Rose Tattoo and Body Piercing

Just a heads up to anyone thinking of doing business with an individual at this shop named Aaron Rose. HE IS A CERTIFIED FRAUD. He is registered to the
forums as aaronsrose111. He advertised a set of Camaro SS 1LE Brembo brake calipers and rotors for sale in the members classifieds and scammed at least 4 people into sending him money FOR THE SAME SET OF ITEMS ripping myself and 3 others out of at least 2400 dollars. He never returned calls or text messages after the sale and was subsequently banned by the moderators. Unfortunately for him some of the people he scammed are someone with ties to a fraud division at a major company and someone who is employed in law enforcement. It goes without saying that police reports are forthcoming and he has drawn the ire many camaro5 members who now know his place of employment along with other personal information. Here is a link to his sham of thread on the
forums:
Patrons, be careful who you deal with!!!

I would not recommend this place at all for piercings. I went in to get a piercing. The guy was a complete jerk and didn’t even know what he was doing. He pierced my ear in the wrong spot, so I had to get it redone! When doing so, he still didn’t get it right. I had to draw the dot on myself. I don’t know about for tattoos, but definitely not a piercing.

Took my deposit for a design and never called /​emailed me back

First off, these guys will contact you immediately if you are selling something on Craigslist in the San Diego area. Went and traded a subwoofer for a tattoo and I’ve regretted it ever since. not sure about the other «artists» but Aaron is definitely the worst. He has an extremely heavy hand and his line work is horrific. You might think that a 4 year old child did it. In fact, I created a Unilocal profile specifically to let everyone know how bad this place is. Be on the lookout for other shops names miramar tattoo, miramar ink, or rose tattoo because they are all the same place trying to get away with bad reviews and even worse tattoos…

Just like everyone else, this guy is an amazing scam artist. I’ve talked with several tattoo artists since getting burned by this guy and they confirmed his shady reputation locally. Avoid at all costs, don’t give them anything and don’t let this person do your art.

Aaron is a total thief. I set up an appt with him to review artwork and set up an appointment. We set a date and I paid my 20% deposit. On April 5^th I showed up at the scheduled time. Doors locked and he wasn’t answering. I tried for about a week and he never answered. He texted me 15 days later apologizing and stating he was moving and blah, blah, blah. I told him that he was clearly not reliable or professional and that I simply wanted my money and artwork back. He said he didn’t see how he was unprofessional (really? You stood a customer up and didn’t call for 15 days). He also was unwilling to give my money back. I told him that I would be writing reviews and he then became belligerent via texts. He is a real class act and a total thief. And clearly I’m not the first or only person he’s done this too. STAY AWAY FROM HIM!!! HE WILL RIP YOU OFF!!!

This place is very unprofessional. I called to schedule an appointment however my phone call was left unanswered without a call back. I decided to go to their business any ways, because the hours of operation said they opened at 12: pm, (on their website). I arrived there at 12:30pm ‚&& no one was there. The door of the business had a different phone number && hours of operation than the one posted on the site. So I called the number listed on the door && yet my phone call, was left unanswered. I left and returned at the new appointed time (the time on the door) Then I recieve a text message apologizing about the miss call. I explain to the employee (via text message) how I’m trying to get a piercing, && I’m frustrated with company, and before I could proceed in doing business with them I would need some sort of compensation, (a deal or what not) for the inconvenience, and I didn’t receive a text message back. The next day the I receive a phone call, && after I explained how poor their costumer service was the employee hung up on me, I called back, && no one answered. so I text the person so they know I decided to go elsewhere, && I receive a text saying «Thank You» How rude!

I’ve had multiple tattoos done in SD, and this is the only place that does not guarantee their work. Who doesn’t do touch ups on their original work??? Outrageous, and I couldn’t even get a person to call me back when I left a voicemail, they TEXTED me back.
On my appt day, my artist didn’t even show up, I ended up getting tatt’d by another artist (who did a decent job) on my birthday.
Horrible customer service, also the artwork is decent… they don’t touch up their work.
Horrible.

