Turkish Barbers

[stonerblue]

It never ceased to amaze me how gullible/ignorant I am, I see a Turkish barbers and I just assume they're doing legitimate business

Maybe the young lad sat in the chair whilst some bloke sets about them with scissors is the giveaway..

 

[stonerblue]

Any business that is laundering money in a competent and diligent way will absolutely take card payments. And will welcome them greatly. The more card payments they receive, the more cash they can launder.

Yep.

 

[MCFC Wirral]

There are some staggering and utterly sanctimonious views on here. No business ever cooked the books or were a front for money laundering? I’d walk out of a restaurant or high street shop if they were a cash only business.

 

[Scottyboi]

For tax evasion and money laundering you should look at all the shiny 'beauty academies' that open 1 day a week..

The small high street in my town has at least 6 plus hair salons and 5 barbers, local population is like 14k always wonder how they can stay open. You would think people don't have enough money to constantly get nails and hair done at the minute.

 

[Mr Kobayashi]

There are some staggering and utterly sanctimonious views on here. No business ever cooked the books or were a front for money laundering? I’d walk out of a restaurant or high street shop if they were a cash only business.

Because you can't be arsed to get cash or because of a moral stance?

 

[TinFoilHat]

There are some staggering and utterly sanctimonious views on here. No business ever cooked the books or were a front for money laundering? I’d walk out of a restaurant or high street shop if they were a cash only business.

Maybe that business is owned by a diligent person with an aversion to new tech. Yet they can fill in their accounts perfectly by hand because they have the mental and organisational capacity to do so?

I prefer cash transactions because no fucker can log what I'm legitimately buying and use it to try and control my spending habits, or sell me shit I don't need.

 

[BlueMoonAcrossThePond]

 

[lazerblue]

theres more barbers than pubs now!

 

[TinFoilHat]

theres more barbers than pubs now!

I wonder if that's a society thing?

I notice my local Turkish barbers, which is run by Kurds. Has become a social hub for late teenagers and young adults more than the local pub next door.

I use them and it feels like people have adapted the American barbershop culture to the area as they spend the time laughing, talking and taking the piss out of everyone and everything when I've been there.

 

[I'm With Stupid]

I remember watching a video about how Oxford Street in London had been taken over by a load of American sweet shops that charged extortionate prices and never had any customers. Apparently a lot of them moved in after covid, because they were struggling to rent units, and then a bunch of them got done for money laundering.

Here's a story about it.