::)I worked at Ringleader for a short period of time. I left because I realized what kind of shady things they were doing. I also did not appreciate all the sexual innuendos that I had to deal with on a daily basis. That company has absolutely no respect for the piercing industry. I remember one day we were out of nose retainers so the manager thought of this "brilliant" idea to go down to the dollar store and cut the bristles off of a hairbrush and use them as retainers. It was just flat out ridiculous. I remember asking the manager how could he do these things, and why. His reply was "it's just business". Yeah OK dude. Get a life. Also they were so screwed for money they had some people that worked there put the bills into their own name because the manager had such nutsty credit. The owner is this really creepy scumbag who lives in Florida and when the company is doing really bad he asks his daddy to help. That is the only way I can think of that they are still in business. It is really unfortunate that they have made it such a headache for tattoo shops to put their faith into any other company that is actually legitimate.