I swear, just like dry cleaning and laundering women's clothing, women's haircuts are a racket extraordinaire. Since my barber retired many years ago I couldn't find anyone I liked, so I started going to Mrs. Tango's hairdresser, who also does men's hair (duh). My hair is easy, being straight and well-behaved. It takes her no more than 20 minutes to cut, and some of that is chit-chat. I don't do the salon shampoo thing. It's not a horrible price, even for $$$ suburban Washington, D.C., but my entire clipper kit (home quality, with accessories, by a good company) was only $10 more than I pay for one cut. I'm way ahead now, and don't know that I'll ever get it cut in the salon again. In contrast, Mrs. Tango went to the lady's home Saturday, sat out on the sundeck and got her hair only cut, nothing else (again, easy straight hair). $90 plus tip. Three times what I pay. That's just not right, to me.