That backfired
We’re fully on the side of the artist in this situation. They’re providing not only a service and their time, but a piece of artwork that will be on your body forever! It’s only fair that you’d have to pay a reasonable fee for that kind of thing–and honestly, you should be worried if your tattoo artist has dirt cheap prices!
It seems like this buyer is trying to negotiate, but they completely failed in their endeavor. Things backfired when the tattoo artist upped their reasonable $150 asking price to $200… But can you really blame them, seeing the kind of customers they have to deal with? Maybe it turned out for the best.