This place told me to bring in my computer for a trade, along with the trade they said that for 80 $ more that they would add my calf into the deal. I came back 2 weeks later and they started on my tattoo, along with the person being high on drugs he messed up my skin with the ink along with dragging the needle 3 inches under the tattoo to make a random line going down. I contacted the owner the next day and we went back and forth over things we could work out he told me to be there at 7:00 I drove from Oceanside USMC base to Rose tattoo and Body Piercing on my way there I called and said I would be running 10 minutes late due to traffic and asked the owner can I still come in tonight he said of corse! I get there at 7:13!!! He says that he started mopping and there was nothing he could do to come back another day. I left never rescheduled for an appointment and let a week go by when I called and asked to reschedule the gentleman said he was to busy that I would have to wait a few weeks… I waited 3 weeks to call back when I called he said that the contract had expired and there was nothing he could do for me. So not only did I lose my Dell Lap Top and 80 $ but he messed up my skin preeminently. This place is nothing but trouble I talked to another Air Force personel who had visited Rose Tattoo Body Piercing and he warned me about the place that the people looked to be on a lot of drugs and over pricing the work.
I have never done one of these Unilocal reports I tend to just let things go, I don’t hold grudges but this place was the worst customer service and felt I had to put something so that another might see this and be aware of the risk your taking for doing business with this place.

I came here to get my belly button pierced because I was 17 and not telling my parents. I got my belly button pierced here and it got infected right away. They didn’t tell me anything about cleaning it either and the guy who pierced it had not idea what was going on or what he was doing. They also used cheap, fake jewelry as I learned after. When I turned 18, I went to a different piercing shop down the road and they helped me out so much with my infected piercing. It was still red so I went to a doctor as well. After it also rejected and i was told it was pierced extremely bad. I had to take my piercing out and now i have a gross red/​purple scar. I called to not get mad at them but tell them about what happened and Aaron hungup on me. Do not come here, I’m sorry I made that mistake. I wish I could give them 0 stars.

This place may have some «deals» on tattoos but remember, you get what you pay for. Set up an appointment to come get some work done on a smaller shark-​man piece. When it came time to my appointment had to wait 2 hours til i actually got a consultation for my tattoo. My sketch was to exactly the size I had wanted it and got all the detail I had wanted in it. At the end I looked at my tat and wasn’t too impressed. I was told since my sketch was so detailed and only 5“x5″ big they couldn’t get all the detail in. My sketch was to exactly the size I had wanted it and got all the detail I had wanted in it. A half-​man half-​shark god is what I had wanted. His abs were off center, helmet/​face/​head lacked detail, rope had turned into a skinny string, tribal tattoo on his body wasn’t crisp, and the shading was sub-​par.
This is a place throws deals and offers trades left and right but you might as well tattoo yourself in your dark attic and it’d turn out better

So this place is a pretty cool spot, very nice vibe inside the shop. A little bit on the lonely side seeing as how I’ve only come across one of the artists here. I did a trade with them for an electronic device that I had no use for. They gave me very close to what my asking price was. The day I came in for my tattoo it got a little bit busy, so we didn’t start the blasting until an hour after I arrived, but luckily for them I was in no rush. I had the kanji symbol for fire on my right arm, and it was looking a little lonely, so I decided I would add some more stuff. Thanks Rose Tattoo!

Stay away, complete rip off!
I posted a ring on craigslist and they emailed me. I figured a trade for a tattoo, for a ring I don’t want anymore… sure!
They gave me a gift receipt which i used right there and still charged me more money on top of it. They were trying to say the tattoo was worth 300 bucks, and my ring was only part of it. 300 for simple outlined stars for my boyfriend.
Lets just say I’m happy he didn’t get infected and once I learn how to tattoo I will fix the crooked lines this supposed tattoo artist did. Simply stars, he just had to follow the lines.
He made stupid comments,
didn’t give him the time when it came to discussing the tattoo with him,
seemed racist,
was scratching my ring up while checking it out,
two girls came in and decided to flirt with them instead of finish the tattoo which was rude especially since another guy was talking to them,
ruined his first tattoo experience,
made the tattoo look like a drunk friend did it for free,
made the deal and didn’t even know if the diamond was real (it was but I would of checked before giving me credit)
NEVER going here again!

