So my travels on this vacation have been a whirl wind of ups and downs. Mostly ups. Until I got to Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada. Aside from seeing family which is always good stuff...I have noticed a change in GP this year from last year. Not sure if its because of the economic hit Alberta took or what but it seems to have brought out the possible worst in people. Especially in the customer service industry which will always be the most important. Customers is what makes or breaks a business. I firmly believe this. However...some of you may have read my updates on Canadian Tire to Walmart here. Here is another prime example of just poor customer relations. Booked with a tattoo shop named #alltheragetattoos in Grande Prairie, Alberta. I was told I would have an appointment made for Friday at 12pm. I was also told to go in Thursday to meet and greet somewhat with the artist. The gentleman who supposedly booked me, never booked me. The lady, Toni was very nice about the whole thing and proceeded to make the correct booking and apologized of course. The deposit was made and today was my appointment, for 11am. Upon going in today I was very excited....pumped...Ready to go. After the artist, who goes by TJ whom I met, and seemed very nice to work with did up my stencil....which oddly enough I never did see...he left. As it was the shop was waiting on "product". Wouldn't you have product ready anyway? Whatever...I was willing to wait a bit. Sooo after about 40 minutes the artist TJ leaves. That's right. Left the shop. For ohhhhh....about an 1 and 20 minutes. Never did return and basically, left me hanging. Now...I arrived with an additional $1000 in cash on top of my deposit. The guy went to go Co sign on a car! So guess what...I walked out. First time in 22 years that's ever happened to me. Suffice to say the shop had customers walking in and leaving because the artist was booked as I had an all day appointment. I was then told a discount would be offered and also a suggestion of rebooking me for Sunday. How about no thank you. I had a booking, it was for today dude. You messed up and really should look at your priorities. You lost out on a $1200 day. I hope you are able to explain to the owner how you lost out on $1200 today due to the unprofessionalism displayed on your part today. You can bet this will be shared with the rest of the ink world. #alltheragetattoos read more

I received my first tattoo by the man who I believe runs the shop but I'm not completely sure who he was because he never introduced himself to me at all. He sketched up my design quite quickly and I was happy with it. He placed the design on my arm and told me "it was straight from his view and that's what matters". I wasn't given a chance to look at it in the mirror but if I had, I would have had it moved down by half an inch because it wasn't in the middle of my arm. As it was healing I thought I noticed spots where the ink was lighter or missing than in other spots, I just chocked it up to healing. Now that it is completely healed what I thought I was seeing is actually what I was seeing. The script is missing full lines and the shading isn't completely filled in. My month old tattoo looks like I have had it for years. I am greatly disappointed and dissatisfied. I definitely do not recommend All The Rage to anyone. read more

I've had all of my tattoos and piercings done here. Never even thought of going elsewhere. Awesome environment, awesome people, amazing help. These artists are always willing to help and answer any questions you have. Awesome place!! read more