I think I got my answer from a goggle search, but want to poll here. Do taxidermists expect tips? I'm using one for the first time and think it's no, but I know services like tattoo artists get them frequently and, if this guy does good work, I want to be on good terms to go back.
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I think I got my answer from a goggle search, but want to poll here. Do taxidermists expect tips? I'm using one for the first
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I am no expert but I have never heard of it being expected. My hunting buddy who set me up with his would certainly have said something. He has quite the menagerie.
I don't know how other operate but I got a couple hundred bucks off by paying cash.
Congratulations on the trophy. What are you having done?
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I have another tip question.
WVOtter, I hope you don't mind me asking this question on your posted question.
Sometimes my hunting gang will stay at a motel when we attend different Sportsmen shows. One motel is owned by a young married couple. The owner's wife cleans the rooms.
Do you tip the wife for cleaning the rooms even thou her and her husband or the motel owners?
My brother and I have debated over this. I leave a tip and he doesn't. Who Correct?
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The last taxidermist I employed did not expect a tip.
HOWEVER! The "turn-a-round" on a shoulder mount proved to be 18/24 months! (or longer!)
He would let you know, the more you pay "over" his "fee", the sooner your mount would be ready.
He is a superb taxidermist, but I didn't like you could "buy" your way to the front of the line!
First come, first serve!
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I have no idea how many different top quality taxidermists I have used over the decades, but none of them expect a tip. If a customer expects special treatment by tipping, he is attempting to prolong those who have been waiting patiently for their trophies.
Gary, I leave a little something in the way of money on the first day with a thank you note for the housekeeper, and,again more, on the last day at a hotel during my stays. Making beds is a thankless, low paying job under the best of circumstances. The habit is unusual enough that I think the housekeeper takes a little better care of the room and sometimes it is made up earlier in the day in case you wish to come back for a rest. Kindest Regards
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Thanks a lot guys for all the great input. It didn't seem like a tipable situation, but also seems like a lot of folks in this world expect a tip where it hadn't traditionally been done, so didn't want to offend. And chuckles, I'm getting a shoulder mount of a 10 pt. I got this Fall. Thanks again!
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I have never left a tip either. However I have brought my taxidermist some live lobster for a show of gratitude upon his excellent work. It was also because of the fascination his two young boys have with eating lobster.
Gary D- the fact that she owns the hotel/motel and still cleans the rooms only shows good work ethic on her part. The fact that you leave her a tip only shows good morals on yours. As for your brother, well, he might either step it up a notch or clean his own room.
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