. 2.) They sell Chinese machines. 3.)They sell Mickey Sharpz or Danny Fowler ripoffs. 4.) Your money is better spent elsewhere. Let's continue.
www.TATTOO.TIDEBUY.com
www.LIGHTINTHEBOX.com
www.SUNTEKSTORE.com
www.LUCKY7TATTOOEQUIPMENT.com
www.EACHTATTOO.com
www.QUALITYTATTOOSUPPLIERS.com
www.TATTOOKITS.com
These motherfuckers sell a straight up rip-off of a kit off Superior's site and even use their photo.
www.TATTOODIY.com
www.PROTATTOODEPOT.com
www.NEWTATTOOKITS.com
www.BESTTATTOOKIT.com
www.DHGATE.com
www.TATTOOKITSWORLDWIDE.com
www.WHOLESALETATTOOKITS.com
www.TATTOOSKITS.com
www.PROTATTOOSALE.com
www.IOFFER.com
www.DINODIRECT.com
www.TATTOOMACHINESALES.com
www.GADGETTOWN.com
www.CHEAPTATTOOKITS.net
www.TATTOOKITS.co
www.TATTOO-SET.com
www.TATTOOSUPPLYHOUSE.com
www.TATTOO-KIT.net
www.TRADE-TANG.net
www.TATTOOKITWAREHOUSE.com
www.TATTOOKITSCHEAP.com
www.IDEALHERE.com
www.TATTOO-MANUFACTURER.com
www.TOXICTWIT.com
www.PR-INSIDE.com
www.TATTOOKITSNOW.com
www.EDMWI.com
www.CHEAPTATTOO.com
www.PIERCINGSANDTATTOOS.com
www.HOTFROG.com
www.FASHIONEZ.com
Dare I mention eBay and Amazon?
Dare I mention eBay and Amazon?
If you're checking the sites I just listed against your Google search results, congratulations, you made it to page 10. The bad news is you just saw a whole bunch of people making a whole bunch of money of uneducated people and legitimate manufacturer's patented formulas and designs. The good news is, everything past here is garbage and you can turn back and find something good. If you still don't know where is OK to buy (where you won't be better off rolling your money up and shoving it in your pee-hole) take a look to the right of this very page under "Tattoo Supply". There are a lot of legit sellers there. Protect yourself from being taken advantage of. Don't buy cheap crap. Don't perpetuate the counterfeiters scheme of selling cheap garbage at inflated prices and using YOUR dollars to manufacture MORE cheap garbage to sell to the next person. Don't try to find a bargain.
The best bargain is not buying cheap shit. Seriously.
