Wait, $70 and it still launches dice across the room? That's just a fancy ramp for chaos.

Yeah I fought batching for way too long for the same reason, thought I'd end up with a pile of mismatched parts. Once I started doing runs of 15 or 20 at a time the setup time basically disappeared and my cut quality got better too since I wasn't rushing. Anything under 10 doors and I still just do them one by one, but past that it's not even close.

Free bang trims are a trap and I don't care who disagrees with me on this. You spent 40 minutes on a "5 minute" trim, which means you basically paid her to sit in your chair and second guess you. There's no way she walked out of there feeling more loyal to you than she would have if you'd charged $10 and had her in and out in ten minutes. What's really happening is you're teaching every client that bangs are a free add on forever, and then when you finally start charging, you're the bad guy. Making it cheap, like 10 or 15 bucks, keeps it worth your time but still feels easy for them. Free doesn't buy loyalty, it just buys people who show up expecting free stuff.