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Grade A Tattoos & Body Piercing has 2 locations, listed below.

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    • Grade A Tattoos & Body Piercing

      3615 N Clinton St Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1805

      BBB Accredited Business
    • Grade A Tattoos & Body Piercing

      4201 Coldwater Rd # B-03 Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1113

      BBB Accredited Business

    Business ProfileforGrade A Tattoos & Body Piercing

    Tattoos
    Multi Location Business
    BBB accredited business

    At-a-glance

    Customer Reviews

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    Customer Complaints

    1 complaints closed in last 3 years

    1 complaints closed in last 12 months

    BBB Rating & Accreditation

    Accredited Since: 8/2/2019

    Years in Business: 24

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    Overview of BBB Rating

    Business Details

    This is a multi-location business.

    Find a Location

    Grade A Tattoos & Body Piercing has 2 locations, listed below.

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      • Grade A Tattoos & Body Piercing

        3615 N Clinton St Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1805

        BBB Accredited Business
      • Grade A Tattoos & Body Piercing

        4201 Coldwater Rd # B-03 Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1113

        BBB Accredited Business
      Location of This Business
      3615 N Clinton St, Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1805
      BBB File Opened:
      3/16/2001
      Years in Business:
      24
      Business Started:
      10/1/1999
      Business Started Locally:
      10/1/1999
      Accredited Since:
      8/2/2019
      Type of Entity:
      Sole Proprietorship
      Number of Employees:
      12
      Alternate Business Name
      • Always Grade A Tattoos
      Business Management
      • Mr. Clyde Thatcher, Owner
      • Mr. Nate Mertz
      Contact Information

      Principal

      • Mr. Clyde Thatcher, Owner
      Additional Contact Information

      Fax Numbers

      • (260) 485-8258
        Primary Fax

      Customer Complaints

      1 Customer Complaints

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      Most Recent Customer Complaint

      02/01/2024

      Complaint Type:
      Service or Repair Issues
      Status:
      Answered
      I paid $430 for an ankle tattoo in July. It came out horrible, it was overworked and underworked. The manager agreed to have someone else cover it up. I was then told at the appointment that I needed to pay for a tattoo because the 2nd artist wouldn't work for free. So I paid $1400 for a shoulder/arm tattoo. He did a couple hours of work the first day, in which I was required to pay in full. A few hours the next day and then had to wait for it to heal. The tattoo was so overworked it became infected and scarred. The tattoo artist started doing meth and couldn't come to work for a few months. The manager gave me excuses and ignored me during this time. When the artist was finally okay enough to come back they made me go back to him. He overworked it to the point of scaring for a second time. I told them I refuse to let him tattoo me again. They have artist #3 then agree to fix the TWO tattoos and they don't pay him to do it. As a gesture of my gratitude I gave him $400 to touch up another tattoo I had so he wasn't completely working for free. He did a little work on the arm and a little work on my ankle. Neither is complete nor is the touch up I paid for. The work he did on forearm also became infected, they do not clean between clients so when I touch the chair I touch everyone who's been in it. The artist has stopped going into work and stopped communicating with me. The manager tells me he will have him reach out but he's already not shown up for two different appointments I made with him and now the artist isn't communicating with me at all. I have 3 incomplete and scarred tattoos, I want these tattoos finished to an acceptable level or my money back to pay to have them fixed somewhere else.
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