Do NOT go to this parlor!
Bad Scam artists
I traded my wedding set for a tattoo by aaron and he tattooed me like it was his first tattoo. My side was completely swollen for two weeks. Mind you i have a huge tattoo in the same place on the other side and my inner thigh. I had so much scar tissue that when i went to go get it fixed it took two sessions because of all the swelling. To add on top of that he never finished my tat he said he was going to i called him 4 times and he has an excuse every time. Finally i just gave up these people are crooks and just want to rip you off.

I also got an offer from this company via Craigslist. I really wasn’t interested in a tattoo in exchange for merchandise, but I decided to check out their reviews anyway. Thank goodness I came here first!

These guy are scammer. Someone Report them to bbb. Someone Report them to the police. Someone Take them to court. These guys spam all over craiglist, doing illegal business. Grow up, Get a real job and stop scamming people. This is why people like you shouldn’t even own a license to do a business. What would tell your children and your family and friends. You scam people for a living. Shame on you

Military Stay away! I was stupid enough to find these people. They did some work on me, HUGE mistake! Both pieces came out looking worse than my prison style tattoo of a cancer sign I got when I was 16! They are the biggest mistake of my life because they are permanent. If you ended up making the mistake of doing business with these pathetic people then you know what I’m talking about. They are shady, not true artists, just looking for a quick buck. They prey on service members and sadly they fall for it. I also made the mistake of paying upfront so they owed me work. The fat guy would book my appointment and I would show up. Keep in mind I was driving from fallbrook! When I would show up he wouldn’t even be there. Then he’d make some lame ass excuse about his mother. He did this TWICE until he got his «student» to finish the work. Horrible novice work. They tore me up, none of the ink held because of how butchered my skin was. Don’t go here, you will regret it!
For the guy named «Jason» who supposedly complimented my review, stop being a troll. No I was never offered shit and if anyone stood anyone up it was the owner who stood me up TWICE and passed me off to his barely capable apprentice. If anyone would like to see an example of their supposed «work» I will happily take pictures of the horrendous coverup they did on my shoulder. My daughter can trace better than they can. So as I said originally and I’ll say again… STAY AWAY FROM THIS CON «ARTIST» (—laughing as I type that word.

I had posted a item on craigslist and they offered a trade for a tattoo, I went in they seemed like a nice place then after the rude artist gave me my worst tattoo expierence yet. once the tattoo healed enough to see the final out come the tattoo looks like it was written by a elementary child very un happy with the tattoo artist.

17 reviews (all 5 star) from people who have no friends, and have only written 1 review. BEWARE this kind of Unilocal scam people.
And beware of this place. Run for the hills. I was selling something on craigslist, and got an email offering a trade. The website and shop seemed legit, although the owner (Aaron) was a totally jerk on the phone. He seemed nice enough in person, though. I gave him the drawing of what I wanted, and we discussed all the fine details. I made an appointment to return.
The day I showed up he wasn’t even there. The guy who was there didn’t know anything about what I wanted. He seemed nice, though, and was very convincing about his experience (the only kind of artist this guy is, though, is a bullshit artist).
After waiting around 5 hours watching him take care of people who came in for appointments with Aaron, he finally started my tattoo. There were 2 other people waiting to get tattoos at this point, so he really had to rush through my tattoo. It looks like it, too. I’m probably going to have to spend as much fixing this tattoo as I would have sold my item for.
Stay away from this place! Just the lack of integrity displayed by their use of fake reviews should turn you away.

The shop is well-​kept, the artists are really good at what they do, and their humor might be a bit dry, but as far as the entire experience goes 5 stars without a doubt. I’ve been to 4 shops in the past 4 months simply to find the right shop where i can convey my ideas and they will interpret what i say and put it into ink. Needless to say, thats exactly what they did.
i highly recommend Rose Tattoo for anybody who looks to get a tattoo in a friendly environment where the tattoo artists are as real as it gets.
I will definitely be going back for more ink.